Detailed information
Species
Fluorite
Dimensions
90 x 105 x 38
mm
Weight
450 g
Locality
Cave-in-Rock Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Condition
No recorded repairs
This fine Illinois Fluorite is a great size for display, with sharp, well-formed, glassy, amber-coloured cubic crystals reaching to 3.8 cm on edge. These crystals initially look perfect, with many impressive damage-free edges, but there are also a few chips when one looks carefully. Translucent in their corners and edges, the centres of many of the crystals are somewhat frosted and although there is some beautiful colour-zoning to be seen down their edges, this requires good directional lighting to maximize its potential. It is nevertheless, a very nice display-worthy Cave-n-Rock Fluorite crystal group and won't break the bank like some specimens from there. Ex Reverend Michael Keirle Collection (Jersey) and ex Roland W. Thomas Collection.
