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Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 70370
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Two intersecting cubic fluorite crystals with surfaces composed of smaller parallel cubic crystal faces. The fluorite crystals are yellow-gray with a thin purple outer layer and they fluoresce yellow-white under SW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:30-33 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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