Rubyjack Sphalerite on Dolomite (Consie Prince Coll.)

Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Start Time: 12/01/2011 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/08/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Elmwood Mine sphalerite is some of the finest US examples of the species and this is a showy, highly representative specimen. Splendent, sharp, strikingly partially gemmy, rubyjack crystals are richly and aesthetically set on the starkly contrasting dolomite crystal crust. The large, mirror-bright, large crystal is 2.5 cm. A bit of brusing is noted on the top of the piece, but is out of sight on the primary display view. Excellent and classic, two-sided older material from the Consie Prince Collection.

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