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Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite from Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite from Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite from Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite from Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite from Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite from Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 61221
Mineral:Barite with Calcite and Sphalerite
Locality:Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Translucent yellow barite crystals in a 40 mm diameter spherical aggregate on quartz-coated gray limestone with lustrous transparent red-brown sphalerite crystals to 10 mm and lustrous orange transparent scalenohedral calcite crystals to 10 mm.
Overall Size:6.5x4x4 cm
Crystals:1-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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