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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Forrest Fogg 10/02. F. Fog specimen #6236. From the Mike Swanson collection - appears to be a purchased specimen by Mike Catalog No.: u2291 Notes: Mass of blocky hureaulite crystals is difficult to photo. Actual color is more pinkish. The tiny cream-colored globules are embedded in the hureaulite. Boxed specimen photo included. |
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Species: DOLOMITE on Quartz crystals Locality: Pike Hooksett Quarry, Hooksett, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen with 10 mm & 1.5 mm zoom views Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Oct 2019 MMNE field trip Catalog No.: 2123 Notes: Micro pyrite crystals are also present. Only the micro-mineral collector can appreciate these. |
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Species: BARITE Locality: Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm tabular crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2122 Notes: Crystal orientation in vug does not show tabular habit. |
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Species: SPHALERITE with Galena, Arsenopyrite & Quartz Locality: Shelburne Lead Mine, Shelburne, NH Specimen Size: 2.2 mm crystal group on wooden post Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: In top photo sphalerite crystal is on left, arsenopyrite crystal (striated) in center-right. Small cubo-octahedral galena crystals are on corners of arsenopyrite crystal. Lower photo images arsenopyrite crystal better. |
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Species: SPHALERITE with Galena Locality: Shelburne Lead Mine, Shelburne, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm field of view. Galena cubo-octahedron on sphalerite crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Cream-yellow crystals are siderite. |
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Species: CALCITE Locality: Pike Hooksett Quarry, Hooksett, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm calcite disks overgrown with oxide coating and fine quartz crystal druze Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Oct 2019 MMNE field trip Catalog No.: TBC Notes: These are on plates of quartz crystals, second photo. The preferential coating of the calcite crystals is interesting. The plate these are on is 7 cm x 4 cm. I found these on my way out from the MMNE field trip to the Pike Hooksett quarry. |
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Species: ROMANÈCHITE Locality: Mine Ledge, Surry, NH Specimen Size: 3.7 cm specimen. Romanechite balls with micro blades of hematite Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1635 Notes: Photo from 100 image stack. Canon T3i with 50 mm lens plus 1 cm extension tube. |
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Species: VESUVIANITE Locality: Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 2.3 cm specimen. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 755 Notes: |
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Species: GROSSULAR Locality: Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 9 mm grossular crystal, no matrix Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 787 Notes: Grossular at Joppa hill has a wide range of color, from pale green to wine red. This one is more orange than most. |
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Species: APATITE Locality: Keyes #4 Mine, Orange, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm pale green apatite crystal group in albite vug Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1184 Notes: The Keyes #4 Mine is quite small, off in the woods. |
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Species: ALMANDINE, SCHORL Locality: S. Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm vertical view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1288 Notes: From pegmatite outcrop on South Uncanoonuc Mtn. |