Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen with 2 cm zone of chalk-white moraesite.
Field Collected: Bob Janules
Catalog No.: 1729
Notes: Botryoids of zanazziite are in the upper right.
Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: Zoom view of specimen 1729, 3 mm field of view. Feathery radial moraesite clusters
Field Collected: Bob Janules
Catalog No.: 1729
Notes: The moraesite in this photo appears somewhat gray due to the need to reduce the luminance of the brilliant bright white moraesite to show the mineral structure.
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 10 mm, 5 mm and 1 mm field of views.
Field Collected: Acquired by Gene Bearss - 1992
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss specimen
Notes: Moraesite has a very silky texture.
Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH
Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view. Brilliant white fibrous moraesite.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (Oct. 2010)
Catalog No.: u1160
Notes: No fluorescence observed, so moraesite, not uralolite. This is the first report of moraesite at the Chickering Mine.
There are many water clear apatite crystals on this micro specimen.
Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH
Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view. Radial sprays of moraesite
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: u1176
Notes: Moraesite indicated by EDS analysis. Note the EDS detector is not responsive to berylium. Minor Al, Fe, Mn believed to be contaminants.
Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm moraesite spray
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: u1176
Notes: Photo from a stack of 150 images.
Locality: E. E. Smith Mine, Alexandria, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm high specimen
Field Collected: Inge Burggraf
Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photo
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