Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH     CHILDRENITE     (Fe2+,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O     Back to Chickering front page.
Specimen owner ID's (capitals): TM = Tom Mortimer, BW = Bob Wilken, BJ = Bob Janules, PC = Peter Cristofono, AW = Anna Wilken
Photographer ID's (lower case).
Identification: CHI_1 => Cannon Microprobe EDS analysis
CHI_3 => Kerry Day EDS analysis
Discussion: BW originally thought mineral shown in photos MES_1, MES_2, MES_3 were messelite, but EDS analysis. does not fit. A second EDS analysis. showed a similar result. A calcium rich childrenite has been suggested. These analyses were not done on polished grains, so surface contamination (apatite?) may be present. The "MES" designations on the photos is a holdover from the original visual identification.
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CHILDRENITE      4 mm crystal group      TM     Photo: CHI_1   [tm]
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CHILDRENITE      3 mm field of view      TM     Photo: CHI_2   [tm]
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CHILDRENITE      3 mm radial spray of clear childrenite - eosphorite      TM     Photo: CHI_3   [tm]     Field collected by Peter Cristofono.
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CHILDRENITE      5 mm crystal aggregate of clear childrenite     BW     Photo: CHI_4   [bw]
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CHILDRENITE      Bob's re-do of photo CHI_4 above     BW     Photo: CHI_4a   [bw]
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CHILDRENITE      Childrenite ([bw]the most orangey I've seen), small vivianite xls, ball apatite. 1.6 mm fov      BW     Photo: CHI_6   [bw]
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CHILDRENITE      spray of clear childrenite     PC     Photo: CHI_5   [pc]
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CHILDRENITE      3 mm field of view     AW     Photo: CHI_7   [aw]
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CHILDRENITE      ?? mm field of view. Childrenite with a white "cap"     PC     Photo: CHI_8   [pc]
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CHILDRENITE      3 mm childrenite cluster. Childrenite with siderite     BW     Photo: CHI_9   [bw]
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CHILDRENITE      1.2 mm childrenite crystal     BJ     Photo: CHI_10   [bj]
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CHILDRENITE      0.7 mm childrenite crystal     BJ     Photo: CHI_11   [tm]
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CHILDRENITE      2 mm childrenite crystal     BJ     Photo: CHI_12   [bj]
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CHILDRENITE      2 mm field of view     BW     Photo: CHI_14   [bw]
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CHILDRENITE      ?? mm field of view     BJ     Photo: CHI_15   [bj]
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CHILDRENITE      0.7 mm crystal group      AW     Photo: MES_1   [aw]
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CHILDRENITE      0.6 mm crystal group      BW     Photo: MES_2   [bw]
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CHILDRENITE      2.4 mm field of view      BW     Photo: MES_3   [bw]