RLIL14C-29
Calcite on Fluorite
Bethel Level, Minerva Mine #1, Cave-in-Rock District, Illinois, USA
Large Cabinet, 16.3 x 13.0 x 9.5 cm
Ex. Ross Lillie
SOLD

"Hedgehog" sized and shaped, this piece features spiky calcite scalenohedrons to 5.5 cm in length of lustrous and translucent, ivory colored calcite. They totally cover a calcite matrix included with minor fluorite. Mined in April 1995. Just a neat, unusual calcite from the district! RCL 1898