New Gallery #106

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #106.
TITANITE Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH 4 mm titanite cluster with chlorite	Species: TITANITE Locality: Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm titanite cluster with chlorite Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen Notes: Photo with Canon T3i, 50 mm Canon lens,1 cm extension tube, plus Nikon Plan 10 microscope objective. Helicon Focus, method B, 64 images.
TITANITE Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH 1.2 mm titanite ball	Species: TITANITE Locality: Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm titanite ball Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen Notes: Photo with Canon T3i, 50 mm Canon lens,1 cm extension tube, plus Nikon Plan 10 microscope objective. Helicon Focus, method B, 53 images.
ISHIKAWAITE Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH 3.5 mm field of view	Species: ISHIKAWAITE Locality: Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen Notes: A Bob Janules submitted EDS analysis suggested ishikawaite. The spectral response at about 0.4 Kev, labeled Al, is suspect. Aluminum should give a response at 1.48 KeV. Ishikawaite chemistry is: U⁴⁺Fe²⁺Nb₂O₈ Photo with Canon T3i, 50 mm Canon lens,1 cm extension tube, plus Nikon Plan 10 microscope objective. Helicon Focus.
BAVENITE Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH 2 mm field of view. BAVENITE Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH 5 mm bavenite cluster	Species: BAVENITE Locality: Oliver Trench, Moat Mtn., Hale's Location, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Second photo, 5 mm bavenite cluster on microcline. Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen Notes: Photo with Canon T3i plus B&L microscope objective. Helicon Focus, method B.
BERTRANDITE Government Pit ? Moat Mtn., Albany, NH 1.2 mm bertrandite crystal, partially embedded in microcline. A typical rectangular-tabular bertrandite habit.	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Government Pit ? Moat Mtn., Albany, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm bertrandite crystal, partially embedded in microcline. A typical rectangular-tabular bertrandite habit. Field Collected: Leroy Grant Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Overall 2 cm specimen has typical Moat Mt, smoky quartz and microcline crystals. Found in Leroy Grant egg carton with many small, loose smoky quartz crystals. Photo with Canon T3i, with Nikon Plan 10 microscope objective.
ANATASE Audley Quarry, Merrimack, NH 0.3 mm crystal (tiny)	Species: ANATASE Locality: Audley Quarry, Merrimack, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm crystal (tiny) Field Collected: Tom Mortimer 5/17 MMNE field trip Catalog No.: u2048 Notes: Even though I color corrected the photo, the actual crystal is a bit more orange, and not quite as intense. Photo with Canon T3i, with Nikon Plan 10 microscope objective. 24 image stack.
LAUEITE (with paravauxite zoning?) Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1 mm spray of laueite crystals with clear apatite crystals at top.	Species: LAUEITE (with paravauxite zoning?) Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm spray of laueite crystals with clear apatite crystals at top. Field Collected: From tub of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1945 Notes: Center of cluster is clear. I asked Jim Nizamoff about this zoning, particularly with laueite and paravauxite. He replied: "Yes, you can absolutely have that. I saw this particular zoning at Palermo No. 2 on several specimens and expect that it occurs at Palermo No. 1 as well. I believe that many of the secondary phosphates that exhibit a compositional series (especially Fe vs Mn as in laueite-paravauxite, childrenite-eosphorite or Fe3+ vs Al as in jahnsite-whiteite) can be zoned in this way. Usually they show a concentric type zoning (core is mineral A and rim is mineral B). I haven't seen zoning that is non-symmetrical." Photo with Canon T3i, with Nikon Plan 10 microscope objective. 21 image stack.
TORBERNITE Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.4 mm crystal	Species: TORBERNITE Locality: Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 6/14/00 Catalog No.: u428 Notes:
APATITE-(CaF) Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 4 mm field of view APATITE-(CaF) Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 1.4 mm field of view	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Top photo, 4 mm field of view. Lower photo 1.4 mm field of view Field Collected: Forrrest Fogg 1972-1976 Catalog No.: u1579 Notes: Gifted to Tom Mortimer by Gordon Jackson. EDS analysis BC18. These "cauliflower habit" apatites are most unusual. Jim Nizamoff commented on these photos: "These can be somewhat common in childrenite-rich matrix types and especially with siderite. Sometimes they have rather fibrous terminations (I have called these hairy apatites). SEM imagery of these is really neat."
ZIRCON Hurricane Mtn, Conway, NH 3.5 mm crystal	Species: ZIRCON Locality: Hurricane Mtn, Conway, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Not Cataloged Notes: These Hurricane Mtn. zircons have only a very pale yellow fluorescence in SW UV.