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Baryte : BaSO4

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

20x17´5 cm
 © Alfonso RodriguezPhoto ID: 73398    View Count: 244

Multiple photos availableBaryte : BaSO4, Fluorite : CaF2, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

8´5x8´5 cm. Very nice barite ball with perfect light purple fluorite and a little bit of sphalerite.
 © Alfonso RodriguezPhoto ID: 73362    View Count: 235

Baryte : BaSO4, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S, Fluorite : CaF2

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

BARITE with Fluorite and Sphalerite, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee.
A matrix group with a 5 cm ball of white barite on one side, a cluster of dark reddish brown spahlerite in the middle and a single purple 3 cm fluorite cube on the other side. A plate of gray silicified dolomite forms the base.
 © 2001, Jesse FisherPhoto ID: 3708    View Count: 1018

Baryte : BaSO4, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

9´5x8 cm. Cream blooms barite on sparkling sphalerite
 © Alfonso RodriguezPhoto ID: 73361    View Count: 220

Baryte : BaSO4

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

Ball of 9 cm
 © Alfonso RodriguezPhoto ID: 73399    View Count: 374

Baryte : BaSO4

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

Baryte sphere on sphalerite, 7 cm in diameter. Doug Merson photo and collection.
 © DM 06Photo ID: 84664    View Count: 169

Baryte : BaSO4

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

An excellent and pristine ball of sugar-looking, cream-colored, bladed barite crystals very nicely set on gray dolomite matrix from the recently closed Elmwood Mine. Choice association material from the Elmwood Mine. Ex Lewadny Collection. 5.7 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 38439    View Count: 427

Baryte : BaSO4, Fluorite : CaF2

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

13x12 cm
 © Alfonso RodriguezPhoto ID: 64621    View Count: 251

Baryte : BaSO4, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

10x8 cm
 © Alfonso RodriguezPhoto ID: 64623    View Count: 203

Baryte : BaSO4, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

A classic barite “ball”, complete all around, atop a “base” of sphalerite crystals. Since the closing of the Elmwood, specimens have rapidly gone from being relatively plentiful to noticeably scarce. 11 x 9 x 7 cm

 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 37743    View Count: 350

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