Calcite on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)

Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Start Time: 03/24/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/31/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Very glassy, translucent, pretty light brown calcite rhombs are dramatically stacked and densely clustered on the transluent sky-blue and purple fluorite cube on this sculptural and and aesthetic 3-sided combination from the Ross Lillie Collection # 1046. The striking, stacked, hexagonal "tower" is 3.4 cm. Pristine. Mined in April, 1991 from the "cross-cut" orebody.

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