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Fluorite on Sphalerite
- Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
- Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm
- Start Time: 12/21/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/02/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Crystals, to 1.5 cm in length, of lustrous, black "ruby jack" sphalerite with yellow orange highlights are topped by equant, lustrous and translucent,grape colored fluorite crystals, to 2.1 c m across. The fluorite crystal on the far right exhibits a phantom. There is a dusting of drusy, white calcite present on both fluorite and sphalerite crystals.