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

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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

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Features Exposed by winter draw-down Stratigraphy – fossils – structure

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