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Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Fluorite and Sphalerite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 70690
Mineral:Fluorite and Sphalerite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 22 mm on gray limestone with lustrous translucent dark-brown sphalerite crystals to 12 mm. The surfaces of the fluorite crystals are composed of smaller parallel crystal faces. A few corners cleaved.
Overall Size:8.5x4.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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