New Gallery #144

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #144.
MESSELITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.5 mm field of view. Messelite crystal on siderite crystal.	Species: MESSELITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view. Messelite crystal on siderite crystal. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2431 Notes: Distinct messelite crystals are quite uncommon in my experience.
UNKNOWN Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.5 mm field of view. Clear, to slightly cloudy, tiny cubes. UNKNOWN Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.5 mm field of view. Clear, to slightly cloudy, tiny cubes.	Species: UNKNOWN Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm field of view. Clear, to slightly cloudy, tiny cubes Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Also on this 1.5 cm sample: pale-tan scalehedral siderite, clear (late generation) quartz crystals, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tiny childrenite xls.
GORMANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.3 mm field of view. Gormanite crystals on scorzalite base. GORMANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.4 mm field of view.	Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.3 mm field of view. Gormanite crystals on scorzalite base. 1.4 mm zoom view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2420 Notes: Gormanite (Fe dominant) forms a series with souzalite (Mg dominant). The color zoning in these crystals suggests both members of this series may be present. These are very nice gormanite crystals for the Palermo Mine. In New Hampshire, the Charles Davis Mine, also in N. Groton, and the Chickering Mine in Walpole have also produced some very nice gormanite micro specimens.
GORMANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.5 mm field of view.	Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2417 Notes:
GORMANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 5.0 mm field of view.	Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5.0 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2415 Notes: Green and blue mix of gormanite blades. Milky-cream colored mineral is quartz.
GORMANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 3.2 mm field of view.	Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.2 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2416 Notes:
GORMANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 4.5 mm field of view.	Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2418 Notes:
SCORZALITE ? Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 3.2 mm field of view. Very dark blue scorzalite crystal cluster.	Species: SCORZALITE ? Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.2 mm field of view. Very dark blue scorzalite crystal cluster. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2429 Notes: If not scorzalite, another possibility is cornetite, a copper phosphate. Some mindat.org photos of cornetite are a fair visual fit for these crystals. The host rock sample for these micros had a fair amount of chalcopyrite, a possible source for the copper.
SCORZALITE ? Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.6 mm field of view. Very dark blue scorzalite crystal cluster.	Species: SCORZALITE ? Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.6 mm field of view. Very dark blue scorzalite crystal cluster. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2430 Notes: These possible scorzalite crystals are more angular than most and very dark blue, appearing almost black in this photo. This small cluster sits in a "well" of massive light-blue scorzalite. The perimeter of the cluster is isolated from the massive scorzalite by thin void zone.
APATITE-(CaF) Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.0 mm field of view. Apatite balls on siderite crystal	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.0 mm field of view. Apatite balls on siderite crystal Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u1915 Notes: Similar white apatite balls have been found at the Chickering Mine in Walpole, NH. These were analyzed to be apatite-CaF, fluorapatite.
APATITE-(CaF) Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 3.3 mm field of view. Apatite balls in quartz vug	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.3 mm field of view. Apatite balls in quartz vug Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2435 Notes: Similar white apatite balls have been found at the Chickering Mine in Walpole, NH.
MALACHITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.3 mm field of view.	Species: MALACHITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2421 Notes: No idea what the yellow spiky balls are.
MALACHITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.0 mm field of view.	Species: MALACHITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2421 Notes: Dark matrix in rear top is some weathered copper sulfide mineral.
KULANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 4.5 mm field of view.	Species: KULANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 mm field of view. Dark-green kulanite crystal, partially obscured in vug. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2413 Notes: This is relatively large for a Palermo kulanite crystal.
KULANITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.0 mm field of view.	Species: KULANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.0 mm field of view. Dark-green kulanite crystal. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2414 Notes: This kulanite crystal compares favorably that illustrated in The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
CHILDRENITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.8 mm field of view.	Species: CHILDRENITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view. Matrix is honey-colored siderite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: TBC Notes: My initial ID for these feathery crystal sprays was whiteite group, by similarite to Palermo 2 examples. Jim Nizamoff opined childrenite-eosphorite. He is usually correct!
CHILDRENITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.8 mm field of view.	Species: CHILDRENITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view. Matrix is honey-colored siderite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2434 Notes: Another feathery childrenite spray.
CHILDRENITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.8 mm field of view.	Species: CHILDRENITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view. Matrix is honey-colored siderite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2423 Notes: Another feathery childrenite spray.
KRYZHANOVSKITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.25 mm kryzhanovskite octahedron	Species: KRYZHANOVSKITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.25 mm kryzhanovskite octahedron Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2425 Notes: This phosphate chunk had a zone of mostly granular kryzhanovskite, but the granular area had some voids with tiny crystals like this one. Most crystals were almost invisible, unless they had reflecting light off a crystal face.
KRYZHANOVSKITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.20 mm kryzhanovskite crystals	Species: KRYZHANOVSKITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.20 mm kryzhanovskite crystals Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2425 Notes: This phosphate chunk had a zone of mostly granular kryzhanovskite, but the granular area had some voids with tiny crystals like this one. Most crystals were almost invisible, unless they had reflecting light off a crystal face.
KRYZHANOVSKITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.20 mm kryzhanovskite crystal with cacoxenite? ball.	Species: KRYZHANOVSKITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.20 mm kryzhanovskite crystal with cacoxenite? ball. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2425 Notes:
KRYZHANOVSKITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.25 mm kryzhanovskite crystal.	Species: KRYZHANOVSKITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.25 mm kryzhanovskite crystal. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2425 Notes:
KRYZHANOVSKITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 3 cm (vertical) specimen with granular mass of kryzhanovskite in upper half.	Species: KRYZHANOVSKITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm (vertical) specimen with granular mass of kryzhanovskite in upper half. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2425 Notes: Sub mm kryzhanovskite crystals are present within this granular mass.
FOGGITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.8 mm ball diameter	Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm ball diameter Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2437 Notes: I'm going with a visual foggite ID on this, based on the ball structure of foliated plates. However, the plate tops are not as square as on ideal foggite. Messelite is a second choice. Matrix is black, oxidized, siderite.
COVELLITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.9 mm field of view COVELLITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH close-up view	Species: COVELLITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.9 mm (larger) field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2436 Notes: I'm going with a visual covellite ID on this. Chalcopyrite is present on this specimen. EDS confirmation is needed.
LUDLAMITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 3.0 mm field of view	Species: LUDLAMITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.0 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2427 Notes: This ludlamite has a film coating obscuring its normal apple-green color and high luster. It is a nice sharp, isolated, crystal.
LUDLAMITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.5 mm field of view	Species: LUDLAMITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2427 Notes: This ludlamite has a film coating obscuring its normal apple-green color and high luster.
XANTHOXENITE-? Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Yellow crystals are about 0.15 mm across. XANTHOXENITE-? Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Yellow crystals are about 0.15 mm across.	Species: XANTHOXENITE-? Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Yellow crystals are about 0.15 mm across. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2433 Notes: Xanthoxenite is a tentative ID. These xanthoxenite crystals compare favorably those illustrated in The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.