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Sphalerite, Fluorite, Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Sphalerite, Fluorite, Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

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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