Apalachee Minerals

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FLUORITE - FLU4708

FLUORITE
$125.00 Weight: 312 g


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Specifications

Denton Mine; Goose Creek Mine Group; Harris Creek Sub-District; Illinois-Kentucky Fluorospar District; Hardin County, Illinois, USA
66mm x 46mm x 25mm
Colorful translucent cluster of medium purple cubic fluorite crystals, the largest measuring 16 mm across. Black tarnished tetrahedral chalcopyrite crystals to 3 mm across are also scattered among the fluorite crystals. Some corner cleaves and edge chipping on the fluorites. See the special “Illinois-Kentucky Fluorite District” issue of Mineralogical Record, Volume 28, Number 1 (January – February, 1997), pages 44 – 45 for additional information regarding mineral occurrences in this District.