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SPHALERITE on DOLOMITE - SPH3943

SPHALERITE on DOLOMITE
SPHALERITE on DOLOMITESPHALERITE on DOLOMITE
$65.00 Weight: 397 g


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Specifications

Elmwood Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
71mm x 54mm x 50mm
Small Cabinet
Black (translucent dark red-amber when edge-lit) lustrous cluster of sphalerite crystals to 22 mm, on drusy white rhombic dolomite crystals. No damage on the front (display) side, but contacting on back side of specimen. Very nice example for the species and location. A good summary of mining in this area can be found in the Mineralogical Record, Volume 9, Number 4 (July – August, 1978), pages 213 – 218.