AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Sphalerite, Fluorite, Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 29252 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite, Fluorite, Calcite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Complex clusters of lustrous brown sphalerite crystals with purple crystals of fluorite up to 10 mm and a pale-yellow calcite crystal 32 mm high. The calcite is a C-axis twin. Hard to photograph - must be seen in person. |
Overall Size: | 7x5x5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-32 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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