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LG-IL1
Barite and Sphalerite on Fluorite - Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin
County, IL, 9.5 x 9.5 cm; Nice combination piece with white barite on yellow and
purple fluorite. The lower fluorite cube in the top image shows a cleave and there
are a couple of dings on the barite and these are reflected in the price. A very
attractive cabinet piece for the money. $55 SOLD |
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LG-IL2 Galena, Fluorite - Cave-In-Rock District,
Hardin Co., Illinois , 10 x 8 cm; A nice galena fluorite combination with cubes of
galena to 2 cm scattered about similar sized fluorite crystals. The fluorite is
actually a matte finish and there is a dusting of micro fluorite crystals on the galena.
The plate formed upon barite crystals which have since been dissolved but left some
nice casts behind. $45 SOLD
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LG-IL3 Galena, Fluorite, -
Hill Ledford Mine, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois ; 7.5 x 8.5 cm, Good
representative combination from one of the earlier mines of the district. This one
was collected in the 1960's and has picked up a few dings over the years. $25
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LG_IL4 Calcite on Fluorite - Minerva Mine #1,
Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois ; 13 x 12 cm; Nice example of the
parallel growth calcite crystals on etched fluorite. The large double terminated
group is 6.5 cm across. This was mined in 6/91. $75 |
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LG-IL5 Galena, Sphalerite, and Fluorite - Hill -
Ledford Mine, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois ; 9 x 5.5 cm; Very
attractive combination specimen from one of the older mines in the district. There
are some minor dings as as well as natural bitumen shown in the photos. This is one of the
few mines from the district to have drusy quartz in association and there is some on the
back of this sample. $45 SOLD
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LG-IL6 Calcite on Fluorite - Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin
Co., Illinois ; 15 x 12 cm; Large cabinet sample with large dark purple cubes of
fluorite to 6.5 cm on edge nicely sprinkled with calcite crystals. The back shown in
the bottom pic is completely covered with calcite crystals. Some nicks here and
there but still nice especially for the size and priced right. $65
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LG-IL7 Strontianite on Calcite - Minerva Mine #1,
Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois, 10 x 7 cm; Nearly identical to
the other one that sold. These are very distinctive and must have bee a small
isolated find as I have never seen any except in the lot these came from. The color
of the close-up is accurate. $60
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LG-IL8 Calcite on Fluorite - Denton Mine, Harris Creek
District, Hardin Co., IL, 10.5 x 9 cm; I really like this combination with sparkling
drusy calcite crystals covering most of the surface. The cubic fluorite hosts shape
is apparent and the largest crystal over 6 cm on edge has a full visible. The
calcites even cover most of the back making this nearly a floater. $70 Reserved
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LG-IL9 Fluorite - Gaskin Mine (?), Pope Co.,
Illinois ; 14 x 9.5 cm, Even living in the Midwest near the fluorite districts you rarely
see examples from Pope County. Large pale purple cubes showing some damage with some
brown aragonite (?) on one side. This old material is often fluorescent unlike most
Cave-In-Rock District samples. $35
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LG_IL10 Fluorite and Galena - Annabel Lee Mine,
Harris Creek District, Hardin County, IL, 8
x 7.5 cm; Nice combination specimen in excellent condition. The crystals rest
on a sparkling 2 cm thick bed of microsphalerite crystals. The fluorite crystals are
a dark purple like the cl;ose-up picture in person. From my personal collection.
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LG-IL11 Galena with Sphalerite coating Fluorite -
Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois ; 13 x 7 cm, Very unique sample with galena and
sphalerite almost as a pseudomorph after fluorite. I tried quite a few times to show
the cubic shape from the large fluorite crystal but couldn't capture it in my pics.
This one was previously in my personal collection and would make a great addition
to any suite of Southern Illinois minerals. $125
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LG-IL12 Fluorite - Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co.,
Illinois ; 13 x 9.5 cm, Large dark purple cubes to 5.5 cm a side with minor barite.
Small barite almost completely covers the backside. Good large sample
in very good condition for its size and price $50 SOLD |
 
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LG-IL13 Fluorite - Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin
Co., Illinois, 11.5 x 10 cm; Large cluster of fluorite cubes over 4.5 cm on edge.
Dark purple exteriors hide the yellow core underneath ... the second picture is
backlit to show the color zones. A few nicks as seen in the photos. This would
be in 3 figures undamaged. $60 |
 
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LG-IL14 Fluorite - Hill - Ledford Mine, Hardin Co.,
Illinois ; 10 x 8 cm, Old timer crystallized all around showing the classic Hill - Ledford
look. Mini fluorite cubes cover the larger dark purple cubes surface (see the bottom
pic) This is a floater with no point of contact. Minor cleaves to a few corners $45 |
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LG-IL15 Fluorite on Sphalerite- Annabel Lee Mine,
Harris Creek District, Hardin Co., Illinois, 11 x 8 cm; Super combination of Elmwood
looking sphalerite with a nice scattering of gemmy fluorite cubes. Nice cab
size display piece. $85 Reserved |
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LG-IL16 Fluorite on Sphalerite - Annabel Lee Mine, Harris
Creek District, Hardin Co., IL, 12 x 8 cm; Gemmy purple fluorite crystals resting on a bed
of dark lustrous sphalerite. $50
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LG-IL17
Galena and Fluorite - Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., IL, 13.5 x 8.5 cm; Nice mix
of galena and fluorite crystals of approximately the same size. The black spots on
the galena are petroleum which is prevalent in the mines of Hardin County. The
fluorite is not as purple in person and has a nick on one cube. The galena on the
left of the full shot has been cleaved although it may have been pre-mining. Good
large representative combination at a good price. $40 |
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LG-IL18
Barite on Fluorite - Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin Co., IL, 11 x 8
cm; The dark purple fluorite cubes form a stark contrast with the white barite
sprinkled on top. There are a couple of dings on the bottom crystal in full view
which don't draw the eye but keep the price down. $50
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LG-IL19
Fluorite - Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., IL, 12 x 9.5 cm; Wow does the
surface of this look like cool. Very lustrous large sample with dark purple on amber
cores ... see the backlit picture. $140
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LG-IL20
Galena and Sphalerite - Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., IL, 12 x 10 cm; Large
sulfide combination from S. Illinois. There is minor fluorite in association to
verify its not from the Lead-zinc mines of nearby missouri. A few rubs to some of
the sphalerite crystals but a great large reference sample for the price. $35 |
 
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LG-IL21
Fluorite w inclusions of Chalcopyrite- Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin Co., IL;
11 x 7 cm, Large pale yellow cubes with raised edges to 5 cm.
There a numerous chalcopyrite crystals included in and on the fluorite.
This one is in excellent condition with the only cleave visible in the right of the
top photo. Darker in person due to the puerple outer zone. $50
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LG-OH1
Fluorite, Celestite - Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co., Ohio; 13 x 7.5 cm, Not from Hardin
Co., but a very nice large cabinet fluorite from the Midwest. You don't see many
examples of fluorite from this location anymore. This one has the second largest
crystals I have seen in the 25 years I have been collecting. Dark er brown than the
pictures but with much more irridescance in person. Large crystals to over 5 cm in
excellent condition given their size and age of the specimen. These are great
for fluorescent displays because they fluoresce and phosphoresce so well. This one
has some nicked corners in a few places but is easily made up for in the unusually large
size of the display area for this quarry. $90 Reserved
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