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MUSCOVITE with Bertrandite   Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
3 mm field of view
Species:           MUSCOVITE with Bertrandite  
Locality:          Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: e.g. u2378
Notes: Collected from the large boulder pipe in the boulder field. Yellow balls of muscovite with clear bertrandite, left center and lower. e.g. u2378
Article by Whittemore & Janules, on this locality in vol. 65, no. 4 of Rocks & Minerals states: "Tiny (1 mm) greenish and yellowish brown to orange spheres of radiating platy crystals associated with fluorite and siderite on the talus slope have been identified (by SEM - EDS and X-ray defraction) as an iron-rich variety of muscovite."
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MUSCOVITE on Fluorite cubes   Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
3 mm field of view
Species:           MUSCOVITE on Fluorite cubes  
Locality:          Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: e.g. u2378
Notes: Collected from the large boulder pipe in the boulder field. Platy mica structure is visible in this photo.
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MUSCOVITE   Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
1.5 mm field of view
Species:           MUSCOVITE  
Locality:          Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: u2380
Notes: Collected from the large boulder pipe in the boulder field.
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MUSCOVITE - var. Ball Mica    Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH
7 cm specimen with 2.3 cm mica ball
Species:           MUSCOVITE - var. Ball Mica  
Locality:          Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH
Specimen Size: 7 cm specimen with 2.3 cm mica ball
Field Collected (owner): Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 2129
Notes:For NH ball mica, this is a pretty good specimen.
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MUSCOVITE - var. Ball Mica    Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH
2.2 cm muscovite ball
Species:           MUSCOVITE - var. Ball Mica  
Locality:          Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH
Specimen Size: 2.2 cm muscovite ball
Field Collected (owner): Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 2125
Notes:
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MUSCOVITE var. Ball Mica  Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
6 cm specimen
Species:           MUSCOVITE var. Ball Mica
Locality:         Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
Specimen Size: 6 cm specimen
Field Collected: Unknown
Catalog No.: NC
Notes: Acquired at the 2000 Gilsum Rock Swap. Ball mica is uncommon in New Hampshire.
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