A couple honey colored fluorite scalenohedrons on dark purple fluorite crystals Classic southern Illinois material from an area whose last mine closed in 1995 My show label had a $200 price tag
Get PriceFLUORITE A MINERAL OF IMPORTANCE IN MIDCONTINENTAL PREHISTORY By Steven L Boles B A Southern Illinois University Carbondale A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
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Get PriceOfficial State Mineral of Illinois Fluorite was designated as the official state mineral of Illinois in 1965 All State Minerals Illinois is the largest producer of fluorite in the United States the most important deposits are located in southern Illinois at Rosiclare and Cave in Rock
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Get PriceA classic southern Illinois fluorite specimen of much higher quality than most Extremely glassy and lustrous faces the interior a dark Amber with color zones towards the outer edges of the cubic crystals going from purple to a beautiful blue Extremely minimal and sparse micro chipping present along one edge almost every fluorite from
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Get PriceSizable plate of yellow golden Fluorite crystals with some bluish zoning and surface texturing from natural acid etching Southern Illinois USA 7 x 5 5 x 3 cm Ex Betty Kalaskie Collection $300 complex Fluorite crystals on yellow Fluorite from one of the lesser known Illinois mines In good condition
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Get PriceCoontail fluorite rhythmites of the Cave in Rock district southern Illinois evidence for spelean hydrothermal mineralization [manuscript in lieu of thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Science]
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Get PriceDescription This is a large display size yellow Fluorite crystals with Galena crystals small purple fluorite incrustation on several cubes and some other minerals that I haven t identified from Mahoning mine #1 located North of Cave in Rock Illinois
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Get PriceThis specimen of red violet fluorite comes from the Minerva Mine in Southern Illinois which has bee $80 00 Add to Cart Add to Wish List Here are 25 fluorite octahedrons from the Denton Mine Each piece of fluorite has been cleaved along $60 00 Add to Cart Add to Wish List
Get PriceFluorite mineral rock is the state mineral for Illinois where there is an entire museum dedicated to fluorspar Fluorspar or Fluorospar is what fluorite is commonly known as in chemical and industrial circles
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Get PriceThe Ozark Mahoning Company in southern Illinois was the last major mining operation and it closed in late 1995 In 2024 reported U S fluorspar consumption was 588 000 metric tons of which 533 000 tons
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