AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Sphalerite with Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 40199 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite with Calcite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Lustrous translucent dark-brown sphalerite crystals with surfaces composed of smaller crystal faces in parallel orientation that reflect light simultaneously off all surfaces with a scalenohedral pale yellow15 mm calcite crystal with a cleaved tip. |
Overall Size: | 10.5x7x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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