Dissolution Fluorite - Elmwood Mine, USA

Species: Fluorite with minor Sphalerite

Location: Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA

Size: 9.0 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm

Weight: 419g

An astonishing cluster from the famous, and recently flooded Elmwood Mine. The main cube is pristine, and each cube features intense etched faces (otherwise known as dissolution.) The light magenta color is fairly unique for the locality, and it’s not often I find such large crystals that are fully intact. This piece was extracted between 1981-1982, and was just recently released out of the miners collection.