AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Calcite with minor Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73161 |
Mineral: | Calcite with minor Sphalerite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Large cluster of parallel lustrous golden-orange calcite crystals with minor brown sphalerite on one edge. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form, with transparent upper portions and deep color (not like the pale crystals being found currently). Collected ca. 1990 |
Overall Size: | 14x9x8 cm |
Crystals: | 30-140 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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