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Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 9080
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Large cluster of cubic fluorite crystals. The fluorite is pale purple to colorless with purple speckles just below the outer surface. Clean and undamaged. Under UV illumination mineral inclusions (barite?) fluoresces white.
Overall Size:11x8x5 cm
Crystals:2-5 cm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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