Fluorite with Galena, Sphalerite
specimen number:
3332565
location:
Deardorff Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description:
Classic specimen for this old locality with raspberry to purplish translucent semi lustrous cubic crystals of fluorite measuring to 2.2 cm on edge across the top of a crystalline galena and sphalerite matrix. Minimal micro-cleaving present, still in good condition. This would've been collected in the early 1970s or even into the 1960s.
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