Witherite (fluorescent) on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)

Bethel Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
Miniature, 3.4 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 08/01/2016 6:30:00 am (CDT)
End Time: 08/04/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An adorable, "tied", doubly terminated wheatsheaf bundle of lustrous, translucent, two-toned witherite is elegantly set on the light brown fluorite matrix on this very cute miniature combination from the Ross Lillie Collection # 1616. Ross calculates that this fine piece was mined in the early 1950s. Bright white witherite fluorescence.

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