27/05/2015  Fluorite has been mined commercially in southeastern Illinois since the early 19th century in a deposit that came to be called the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, which spans southeastern Illinois and parts of northwestern Kentucky. The earliest reported mining in the area was in 1835 for lead at the Columbia Mine in Crittenden County. Settlers dug shallow pits to extract galena for its lead content and discarded the fluorite

Fluorspar is the Illinois state mineral. The American Fluorite museum is located on the site of the Rosiclare Fluorspar and Mining Co., which was once the largest fluorspar mining company in the U.S. It features photographs, ore specimens, mining

My wonderful Fluorite from Crystal-Victory mine in Southern Illinois, USA. 25 comments. 99% Upvoted. Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. Sort by. level 1. thisguy4616. 4 months ago. This is ridiculously intricate.

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.

Purple fluorite cubes were also found here. Along with the Minerva #1 (Ozark-Mahoning #1) mine and the Annabel Lee mines, the Denton was among the most productive fluorspar mines during the last phase of mining in the Southern Illinois Fluorspar District in the 1980s and 1990s. Along with the nearby Annabel Lee Mine, it is considered part of Harris Creek District.

Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois. The Minerva mine was located in Illinois and is part of the Illinois/Kentucky fluorospar district. It was the largest orebody in that district. Discovered in 1940 it was mined off and on until 1996. Many spectacular specimens have come from this mine over the years - including fluorescent species such as fluorite, sphalerite, calcite, dolomite, strontianite, and witherite.The mine

Barium-Barite, Beryllium, Cadmium, Calcium, and Fluorine-Fluorite mines located in Hardin County, Illinois.

CAVE-IN-ROCK, ILLINOIS FLUORITE FOR SALE The Cave-In-Rock mining district of Hardin County, Illinois is world renown for it's fluorite which is widely considered to be some of the highest quality fluorite in the world. The area has a long history of producing spectacular fluorite specimens from several different mines.

Fluorite - Minerva Mine USA Photo Suart Wilensky. ROSICLARE/SUB-ROSICLARE LEVELS, HILL-LEDFORD MINE, OZARK-MAHONING COMPANY, CAVE-IN-ROCK DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A large group of grapey-purple cubic fluorite crystals (to 6 cm) with no apparent point of attachment (a floater). Near the center of one area is a classic 'Bird's Nest' (5x7 cm) that is either formed by

10/03/2017  General Mineral Collecting in Southern Illinois 10th Mar 2017 19:24 UTCChris Beck I am attending a Fluorite dig at the Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum in Marion, Kentucky this summer (July 2017) and will be staying in the Cave In Rock area of Illinois. I have scouted a number of locations that look promising for old mine pile mineral collecting.

East Green Mine Near Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Hardin, IL County, Illinois Location. Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, and Silver Commodity. Mine Development Status.

Fluorite can be scratched by a knife or a piece of window glass, is fairly lightweight (specific gravity ranges from 3 to 3.3), and is transparent to translucent. Extensive deposits of fluorite, once one of Illinois' important commercial minerals, occur in Hardin and Pope Counties in extreme southern Illinois, where fluorite is associated with galena, sphalerite, calcite, barite, and other ...

Blue Fluorite in Southern Illinois. Posted on December 7, 2016. by jwj. My apologies to all of those who have been watching for my story on my latest trip to Southern Illinois to dig blue fluorite a couple of weeks agobetween catching up and my schedule at work increasing in the past few months, its been tough to find some free time to work ...

Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois, USA. 7 x 5.5 x 3 cm . Ex-Betty Kalaskie Collection $300. Fluorite Crystal Cluster. Minerva # 1 Mine (Ozark-Mahoning No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA. 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm. Ex-Gregory Crenko Collection $400. #IF130. #IF131. #IF132. #IF133. #IF134. #IF135. #IF136. #IF137. #IF138. #IF140. # ...

Minerva # 1 Mine (Ozark-Mahoning No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA. 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm. $425. . Lavender and highly translucent Fluorite crystals, with outer purple zoning, on matrix. Quite pretty and in very good condition.

Fluorite - Minerva Mine USA Photo Suart Wilensky. ROSICLARE/SUB-ROSICLARE LEVELS, HILL-LEDFORD MINE, OZARK-MAHONING COMPANY, CAVE-IN-ROCK DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A large group of grapey-purple cubic fluorite crystals (to 6 cm) with no apparent point of attachment (a floater). Near the center of one area is a classic 'Bird's Nest' (5x7 cm) that is either formed by preferential dissolution ...

Illinois district by the occurrence of the brilliant colored fluorite. In early American geologic literature there are numerous refer­ ences ° to this fluorspar, or " fluate of lime," as it was then called.

Crystal - Fluorite Cube-Minerva #1 Mine - Illinois. Regular price $40.00 Sold out. Crystal - Fluorite Purple Hopper-type Crystal. Regular price $115.00 $95.00 Sale Sold out. Crystal - Fluorite Crystal Cluster. Regular price $65.00. Crystal - Fluorite Crystal Cube from southern Illinois. Regular price $65.00. Crystal - Fluorite Crystal Cluster from southern Illinois. Regular price $40.00 ...

RLIL16A-09 Fluorite $1,650.00 Miniature, 5.2 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Illinois, USA (4 more images)

16/03/2014  Field Trip: Fluorite and Secondary Lead-Zinc Minerals from Marion, Kentucky. Site Description: The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar district is world famous for the enormous quantity of huge, gorgeously crystalline purple and yellow fluorite that originated from the now defunct mines near Cave-In-Rock Illinois.

