Tennessee Field Diamonds 3

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Tennessee Field Diamonds 3 A treasure 485 million years in the making.

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Tennessee Field Diamonds 3. A treasure 485 million years in the making. Crystals from a small deposit near I-81 Exit 8 (locality 10) Jefferson County, TN. Mosheim Anticline (locality 11) Red soil exposed in recent excavation. Sevier Shale. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Tennessee Field Diamonds 3

A treasure 485 million years in the making.

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Crystals from a small deposit nearI-81 Exit 8

(locality 10)

Jefferson County, TN

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Mosheim Anticline

(locality 11)

Red soil exposed in recent excavation.

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Sevier Shale

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

Alleghenian Orogeny.

Quartz_crystals_4.ppt