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Fluorite w/ Sphalerite & Calcite (Krause Coll.)
- Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
- Small Cabinet, 9.4 x 8.5 x 6.6 cm
- Start Time: 04/21/2010 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/29/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Stunning, glassy, purple, color-zoning on the edges of this large fluorite cleavage corner, which is strikingly covered with scintillating, jet-black, sphalerite crystals and a few, lustrous, calcite rhombs. This dramatic and showy specimen is from the famous Denton Mine and the Larry Krause Collection. The Denton Mine operated from only 1979 to 1993.