A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Vaterite with fluorite, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois |
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| Description | Vaterite, the white mineral, is a relatively rare polymorph of calcite and aragonite. It typically forms microscopic, thin long fibrous crystals or small, flat, platy crystals (this sample). Here it is accompanied by yellowish fluorite. This sample is about 7 cm in longest dimension. |
| Location | USA ▹ Illinois ▹ Hardin. Near Cave in Rock. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-12. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #647. |
| Key words | vaterite, fluorite, Illinois, cave-in-the-rock |
| Tech details | 459 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 711 |
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