Fluorite with Barite, Sphalerite
specimen number:
1302071
location:
Minerva mine #1, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description:
Attractive gemmy blue to purple cubic crystals of fluorite measuring to 2.5 cm on edge scattered across front of this white crystallized barite matrix. In good condition with very minimal cleaving present. Lustrous black crystals of sphalerite are scattered throughout.
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