I’ve added some super new specimens in this Elmwood Update (click here). This update features beautiful high-quality twinned calcite crystals, and also a great fluorite.
First opened in the 1970s, the Elmwood Mine (the Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland mining complex) has produced some of the world’s finest calcite crystals, many of which are twinned. Over the years, the miners referred to the large orange Elmwood calcite crystals as “footballs”, and they referred to the clear gemmy calcites in this update as “jewels”. These are from a pocket found a few years ago. Most specimens were damaged and these are exceptional – the handful of top-quality specimens in this update are the result of a quest through many flats.

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 7.3 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 8.3 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA – 7.0 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 10.2 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 10.1 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 9.8 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 6.5 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 5.9 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 5.4 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 5.2 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 5.2 cm

Calcite (Twinned), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 5.5 cm

Fluorite, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US – 6.2 cm

Fluorite, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, US