AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Calcite on Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 66189 |
Mineral: | Calcite on Sphalerite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Lustrous transparent golden-orange to pale-orange doubly-terminated scalenohedral calcite crystals to 35 mm over translucent brown sphalerite. The largest calcite crystals are twinned on the C-axis and have the deepest color. Collected ca. 1990 |
Overall Size: | 8x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 3-35 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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