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Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 66177
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Large single crystal of golden-orange calcite with lustrous crystal faces. The calcite crystal is scalenohedral form, with milky core and transparent upper half with deep color (not like the pale crystals being found currently). Two edges are bruised. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:15x8x8 cm
Crystals:15 cm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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