Color-zoned Fluorite, Galena & Calcite (Ross Lillie Coll.)

Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
Small Cabinet, 8.0 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 01/20/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/26/2017 6:39:41 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An aesthetic and sculptural combination from the famous Denton Mine and the Ross Lillie Collection # 1649. Gemmy, pretty blush-purple fluorite cubes with frosted faces, faint dark purple edge phantoms and a striking, contrasting, splendent galena cuboctahedrons, to 2.2 cm, are beautifully accented with glassy, gemmy, colorless calcite scalenohedrons. Pristine. Mined in March,1994 from pillar robbing in the main ore body.

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