 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Red and PinkVariscite from the Wood Mine, Cocke County, Tennessee HENRY BARWOOD Indiana Geological Survey...n 1969 or 1970 a few specimens of snow-white wavellite on black manganese oxides were examined by the...revealed the source to be the Wood mine in Cocke County, Tennessee. Rather cursory examination of the...site became well known, and a large number of wavellite and a smaller number of “strengite” specimens...strengite (Lehnert 1971). The author first visited the mine in 1971 after the initial rush of collectors had |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith...Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood...Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 07:22 29 December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals...many collectors’ first phosphate specimen was a wavellite from one of the traditional Arkansas localities...recently been the source of some of the finest wavellite ever found, and, consequently, one Dr. Robert...selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Wavellite is an often-colorful mineral, ranging from white...hardness is 3.5–4, and its measured density is 2.36. Wavellite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (2/m2/m2/m) |
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