Magnetite gallery

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Large magnetite crystals collected from granite pegmatite such as those from the Wellington road locale in Manchester, NH, are very brittle. For every crystal sucessfully extracted, several are broken.
Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH	Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH Specimen Size: 2.3 cm magnetite crystal on 5 cm specimen. Crystal faces show stepped triangular structure. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 621 Notes: The Wellington Road interchange (Rt. 93, exit 8) produced many fine magnetite crystals in feldspar for New Hampshire collectors during the summer and fall of 1975.
Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH	Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH Specimen Size: 2.6 cm magnetite crystal. Some faces with iron stained mica. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 620 Notes:
Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH	Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH Specimen Size: 7 cm specimen of co-joined magnetite crystals, repaired. Some faces with iron stained mica. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 063 Notes:
Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH	Locality: Wellington Rd., Manchester, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 cm magnetite crystal. Octahedron faces show stepped triangular structure. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 054 Notes:
Locality: "Old Granite Quarry", Amherst, NH	Locality: "Old Granite Quarry", Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 cm magnetite crystal. Octahedron faces show stepped triangular structure. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 764 Notes: This is from the Amherst Phillip Morrill locality, off Limbo Lane, Amherst, NH.
Locality: Rt. 101 road cut, Bedford, NH	Locality: Rt. 101 road cut, Bedford, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 cm magnetite crystal on 6 cm specimen. Field Collected: Kevin Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes:
Locality: Franconia Iron Mine prospect, Sugar Hill, NH	Locality: Franconia Iron Mine prospect, Sugar Hill, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm magnetite crystal in chlorite schist Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1429 Notes:
Locality: Ellacoya locale, Gilford, NH	Locality: Ellacoya locale, Gilford, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm magnetite octahedron with chlorite group mineral. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: U613 Notes:
Locality: Ellacoya locale, Gilford, NH	Locality: Ellacoya locale, Gilford, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm magnetite octahedron. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: U614 Notes:
Locality: Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH	Locality: Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen of massive magnetite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes: This is the iron ore that was mined at the Franconia Iron Mine.
Locality: Wheeler Mtn. Winchester, NH	Locality: Wheeler Mtn. Winchester, NH Specimen Size: 4 cm specimen. Massive magnetite in granite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes: A confirmation-voucher specimen for magnetite in the granite on the west side of the Wheeler Mtn. Ammonoosuc volcanics contact.