Fluorite | Illinois, USAFluorite Illinois Kentucky Fluorspar District, USA This specimen features intergrown cubes, with octahedral modified edges, of purple fluorite from the legendary Illinois Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District. The stepped growth patterns and zoning within the crystals offer excellent visual depth. Mounted upright on one of our custom designed, 3D printed display bases, this piece is both a great mineral specimen and a showcase ready collectible. A

Schwarzenberg

mining district

Approximate Dimensions: 60 x 55 x 4 mm

but they do not significantly detract from the overall beauty

” At some historic Bisbee mines

which has produced fine phosphates from its greisen-type pegmatites for over a century

making this piece both a geological wonder and a display-worthy work of natural art

The result is a “natural electroplating

El Mochito Mine

Reference: David Cook

or post-mining mineral formations

May-June 2017