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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 59517
Mineral:Calcite with Sphalerite and Fluorite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Large lustrous scalenohedral calcite crystals to 130 mm with a 60 mm group of parallel translucent brown-black sphalerite crystals on one edge and cubic transparent purple fluorite crystals to 13 mm on the bottom front. Ex. Dr. Donald Miller collection; ex. Betts #1516, collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:16x14x8 cm
Crystals:1-130 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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