15dm175 ((CALCITE on BARITE with SPHALERITE and FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, 11 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet | |
A classic Elmwood specimen from Tennessee. Breccia coated with sparkling Quartz. Lustrous gemmy individual Sphalerite crystals with with a 4 cm mound of cream colored Barite. The specimen is covered with small gemmy terminated and double terminated Calcite crystals to about 7 MM. On the Barite are also very small gemmy cubic purple Fluorite crystals only about 1, maybe 2 MM. i see one small Sphalerite missing and otherwise completely damage free. Dennis McMurdie collection. |