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Fluorite on Quartz from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

 
Fluorite on Quartz from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Quartz from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Quartz from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite on Quartz from Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 80567
Mineral:Fluorite on Quartz
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage. Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 7 mm on transparent colorless quartz microcrystals coating gray matrix. The surfaces of the fluorite crystals are composed of many small parallel crystal faces.
Overall Size:5x5x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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