Blue Fluorite on Barite
Locality
Southern Illinois, Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Joe’s Drift.
Photo Credit
James Elliot
Size
5.8 cm
This amazing water clear blue fluorite was a prize from the Ross Lillie Collection. No damage, top luster, you can look right through the focal fluorite to the underlying barite crystals. This is a well figured, well documented, competition level large miniature, a real jewel.