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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Jewel Pocket, Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite (twinned crystals) from Jewel Pocket, Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Jewel Pocket, Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Jewel Pocket, Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Jewel Pocket, Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 80303
Mineral:Calcite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Jewel Pocket, Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Doubly-terminated lustrous transparent golden-orange calcite crystals with remnants of sphalerite on the bottom edge. The calcite crystals are scalenohedral form and are twinned on the C-axis {111} with prominent reentrant faces on the top edge. Ex. Miller #M787; originally collected ca. 1975
Overall Size:8.5x5.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:40-80mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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