Sphalerite with Fluorite, Calcite
specimen number:
3774425
location:
12 west 2 heading, Cumberland mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
description:
A large lustrous loose crystal of sphalerite hosting small gemmy purple crystals of fluorite with calcite. In very good condition all around. Fluorite, while very common in the other Tennessee mines, was never common from this mine.
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