Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH        TRIPHYLITE     LiFe2+PO4              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: Triphylite, montebrasite and apatite are the predominant primary phosphate minerals at the Chickering Mine.
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TRIPHYLITE   8 cm massive blue triphylite specimen with included mica     TM - Oct 2010      Photo: TRI_1   [tm]