tennessee field diamonds a treasure 485 million years in the making
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Tennessee Field Diamonds
A treasure 485 million years in the making.
Similar crystals
are found in many places throughout the world.
See Quartzpage.de
Douglas Dam
(locality 5)One of the most prolific sites
yet found:
Veins and breccia zones in the upper part of the Mascot Dolomite
Features
Exposed by winter draw-down
Stratigraphy – fossils – structure
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
36.5625, -83.889722
Weathering of carbonate bedrock
Crystals freed from carbonate bedrock now in residual clay.