Calcite - Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee
Contributed by: Mark Cole
Date: Mar 29th, 2026
Locality: Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA (See on Mindat)
Description:
I gave a UV light to a miner when the Elmwood mine was active. He brought it into the mine and started exploring. This was really all he found of significance before the foreman caught him with the light. One and only chance to lamp Elmwood and it got cut short. Originally posted by Mark Cole on Nature's Rainbows in 2015.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: White