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Description
Locality: 
Illinois-Kentucky Fluorospar District, Illinois, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 7 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Unusual crystal habit:  densely-packed clusters of short slender needle-like crystals in parallel to radiating growth, in part overlapping, fused to form larger composite pseudocrystal bundles, on fluorite.  Interesting sharply-defined patchy color zoning from white to a dirty olive green.  Display face in very good condition.  Underside shows damage where specimen was detached from the surrounding rock, but this damage is fully hidden when the specimen is properly displayed.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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