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Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 74097
Mineral:Sphalerite with minor Quartz and Dolomite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Showy cluster of highly lustrous transparent dark-brown sphalerite crystals with small areas of rhombic dolomite crystals to 2 mm and gray quartz crystals to 1mm. The sphalerite crystals are repeatedly twinned resulting in complex form. Ex. D. Miller collection #M563; collected ca. 2005
Overall Size:6x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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