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Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite (including two twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 72700
Mineral:Calcite (including two twinned crystals)
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent scalenohedral calcite crystals on thin plates of gray limestone. The calcite crystals have pale color in the centers with golden-orange terminations and edges. One pair of calcite crystals are twinned on the C-axis. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x5.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:45-60 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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