Color-zoned Fluorite on drusy Quartz

Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/04/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A very showy and classic combination specimen from the famous Elmwood Mine. Lustrous, translucent, fluorite cubes to 2.1 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm are aesthetically discrete on the very sparkly, drusy quartz-covered, silicified limestone plate. The fluorites have intense, stepped-growth faces, giving a flashy, scintiallating look and classic, darker purple, edge phantoms surrounding the light purple to near-colorless cores. The striking large fluorite is pristine. Tiny, colorless, fluorite cubes are scattered on the drusy quartz. A very fine, older combination specimen from this noted locale. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!

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