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Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite with minor Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

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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