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Fluorite, Quartz, Sphalerite over Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

 
Fluorite, Quartz, Sphalerite over Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite, Quartz, Sphalerite over Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite, Quartz, Sphalerite over Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 80565
Mineral:Fluorite, Quartz, Sphalerite over Calcite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-purple cubic fluorite crystals to 10 mm, with sugar-like transparent colorless quartz microcrystals and transparent brown sphalerite microcrystals, over lustrous transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 7 mm.
Overall Size:7.5x5.5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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