Calcite with Fluorite
specimen number:
7992898
location:
Minerva mine #1, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description:
Colorless translucent and lustrous scalenohedral crystals of calcite measuring to 1.0 cm in size across the top of a pale blue glassy gemmy fluorite crystal matrix. Many of the calcite crystals show slight cleaving as seen. The specimen comes with an antique label as shown at the end of the video.
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