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Fluorite & Sphalerite

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JCM748514

Fluorite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
86.00gr
Description

A splendid aesthetic display piece comprising of a 1 cm lilac cubic fluorite crystal crowning atop a mass of deep sphalerite crystals and perched upon a thin matrix resembling a 'flower and stalk' display! Obtained in August 2017 from the classic Elmwood Mine!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
JC Minerals

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