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Fluorite Calcite & Sphalerite

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Fluorite Calcite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 8 × 6 cm
Weight: 
492.00gr
Description

A very aeathetic, well formed combo of dark red sphalerite and violet cubic fluorite on a matrix fragment. Accompanied by a white calcite single crystal. This fine specimen is in good condition in the centre, there is only minor damage at the rim.

 

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

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