Fluorite (ex Ross Lillie)

Rosiclare Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
Miniature, 5.1 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 11/19/2015 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/28/2015 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An attractive large miniature specimen featuring sharp, gemmy "phantomed" beautiful purple and blue color cubic crystals of Fluorite with minor matrix. This locality is well known for its Fluorite specimens, though they are few and far between on the market these days. This area is completely closed down and will never produce these specimens again. Ex Ross Lillie collection (#RCL1159), whose label states that it was collected during the last week of August 1993 from "Turner's Drift"

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