Hexagonal Witherite Prism

Hexagonal Witherite Prism from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Translucent yellow-brown Witherite crystals with minor purple Fluorite in the matrix. The Witherite crystals are hexagonal prisms with convex terminations and are color zoned down the center. The Witherite fluoresces bright white under UV illumination.

Locality

Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Dimensions

4 x 3 x 3 cm.


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