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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 63260
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Highly-transparent golden calcite crystals with lustrous crystal faces. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form and are twinned on the C-axis {111} with prominent reentrant faces in the center defining the twin plane. Both ends have cleavage faces. Ex. Mort Metersky collection #Ca-1180, director of International Calcite Collectors Association
Overall Size:43x21x19 mm
Crystals:22-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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