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

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

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

36.5625, -83.889722

Weathering of carbonate bedrock

Crystals freed from carbonate bedrock now in residual clay.