Best of New Hampshire Gallery                     Return to mindatnh front page.               Click on image for larger view, size, and locality.
Best photos on mindatnh.org for each species.     Alphabetical listing   From the collections of Tom Mortimer & friends.
Photos may be updated as better choices become available.     In many cases there were several good candidates for best photo, so my choices were somewhat subjective.
Species with a light blue border are from the NH "Rare and Uncommon" gallery and have a high confidence of a correct identification.
Species with a mustard yellow border are from the NH "Rare and Uncommon" gallery and have a fair confidence of a correct identification.
Caption link will take you to page for species and link to more photos in gallery.    Links to "Rare & Uncommon" will require scroll down to desired species.
A μ following the species name indicates this is a micro-mineral specimen with a field of view less than a few millimeters. Most nice crystal examples are micros.
A following the species name is a link to EDS data for this specimen. Confirmation data is provided for less common species.
A * following the species name indicates a reference is provided to analyses of similar specimens from this locality.
A following the species name is a link to another photo of this species or UV of this specimen.
Species - alphabetical page: [A]  [B]  [C]  [D-E]   [F]  [G]   [H] (this page)  [I-L]  [M]  [N-O]  [P]  [Q-R]  [S]  [T]  [U-Z]
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HAGENDORFITE  Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
2.5 mm green-black stubby-prismatic hagendorfite crystal in ludlamite

HAGENDORFITE μ
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HALOTRICHITE   Beebe River-side ledge, Campton, NH
1.5 cm chalk white Halotrichite clump on 3 cm specimen

HALOTRICHITE
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HASTINGSITE   Red Hill, Moultonborough, NH
3 cm specimen with black embedded Hastingsite crystal section

HASTINGSITE
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HEDENBERGITE   Elevation 2160, E. slope of knoll, south side of Burnsides Brook, Percy quadrangle, NH
2 to 3 mm black pyroxene blebs in feldspar, approx. 5 cm specimen.

HEDENBERGITE  *
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HELVITE (Helvine)  Iron Mtn., Bartlett, NH
2 mm field of view. Cluster of honey colored Helvite tetrahedron crystals

HELVITE (Helvine) μ
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HEMATITE   Mine Ledge, Surry, NH
5 cm specimen.

HEMATITE
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HEMIMORPHITE    Madison Lead Mine, Madison, NH
1.0 mm cluster of hemimorphite crystals

HEMIMORPHITE μ
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HETEROSITE   Valencia Mine, N. Groton, NH
2.5 cm specimen of massive Heterosite

HETEROSITE
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HEULANDITE  Rt. 101, Rt. 101A road cut, Amherst, NH
2.3 mm crystal with Babingtonite, black.

HEULANDITE μ
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HINGGANITE-(Y)   N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
0.2 mm to 0.3 mm honey colored short prismatic crystals

HINGGANITE-(Y) μ  *
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HINSDALITE    Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
10 mm hinsdalite prisms with small cerussite crystals attached.

HINSDALITE μ
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HISINGERITE   Madison Lead Mine, Madison, NH
Field of view 5 mm. Lustrous black balls of hisingerite in quartz vug

HISINGERITE μ
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HOPEITE  Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
0.4 mm clear, blocky, crystal

HOPEITE μ
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HUMBOLDTINE  Government Pit, Albany, NH
7.5 mm field of view. Red arrow points to EDS sample point.

HUMBOLDTINE
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HUREAULITE    Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
5 mm field of view

HUREAULITE μ
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HURLBUTITE    Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH
4 mm crystal pair on matrix .

HURLBUTITE μ
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UNDETERMINED  Johnson Rd., Bow, NH
1.2 mm field of view

UNDETERMINED  μ  
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HYDROPLUMBITE   Johnson Rd., Bow, NH
9 mm field of view.

HYDROPLUMBITE
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HYDROSYNCHYSITE-(Ce)  Water Pocket Locality, Albany, NH
4 mm field of view. A Bob Wilken specimen & photo.

HYDROSYNCHYSITE-(Ce) μ  
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HYDROXYLHERDERITE   Fletcher Mine, N. Groton, NH
8 mm crystal

HYDROXYLHERDERITE
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HYDROZINCITE   Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH
5 mm field of view. White hydrozincite coating cerussite crystals.

HYDROZINCITE
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