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Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 68214
Mineral:Fluorite on Sphalerite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous 24 mm transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals on lustrous translucent brown-black sphalerite compound-crystals to 10 mm. The right-rear corner of the fluorite crystal is cleaved where it was attached to the surrounding cavity wall.
Overall Size:5x3x3 cm
Crystals:3-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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