AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Sphalerite with Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 41404 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite with Calcite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Highly lustrous translucent red-brown sphalerite crystals up to 20 mm in aggregates of parallel crystals up to 45 mm across. Many minute colorless calcite crystals coat some surfaces and a twinned 25 mm calcite crystal (cleaved tip) is in one corner. |
Overall Size: | 8x7x6 cm |
Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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