Calcite with Hematite
specimen number:
2013526
location:
Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
description: The Fletcher Mine in Reynolds County, Missouri, is one of the major mines in the Viburnum Trend, a region known for large Mississippi Valley type lead deposits. The mine was developed in the 1960s as part of expanded exploration for deep seated lead ore bodies in southeastern Missouri. It works ore hosted in Cambrian dolomite, with galena as the primary lead mineral along with sphalerite and other sulfides. Operated by the Doe Run Company, the Fletcher Mine has been an important contributor to lead production in the United States since it began operation.
Collected by Larry Nuelle in the 1990s, this was a quite limited find. A grouping of golden yellow translucent to transparent scalenohedral calcite crystals are set on matrix, these with brilliant red phantom inclusions of hematite. This one is in great condition.
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