Tennessee Field Diamonds 3

A treasure 485 million years in the making.

Crystals from a small deposit nearI-81 Exit 8

(locality 10)

Jefferson County, TN

Mosheim Anticline

(locality 11)

Red soil exposed in recent excavation.

Sevier Shale

Quartz crystals in the Sevier Shale show that at least some quartz deposition took place during or after the

Alleghenian Orogeny.

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