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Tennessee Field Diamonds: A Treasure 485 Million Years in the Making!

Discover the beauty of Tennessee field diamonds, similar crystals found worldwide. Explore Douglas Dam’s prolific diamond site featuring veins and breccia zones in Mascot Dolomite. Unveil winter-drawdown exposed features like fossils and structure.

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Tennessee Field Diamonds: A Treasure 485 Million Years in the Making!

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

  2. Similar crystals are found in many places throughout the world. See Quartzpage.de

  3. Douglas Dam (locality 5) One of the most prolific sites yet found: Veins and breccia zones in the upper part of the Mascot Dolomite

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

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

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