Barite
specimen number:
2013091
location:
Minerva Mine #1, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description: Blocky pseudo-cubic opaque lustrous white crystals of barite to 4.5 cm on edge in a cluster with minor fluorite. This is in excellent condition. The locality is as given on the previous label, there is a notation that this could actually be from the Fairbairn Mine. Brightly fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet light.
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