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Specimens from the Elmwood Mine

(updated 12/5/08)

 

We've always loved the minerals from the Elmwood Mine, in Smith County, Tennessee, and have actively sought them out. The mine has been closed for a while now, and good-quality, affordable specimens are hard to come by. We've got a few flats of these highly prized minerals, including honey-colored and clear calcite, fluorite, barite, and gemmy sphalerite. Compared to other dealers' prices, our prices (ranging from $16 - $150, with most under $50) are quite reasonable. A few examples from our inventory are shown below.

 

calcite, elmwood mine, tennessee__ Calcite with fluorite and smoky quartz, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (#G08-347, $130). The smoky quartz is rare for this location.

 

calcite, tennessee__ Honey-colored calcite crystal, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (#G08-348, $150). A very large, showy piece.

 

fluorite, elmwood mine, tennessee__ Fluorite on dolomite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (#G08-333, $70).

 

sphalerite, elmwood mine, tennessee__ Sphalerite and barite on dolomite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (SOLD). This smaller (about 1.5 inches across) specimen is very affordable, and we have several others in this price range.

 

barite, elmwood mine, tennessee__ Barite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (#G08-308, $115). We've nicknamed this one "The Brain". It weighs over 13 pounds and is about 8 inches across and about 3 inches tall! It's got a very gemmy calcite crystal at the bottom of the photograph, as well as some sphalerite. We have similar, but smaller, specimens of these rounded barite specimens.

 

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