Fluorite can be scratched by a knife or a piece of window glass, is fairly lightweight (specific gravity ranges from 3 to 3.3), and is transparent to translucent. Extensive deposits of fluorite, once one of Illinois' important commercial minerals, occur in Hardin and Pope Counties in extreme southern Illinois, where fluorite

Fluorite, Illinois En Stock. Fluorite, Cavin Rock, illinois USA 95€ VENDUE. 95,00 € Célestite sur Fluorite En Stock. Célestite sur Fluorite, Annabel Lee Mine,Harris Creek District Southern Illinois, USA. 2 200,00 € Fluorite et Aragonite, Cave-in-Rock District, Southern Illinois, USA. En Stock. Fluorite and Aragonite, Rosiclare Level Crystal Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Southern ...

Fluorite - Minerva Mine USA Photo Suart Wilensky. ROSICLARE/SUB-ROSICLARE LEVELS, HILL-LEDFORD MINE, OZARK-MAHONING COMPANY, CAVE-IN-ROCK DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A large group of grapey-purple cubic fluorite crystals (to 6 cm) with no apparent point of attachment (a floater). Near the center of one area is a classic 'Bird's Nest' (5x7 cm) that is either formed by preferential dissolution ...

Crystal - Fluorite Cube-Minerva #1 Mine - Illinois. Regular price $40.00 Sold out. Crystal - Fluorite Purple Hopper-type Crystal. Regular price $115.00 $95.00 Sale Sold out. Crystal - Fluorite Crystal Cluster. Regular price $65.00. Crystal - Fluorite Crystal Cube from southern Illinois. Regular price $65.00. Crystal - Fluorite Crystal Cluster from southern Illinois. Regular price $40.00 ...

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Illinois district by the occurrence of the brilliant colored fluorite. In early American geologic literature there are numerous refer­ ences ° to this fluorspar, or " fluate of lime," as it was then called.

RLIL16A-09 Fluorite $1,650.00 Miniature, 5.2 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Illinois, USA (4 more images)

Calcite on Fluorite, Knight Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Company, Rosiclare District, Southern Illinois, Mined c. 1970’s, ex. Shorty Millikan, Ron Roberts Collection BPCF-3, Medium Cabinet 6.5 x 7.0 x 12.0 cm, $50. Online 5/11. Combination of fluorite and calcite from the last working vein type mine

16/03/2014  Field Trip: Fluorite and Secondary Lead-Zinc Minerals from Marion, Kentucky. Site Description: The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar district is world famous for the enormous quantity of huge, gorgeously crystalline purple and yellow fluorite that originated from the now defunct mines near Cave-In-Rock Illinois.

Illinois has a nice variety of different minerals and fossils that are popular for rockhounds and fossil hunters to search for. Fluorite, calcite, barite, galena, and many other crystal specimens are found in abundance in parts of southern Illinois. There are also many fossil hunting sites in the state.

Fluorospar (Fluorite) is the state mineral of Illinois and for many years it was big business. But the last U.S. Fluorite mine was in southern Illinois and it closed in 1995, pushed out by China’s mining operations and low prices. The Re-opening of Molycorp Mine in California to mine for rare earth minerals will once again mean the U.S. has an internal supply of much needed materials like ...

06/05/2021  This is a large, transparent, purple fluorite cleavage octahedron from the Hill-Ledford mine, in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois. Under UV, this specimen shows a deep, saturated blue fluorescent response. The octahedron measures 54 mm on an edge. The Hill-Leadford Mine was one of the many notable fluorspar mines in the Illinois/Kentucky fluorspar district, and was operated by the

Mine Overview. The Empire Fluorspar Mine is near Herod, Illinois. Historically the site has been associated with the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District which is now part of the Shawnee National Forest. The site was first discovered in 1863. The Empire Fluorspar Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open.

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Fluorite, Illinois En Stock. Fluorite, Cavin Rock, illinois USA 95€ VENDUE. 95,00 € Célestite sur Fluorite En Stock. Célestite sur Fluorite, Annabel Lee Mine,Harris Creek District Southern Illinois, USA. 2 200,00 € Fluorite et Aragonite, Cave-in-Rock District, Southern Illinois, USA. En Stock. Fluorite and Aragonite, Rosiclare Level Crystal Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Southern ...

Crystal Victory Mine (U 72-75), Spar Mountain Area, Cave In Rock District, Hardin County, Southern Illinois. All mines in the area were closed by 1995. General Information: Fluorite is a mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2 . It was formerly called fluorspar and its name comes from the Latin word for "to flow." Fluorite can be used as flux in the smelting of metallic ores. Illinois has ...

RLIL16A-09 Fluorite $1,650.00 Miniature, 5.2 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Illinois, USA (4 more images)

Fluorite Strontianite Roseiclare Level, Minerva #1 Mine Cave-in-Rock District, Southern Illinois ex Jere Cadoret Collection with Ross Lillie Label May/1995 9.60 cm x 5.84 cm x 3.25 cm Here is one amazing specimen. Very clean crystals, super high luster faces, mirrored surfaces, incredible stepped growth clearly visible as later generation growth, gre

16/03/2014  Field Trip: Fluorite and Secondary Lead-Zinc Minerals from Marion, Kentucky. Site Description: The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar district is world famous for the enormous quantity of huge, gorgeously crystalline purple and yellow fluorite that originated from the now defunct mines near Cave-In-Rock Illinois.

Mines in Rosiclare, Illinois. Humm Mines Shaft #1. Humm Mines Shaft #1. ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (ALCOA GROUP) Stewart Mine #1. Stewart Mine #2. Stewart Mine #2. Stewart Mine #3.