Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH        GOETHITE     α-Fe3+O(OH)           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: Visual
Discussion: [tm] I am not convinced this lustrous, jet-black, mineral, GOE_2, is goethite. I suspect a manganese content also.
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GOETHITE      ?? field of view. Brian Menke specimen and photo.          Photo: GOE_1   
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GOETHITE      3.5 field of view      PC     Photo: GOE_1   [pc]