Barite with Fluorite, Sphalerite, Dolomite (1848)
specimen number:
8811698
location:
Gordonsville Mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
description:
Classic combination specimen for this famous mining district. A large crystallized ball of barite 6.0 cm in diameter is set perfectly up on a breccia matrix with gemmy purple lustrous cubic crystals of fluorite measuring to 1.0 cm in size. Small black crystals of sphalerite are scattered throughout. This is in super condition. Collected in the 1990s.
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