Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH            FRONDELITE   Mn2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5      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: FRO_1 => Identified by EDS analysis. EDS sample came from vug area on this specimen and was an Araldite embedded analysis of a polished grain. This should have greatly reduced surface contamination, (i.e. a Mn coating) affecting the analysis. FRO_2 is another area on same specimen as FRO_1.
Discussion:
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FRONDELITE      4 mm field of view. Frondelite is dark green radial - forming vug lower center. Also above.          Photo: FRO_1   [tm]
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FRONDELITE      0.4 mm dark green conical frondelite group (with yellow highlights)          Photo: FRO_2   [tm]