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LÖLLINGITE    Globe Mine, Springfield, NH
2.4 cm specimen of massive crystaline lollingite.

Species:           LÖLLINGITE
Locality:          Globe Mine, Springfield, NH
Specimen Size: 2.4 cm specimen of massive crystaline lollingite.
Field Collected: John Reiner? #3504 (a purchased specimen)
Catalog No.: 1773
Notes: Lollingite is reported from the quartz-feldspar wall zone of the Globe Mine in Pegmatite Investigations, pg. 280.
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LOLLINGITE    Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
7 cm, 1.2 lb. specimen of massive lollingite

Species:           LÖLLINGITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 7 cm, 1.2 lb. specimen of massive lollingite
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.:
Notes: Gray-white oxide coating (likely acquired from years of burial in the mine dump) disguises the species, but weight of specimen gives it away.
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LÖLLINGITE    Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
3 cm lollingite crystal blade (repaired) on matrix, with yellow-green scorodite coating

Species:           LÖLLINGITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm lollingite crystal blade (repaired) on matrix, with yellow-green scorodite coating
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 622
Notes: Blade thickness at center about 2mm. This is as close as I have come to a complete large lollingite crystal. A Center Strafford, NH lollingite was used to illustrate Dana's System of Mineralogy vol. 1.
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LOLLINGITE    Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
1.8 mm lollingite crystal with yellow-green scorodite balls.

Species:           LÖLLINGITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 1.8 mm lollingite crystal with yellow-green scorodite balls.
Field Collected: Bob Janules
Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen
Notes: Well formed lollingite crystals are rare.
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LOLLINGITE    Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
10 mm crystal cluster with iridescent tarnish on beryl

Species:           LÖLLINGITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 10 mm crystal cluster with iridescent tarnish on beryl
Field Collected: Gene Bearss
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss specimen
Notes:
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LOLLINGITE   Parker Mtn. Mine, Strafford, NH
4 cm high specimen

Species:           LOLLINGITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 4 cm high specimen
Field Collected: Don Swenson - 1989
Catalog No.: A Don Swenson specimen
Notes: This lollingite is very silvery-lustrous compared with other Parker Mtn. Mine lollingite specimens. The matrix appears to be ferrisicklerite, which is uncommon at Parker. I will test this lollingite on the off chance it is something else.