[Rockhounds] Elmwood, Tennesse and mineral collecting

[Mark]

Thanks,

I have a few Elmwood specimens, and lately I have seen an upsurge in 
specimens from there. They are pretty expensive.  I'm a geologist and tend 
to gravitate toward ore minerals so the sphalerite from there is really 
attractive to me.

Anyway, thanks again, and I will run the search.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Goldstein" <deepskyspy at insightbb.com>
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> Elmwood mines are deep underground. I am not sure whether miners can sneak 
> out minerals in their lunch boxes assuming the mines are running again. I 
> collected at road cuts around Carthage and the interstate 20 years ago. 
> Found calcite and celestine crystals in fossils with vugss. Gerard Troost 
> collected fluorite in Smith Co. from were probably surface or near surface 
> deposits. Unfortunately he didn't give much detail to the location. To 
> further complicate things that would have been in the 1830's and 40's! 
> Celestine and other minerals have been found in the Nashville area, but 
> whether there are any accessible locales is unknown. I'd research Davidson 
> and surrounding counties on midat and see what is listed.
>
> Alan
>
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>
> Does anyone know of any sites in Elmwood, Tennessee where a visitor may 
> collect?  I am planning a trip to Nashville which is nearby and frankly, 
> there is only so much music I can take.  I have heard that the mines at 
> Elmwood are open again.  I love sphalerite and desire to acquire some 
> specimens.
>
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