Fluorite - Calcite

CaF2  and  CaCO3 - Mohs Hardness: 4  and 3.  Illinois, USA is perhaps best known for world-class fluorites from the Minerva Mine, Denton Mine, and others throughout Hardin County and beyond. Besides colorful fluorites, many other minerals like celestine, galena, sphalerite calcite, and witherite have also been discovered there.
Abstract/Description: CaF2 and CaCO3 - Mohs Hardness: 4 and 3. Illinois, USA is perhaps best known for world-class fluorites from the Minerva Mine, Denton Mine, and others throughout Hardin County and beyond. Besides colorful fluorites, many other minerals like celestine, galena, sphalerite calcite, and witherite have also been discovered there.
Subject(s): South Dakota, United States
environmental sciences