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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #129. | |
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Species: STILPNOMELANE Locality: Government Pit, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 17 mm field of view. Bronze, micaeous, stilpnomelane clusters on microcline & quartz. 0.9 mm close-up. Field Collected: Leroy Grant - 1970's Catalog No.: 2132 Notes: The 17 mm FOV is a no stacking shot. |
Species: ANATASE Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn. Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: Lustrous, blue-black, anatase crystals on albite. Largest crystal is 0.15 mm. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1103 Notes: These crystals are TINY ! This is a re-do of a 2015 photo. |
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Species: ANATASE Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn. Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm blocky anatase crystal on albite Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u271 Notes: This is a re-do of a 2015 photo. From a stack of 39 images. |
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Species: PHENAKITE Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Unknown Catalog No.: u2365 Notes: Crystals are very lusterous. Unbroken, but very irregular termination. Substrate is smoky quartz with a bit of albite at the base. |
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Species: PHENAKITE Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 mm phenakite crystal Field Collected: Unknown Catalog No.: u2365 Notes: Small tan crystals on the left are prismatic zircons. |
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Species: FLUORITE Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u271 Notes: |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore #1767 Catalog No.: u1441 Notes: As of April 2020, this is the best photo known to me [tm] of a Palermo foggite. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore #1767 Catalog No.: u1441 Notes: Foggite crystals coated with some oxide (or as fellow collector Bob Wilken calls it: "schmutz") which gives added contrast. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore #1767 Catalog No.: u1441 Notes: Little contrast in the jumble of foggite crystals. |
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Species: MORAESITE Locality: E. E. Smith Mine, Alexndria, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm high specimen Field Collected: Inge Burggraf Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photo Notes: |