AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Sphalerite with Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 40155 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite with Calcite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Lustrous translucent dark-brown sphalerite crystals to 25 mm with a 25 mm translucent yellow scalenohedral calcite crystal. The sphalerite crystals are complex crystal form, but many areas have parallel faces indicating they are monocrystalline. |
Overall Size: | 11x9x4 cm |
Crystals: | 5-25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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