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1 Tennessee Field Diamonds 2 A treasure 485 million years in the making. Please view in edit mode to see notes

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

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18 Fincher Farm area (Locality 12) Kingsport Formation, Knox Group dolomites.

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36 Crystals from a small deposit near I-81 Exit 8 (locality 10) Jefferson County, TN Quartz_crystals_3.ppt Quartz_crystals_3.ppt

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