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Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 75278
Mineral:Calcite and Fluorite on Sphalerite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Stonewall Ore Body, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals to 46 mm with etched (partially dissolved) transparent fluorite crystals on a plate of crystallized brown sphalerite. The specimen is sculptural and can be displayed in several orientations. Ex. G. McLoughlin collection; collected ca. 1998
Overall Size:7.5x5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 46 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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