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SOLD Witherite with Fluorite and Barite, Bethel Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Minerva Oil Company, Cave-in-Rock District, Southern Illinois, Mined c. 1960's, H. R. McBroom Collection to Ray Thompson Collection, Miniature 3.5 x 5.0 x 6.3 cm, $300. Online 8/21

SOLD Witherite with Fluorite and Barite, Bethel Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Minerva Oil Company, Cave-in-Rock District, Southern Illinois, Mined c. 1960's, H. R. McBroom Collection to Ray Thompson Collection, Miniature 3.5 x 5.0 x 6.3 cm, $300. Online 8/21

NSMW12770

  • $ 30000
A rare morphology witherite with blue fluorite and late-stage barite. Advance mining circa 1960s. Note crystals, to 3 cm, are elongated prisms arranged in parallel aggregates. Attribution of Minerva #1 maybe 50% possibility: alternative locale is one of Ozark-Mahoning's properties such as M.F. Oxford #7 or S.E. Oxford #11. Bethel Level is 100% in either case. In excellent condition. Provenance: H.R. McBroom collection to; Ray Thompson; to Stan Perry; to Ross Lillie. Entered into Ross C. Lillie database as RCL 2713.