SOLD
MD-52738
Fluorite, Galena
Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Toenail, 3.0 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
SOLD
This superb specimen was expensive when I bought it, and you can see why. These stunning combo specimens from the Elmwood can no longer be taken for granted with the mine now closed. This is a galena crystal that is complete all the way around, with striking hoppered growth, and with a jewel-like, pristine transparent purple fluorite on top. You could hardly ask for a cuter Elmwood piece. BETTER In PERSON, TOO! WILL fit in a Perky box, for the thumbnail collector. According to Rory Howell who was the Mine Superintendent when these were found, they came from the O.G. Heading & only about 150 or so of these Galena/Fluorite associations were found in the mid 1980's. Supposedly this was the only place in the mine that yielded this association. 3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm