Fluorite

specimen number:
8911064

location:
Elmwood Mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

description:
A neat loose gemmy purple lustrous partially corroded fluorite with no points of attachment. In perfect condition all around. The specimen comes with previous labels from both the Alton collection and from Martin Jensen. Collected in the mid 1980s. Very unique and attractive.

The Elmwood complex, comprising primarily of the Elmwood, Gordonsville, and Cumberland Mines, in Smith County, Tennessee, is situated within Paleozoic carbonate rock formations where mineralizing hydrothermal brines circulated through ancient, open solution cavities, faults, and breccia zones. Originally developed for industrial underground mining starting in the 1970s, the facility gained global renown among mineral collectors because miners recovered world-class crystal specimens from vugs and cavities intersected during operations. While the complex has experienced intermittent commercial closures and changes in corporate ownership over the decades, it remains a legendary locality celebrated for producing some of the finest aesthetic mineral crystals ever discovered.

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