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Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite over Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 65865
Mineral:Calcite over Sphalerite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Showy cluster of lustrous transparent orange scalenohedral calcite crystals to 12 mm partially coating lustrous translucent dark-brown sphalerite crystals to 10 mm. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:8.5x8.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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