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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.
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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.
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Highslide JS
SAMARSKITE   Ham-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH
3.5 cm specimen with massive black Samarskite  

SAMARSKITE   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SAMUELSONITE - Type 2   Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 11, N. Groton, NH
Zoom view, 1 cm Embedded blades of oxide stained type 2 samuelsonite

SAMUELSONITE - Type 2   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SARCOPSIDE   Gingrass Farm Locale, Deering, NH
2.3 cm specimen of massive Sarcopside. Ex. Harvard specimen.

SARCOPSIDE		 Highslide JS
SANIDINE    Streamside Drive residential construction site, Hooksett-Manchester town line, NH
9 mm field of view. Tabular sanidine crystals in rhyolite matrix.

SANIDINE   ⓘ
Highslide JS
SCHEELITE  Holts Ledge Scheelite Prospect, Lyme, NH
5 cm specimen of massive scheelite. Has bright blue-white fluorescence.

SCHEELITE   ★		 Highslide JS
SCHOEPITE-PARASCHOEPITE   Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
2 cm specimen with yellow-orange zones of Schoepite/Paraschoepite.

SCHOEPITE-PARASCHOEPITE  ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SCHOONERITE   Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
6 mm field of view. Sprays of bronze-colored Schoonerite on film of green Mitridatite.

SCHOONERITE		 Highslide JS
SCHORL   Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH
1.2 cm stubby-prismatic, double terminatred, schorl crystal.

SCHORL
Highslide JS
SCHULENBERGITE   Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH , NH
0.5 mm rosette of platy sky blue Schulenbergite crystals

SCHULENBERGITE   μ   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SCORODITE   Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
4 mm field of view. Yellow-green scorodite balls on lollingite with unknown orange mineral.

SCORODITE   μ   *		 Highslide JS
SCORZALITE   Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH
1.2 mm scorzalite crystal

SCORZALITE   μ		 Highslide JS
SEKANINAITE   Rt. 3A road cut near Franklin Dam, Franklin, NH
3 cm specimen. Sekaninaite is blue-gray areas

SEKANINAITE   ⓘ
Highslide JS
SERPIERITE   Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH
0.25 mm spray

SERPIERITE   μ   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SICKLERITE  Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
2.2 cm specimen of massive Sicklerite

SICKLERITE		 Highslide JS
SIDERITE   Folsom Brook Locale, Ossipee, NH
2.4 cm specimen of rhombic siderite crystals.

SIDERITE		 Highslide JS
SILLIMANITE    Draper Hill, Chesterfield, NH
10 cm specimen with prismatic gray-white sillimanite crystals to 1.7 cm

SILLIMANITE
Highslide JS
SILVER   Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH
5 mm field of view. Silver wire

SILVER   μ		 Highslide JS
SMITHSONITE   Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH
0.1 mm lustrous, cream-colored, balls on bed of iron and manganese oxides.

SMITHSONITE   μ   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SODALITE with Nepheline    Red Hill, Horne Farm Quarry, Moultonborough, NH
4.3 cm specimen. Daylight photo & UV photo - click on *.

SODALITE with Nepheline   ★		 Highslide JS
SODDYITE   Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH
Yellow very fine acicular Soddyite crust on 3 cm specimen

SODDYITE
Highslide JS
SPESSARTINE   Turner Mine, Marlow, NH
1.3 cm garnet crystals in quartz

SPESSARTINE   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SPHALERITE   Rt. 101 - 101A road cut, Amherst, NH
1.0 mm crystal on babingtonite

SPHALERITE   μ		 Highslide JS
SPODUMENE    Turner Mine, Marlow, NH
5.4 cm specimen of spodumene in quartz

SPODUMENE		 Highslide JS
STAUROLITE    Pearl Lake staurolite locale (Pond Hill), Lisbon, NH
3 cm specimen

STAUROLITE
Highslide JS
STEWARTITE    Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH
1.5 mm stewartite crystal cluster

STEWARTITE  μ		 Highslide JS
STILBITE   Rt. 101 - 101A road cut, Amherst, NH
4 mm field of view

STILBITE   μ		 Highslide JS
STILPNOMELANE   Moose Pocket, Albany, NH
Stilpnomelane spheres to 1 mm.

STILPNOMELANE   μ   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
STOLZITE    Red Ridge, North Moat Mtn., Bartlett, NH
1 mm pale yellow, blocky, Stolzite crystal on Albite

STOLZITE   μ
Highslide JS
STRENGITE (pink) with Rockbridgeite   Fletcher Mine, N. Groton, NH
2.2 mm fov.

STRENGITE with Rockbridgeite  μ		 Highslide JS
STRUNZITE    Palermo Mine, pod 3 N. Groton, NH
4 mm field of view

STRUNZITE   μ		 Highslide JS
SULFUR   Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
0.1 mm, (very tiny), clear to pale yellow balls of Sulfur

SULFUR   μ   ⓘ		 Highslide JS
SYNCHYSITE-(Ce)   Rt. 11 storm drain excavation, near Lake Shore Park, Gilford, NH
0.4 mm hexagonal, reddish, zoned, Synchysite-(Ce) crystal.

SYNCHYSITE-(Ce)   μ   ⓘ
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