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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

Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 70942
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Doubly-terminated transparent-to-translucent yellow calcite crystals with bladed white barite crystals on the bottom edge where the calcite was attached. The calcite crystals are twinned on the C-axis with twin plane visible on the top edge. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:10-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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