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Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

 
Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:No. 78189
Mineral:Sphalerite with Fluorite on Dolomite
Locality:Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Description:Lustrous transparent dark brown-black sphalerite crystals in compound aggregates to 16 mm across with a lustrous 5 mm transparent purple cubic fluorite crystal on translucent white rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 2 mm. Collected ca. 1980.
Overall Size:4x3.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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