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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.
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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
Weathering of carbonate bedrock Crystals freed from carbonate bedrock now in residual clay.