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For a discussion of different goyazite habits see: Habit Variations in Palermo Mine Goyazite (pdf) - Tom Mortimer (2014)
GOYAZITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 2.9 mm pale-yellow pseudo-cubic goyazite crystal	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 2.9 mm pseudo-cubic crystal with pale-lavender apatite crystals Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob WIlken specimen and photo Notes: This is a redo of a 2015 photo.
GOYAZITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 2.9 mm goyazite crystal with pale-lavender apatite crystals	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 2.9 mm goyazite crystal with pale-lavender apatite crystals Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob WIlken specimen and photo Notes: This is a redo of a 2015 photo.
GOYAZITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 6 mm field of view. Goyazite type 4: "Potato Chip" goyazite, oxide coated. GOYAZITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Zoom view, individual "chips." 0.5 mm field of view.	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view. Goyazite type 4: "Potato Chip" goyazite, oxide coated. Field Collected: From a crate of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1876 Notes: Three-inch hosting rock had many vugs with acicular palermoite. Zoom view is an attempt to show individual chips. The chips have irregular edges. This "potato chip" form, "Type 4", is illustrated in Whitmore & Lawrence's book, The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
GOYAZITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH pair of 2 mm clear goyazite crystal with apatite and quartz crystals	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: pair of 2 mm clear goyazite crystals with apatite and quartz crystals Field Collected: John McCrory (Sept. 1998) Catalog No.: u1310 Notes: This specimen, when purchased, was labeled "Whitlockite." Later examination raised some identity doubts. An EDS analysis showed these to be goyazite crystals, (note prominent strontium peak).
GOYAZITE ? with whitmoreite Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.8 mm field of view.	Species: GOYAZITE ? with whitmoreite Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 mm field of view. White crystaline balls with brown whitmoreite crystals. Field Collected: Unknown - Purchased from MMNE sales table 2012. Catalog No.: u1278 Notes: Mounted specimen was labeled as messelite. EDS BC u1287. Chemistry from analysis gives (normalized for 2 Ca): Ca₂Ba_0.09Sr_0.17Al₃P_2.34O_4.7 . Not a particularly good fit for anything.
GOYAZITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 4 mm field of view.	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view. Field Collected: Forrest Fogg 1972 - 1976 Catalog No.: u1570 Notes: EDS BC u1570. Chemistry from analysis gives (normalized for one Sr): Ca_0.76SrAl_1.9P_4.3O₁₇ . Some calcium substituting for strontium?
GOYAZITE Type 3 Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH, NH 0.8 mm spiky balls on quartz crystals	Species: GOYAZITE Type 3 Locality: Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm spiky balls on quartz crystals Field Collected: Clayton Ford ±1970 Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes A visual ID.
GOYAZITE South Baldface Mtn., Chatham, NH Largest crystal: 3.6 mm	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Largest crystal: 3.6 mm Field Collected: Clayton Ford Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photo Notes:
GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 0.3 mm cluster	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm cluster Field Collected: Walter Lane material from MMNE give-away Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: A re-do of a January 2015 photo. I had this identified as goedkenite for many years, in part due to intimate association with palermoite and that the larger part of these frilly crystals had an underlying habit of goedkenite. After sending photos of this # u1346 to Jim Nizamoff, he opined: "I agree with goyazite, it is very common in association with palermoite and goedkenite. I have not seen goedkenite form quite like that so goyazite makes the most sense to me."
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