Strontianite on Fluorite (old - Lillie Coll.)

Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 4.9 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 10/29/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/05/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A very aesthetic older combination from the famous Minerva Mine and the Ross Lillie Collection # 0680. Spiky balls of tan to brown acicular strontianite crystals are attractively set on the mounded cluster of glassy, bicolored, purple with amber cores, fluorite cubes. The large "ball" is pristine. The strontianite fluoreces straw-yellow and the fluorite purple. Mined ca. 1967, according to two labels. Classic and excellent combination material.

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