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Fluorite with barite cross phantoms
- Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
- Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
- Start Time: 11/02/2009 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/12/2009 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This is a rare example of the so-called barite crosses, a strange phantom effect formed by a barite crystal frozen inside of the fluorite. But before the barite was enclosed, it was stricken by some dissolution effect that makes it appear, on looking closely, like a small white cross shape, inside the fluorite. Subtle, and to some people something not worth noticing perhaps - but to the Elmwood or phantom afficionado this is a rare thing, indeed!