AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Tennessee > Sphalerite on limestone |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 59879 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite on limestone |
Locality: | Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee |
Description: | Showy cluster of highly lustrous transparent dark-brown sphalerite crystals on gray limestone. The sphalerite crystals are complexly twinned resulting in many irregular crystal shapes. |
Overall Size: | 9x6x5 cm |
Crystals: | 5-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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