Color-zoned Fluorite on Barite (Dick Heck Coll.)

Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
Cabinet, 12.9 x 7.5 x 6.4 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/02/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Classic, color-zoned, fluorite cubes to 4.7 cm, with purple edges and amber cores on starkly contrasting, snow-white barite form a dramatic and aesthetic, large, upright specimen from the famous Minerva # 1 Mine and the Dick Heck Collection. The centers of the lustrous cube faces have striking and scintillating, intense stepped-growth. Facinating and showy. The presentatioin view is nearly pristine, with only one gently cleaved corner on the left side. Very fine material valued at $1250-1500.

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