Calcite on color-zoned Fluorite (1980s find)

Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
Small Cabinet, 9.3 x 9.0 x 5.7 cm
Start Time: 05/02/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/09/2019 6:37:57 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Amber to colorless gemmy calcite scalenohedrons are dramatically, preferentially festooned on the edges and faces of the sculptural intergrown color-zoned fluorite cubes. Beautiful light blue edge phantoms enclose the amber interiors of the glassy cubes with stepped-growth satin lustre faces. The large cube is 4.7 cm and a bit of starkly contrasting white barite is a fine accessory. Older material from the 1980s, 1982 until at least to 1986, when the Inverness Mining Company operated the mine (MINDAT). A showy, classic Minerva Mine combination with multiple display veiws.

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