Locality: Milton, NH
Specimen Size: 2.4 cm crystal
Field Collected: Bob Littler
Catalog No.: 2119
Notes: Gift from Don Swenson. No further locality details available. Collected decades ago.
Locality: S. Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm vertical view
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 1288
Notes: From pegmatite outcrop on South Uncanoonuc Mtn.
Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1.0 mm (vertical) crystal
Field Collected: From a tub of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore
Catalog No.: u2539
Notes: My first guess on this was strengite. But following an email exchange with Jim Nizamoff, a garnet is the most likely identification.
A polished grain EDS analysis, BC351, set 31, confirmed an iron-rich garnet, almandine, with Fe about 2 x Mn.
Locality: Ford Mine, Wilmot, NH
Specimen Size: 8 cm specimen (estimate)
Field Collected: Unknown
Catalog No.: A Woodman Institute specimen, #600080
Notes: The Ford Mine is not listed in Morrill, nor included in the mindat.org data base. Perhaps the Ford Mine is an alternate name for one of the two garnet mines recorded for Wilmot, NH.
Photo is a low effort snapshot.
Locality: Lost River, Benton, NH
Specimen Size: 6 cm specimen (estimate)
Field Collected: Unknown
Catalog No.: A Woodman Institute specimen, #600077
Notes: EDS analysis, BC460, June 2022, Showed this pink vein mineral to be almandine. A similar vein of pink almandine (also analyzed) in biotite gneiss occurs in a Rt. 112 road cut in Easton, NH. When I saw this "rhodonite" I was immediately skeptical.
Locality: Sugar Hill, NH
Specimen Size: About a one inch crystal
Field Collected: Unknown
Catalog No.:
Notes: A silent auction offering at the 2023 New England Mineral Conference. Relatively large for a Sugar Hill almandine. An iPhone snapshot.