Fluorite with Dolomite

specimen number:
2062975

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

description:
Deep purple to almost black lustrous slightly translucent cubic crystals of fluorite measuring to 2.0 cm on edge aesthetic across the top of a brecciated matrix that is coated with sparkling white crystals of dolomite to 0.3 cm in size. This is in very good condition. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark. His label notes that the specimen was collected from 06-11 North Elmwood on June 23rd, 1998 by Brian Huntsman.

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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