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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 66179
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals) on Barite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent golden-orange scalenohedral calcite crystals to 80 mm on hemispherical groups of translucent yellow-white barite crystals to 5 mm. The calcite crystals are twinned on the C-axis with the twin plane distinctly visible. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:12.5x10x7 cm
Crystals:4-80 mm
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