mindatnh site history.
Species photos added for each update are
indicated below. Date listing order is oldest to newest.
Site launch date: January 3, 2009
Updates: 1-11-09, species D & E added, total = 67.
1-14-09, species F added, total = 75.
1-22-09, species G added, total = 89.
1-28-09, species H added, total = 102.
2-05-09, species I,J,K added, total = 108.
2-12-09, species L added, total = 115.
2-19-09, species M and Ixiolite added, total = 129. Display case is filling up!
2-27-09, species N,O,P-Phlogopite added, total = 138.
3-08-09, 10 more "P" species added, 4 more "P" to come, total = 148.
3-10-09, Remaining "P" species added, total = 152.
3-15-09, species Q,R added, total = 162.
3-24-09, species S through Sillimanite added, total = 175.
4-02-09, remaining S species added, total = 189.
4-09-09, Allanite specimen replaced - Joppa Hill Allanite is Epidote. Ixiolite removed - may be Ishikawaite.
Plots added for Galena, "Scapolite"
5-07-09, T mineral species added. Total = 197
5-18-09, Stolzite & Metavivianite added. Total = 199
6-12-09, Remaining species added, (U - Z). Total = 212
6-22-09 The Columbite series species have been updated to reflect the present accepted nomenclature.
Added species Columbite-(Mn), Glauconite, Jarosite, Marcasite, Sekaninaite. Total = 217
8-16-09, Lithiophilite and Triploidite species added. Total = 219
9-29-09, Ushkovite species added. Total = 221
9-18-09, Helvite locality corrected. Genthelvite species added. Total = 220
10-14-09, EDS analysis of my Chrysotile
and Cookeite specimen examples showed them both to be muscovite. Photos of these species removed. Total = 219
11-16-09, Bismutite species added. Total = 220
11-27-09, added species Fluocerite-(Ce), Parisite, Pharmacosiderite, Pyrochlore,
Vigezzite-Fersmite. Total = 225
Galleries added fall 2009:
Whitlockite gallery Kyanite gallery
Siderite gallery
Cordierite gallery Magnetite gallery
Calcite gallery Graphite gallery
Bismuthinite gallery Rutile gallery
Actinolite gallery Beryl gallery
1-9-10, added cacoxenite. Total = 226
1-19-10, added cookeite, copiapite, kulanite, pargasite, sicklerite. Total = 232. Also added samuelsonite gallery and siderophyllite species.
1-30-10, added ferrosilite, macaulayite, metazeunerite, whiteite. Total = 236.
2-05-10, New gallery photos
2-14-10, New gallery photos 2
2-14-10, Modified gallery pages to allow photo enlargement on same page. Your browser must have Java scripts enabled to use this feature.
2-23-10, Added hisingerite, fergusonite. Improved Linarite display specimen. Total = 238.
3-06-10, Added coronadite. Removed parisite, NH occurrence discredited by EDS analysis.
3-06-10, New gallery photos 3
3-19-10, New gallery photos 4
3-25-10, Added calciotantite, a new species for NH. Total = 239.
4-27-10, Removed pharmacosiderite from display. EDS analysis refuted visual pharmacosiderite ID.
Added collinsite, as it is listed in R. Whitmore's Palermo book. Deleted illite, an ill-defined mica group series.
"Hypersthene" name replaced with the IMA approved enstatite. Total = 238.
5-06-10, New gallery photos 5
Galleries Added winter 2009-10: (select gallery link on species page, or use links below)
Heterosite gallery Hematite gallery
Spodumene gallery Sillimanite gallery
Arsenopyrite gallery Riebeckite gallery
Synchysite gallery Danalite gallery
Galleries Added spring 2010: (select gallery link on species page, or use links below)
Samuelsonite gallery Palermoite gallery
6-06-10, New gallery photos 6
6-07-10, Added magnesiohornblende, (recently confirmed for NH)
6-16-10, Microcline gallery
9-05-10, Added melanterite.
9-07-10, New gallery photos 7
9-11-10, Titanite gallery (3 pages, 26 photos)
9-17-10, New gallery photos 8
9-26-10, Added Anorthite, Barbosalite, Beudantite, Marialite to display. Added Wodginite species photo.
10-12-10, New gallery photos 9
10-21-10, New gallery photos 10
11-05-10, New gallery photos 11
01-06-11, New gallery photos 12
01-08-11, Added photos of NH species from Harvard University collection: Corundum,
Hedenbergite, Hurlbutite,
Stilpnomelane.
Harvard museum photos of NH Kaolinite & Rhodonite added to galleries.
01-16-11, Added Epidote gallery, (30 photos).
02-13-11, Added Dravite gallery, (20 photos).
02-18-11, Added Staurolite gallery, (19 photos).
02-21-11, New gallery photos 13
05-22-11, New gallery photos 14
06-20-11, Added Nordstrandite , Wodginite .
Restored Ferrohornblende - links inadvertently deleted. Upgraded specimens of
Silver, Rhodochrosite , and
Fayalite . Replaced specimens of Kaolinite and
Rhodonite because new EDS analysis did not support previously displayed specimens.
08-09-11, New gallery photos 15
08-21-11, New gallery photos 16
08-24-11, New gallery photos 17
09-04-11, New gallery photos 18
09-18-11, New gallery photos 19
09-28-11, New gallery photos 20
09-01-11, Added down-loadable NH species checklist (pdf)
10-23-11, Nontronite eliminated from NH species list. EDS analysis showed classic Government Pit "Nontronite" is Glauconite.
(See discussion and analysis on Glauconite Gallery page).
Ishikawaite (from Ham-Weeks, Wakefield) removed from display. EDS analysis showed my specimen to be Samarskite.
10-26-11, Added Arrojadite, Frondelite, and
Hopeite to display with EDS analyses and galleries. Improved
Beryllonite specimen and added analysis.
10-27-11, Added Lazulite and Uranosilite
11-07-11, New gallery photos 21. Some outstanding micro specimens from
the collection of Gene Bearss.
11-10-11, Added Vandendriesscheite
11-13-11, New gallery photos 22. More micro specimens from
the collection of Gene Bearss.
11-22-11, Added Greenockite to NH species display.
11-23-11, Removed Clarkeite, Curite, Fourmarierite, Safflorite, and Uranospinite from the NH species list.
The presence of these species on the NH list was due to their reported occurrence at the Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH.
These species have been discredited as occurring at the Ruggles Mine as noted in the mindat.org summary:
mindat.org Ruggles Mine species.