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Sweetwater barite veins, Monroe County
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: barite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Residual barite and fluorite diggings in valley clays worked since the 1800s
The Sweetwater barite district is described in Tennessee survey literature.
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