Locality: Corson Mine, Nottingham, NH
Specimen Size: 3 mm columbite-Mn crystal in albite vug
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 8/30/08
Catalog No.: TBC
Notes: Similar specimen, u932, from Corson Mine was EDS analyzed . Columbite-Mn is much rarer in NH than Columbite-Fe.
Locality: Rt. 11 storm drain excavation, near Lake Shore Park, Gilford, NH
Specimen Size: 0.4 mm hexagonal, reddish, zoned, Synchysite-(Ce) crystal.
Field Collected: Clayton Ford, (#MM-262). Acquired by Gordon Jackson 8/16/04. Gifted to Tom Mortimer 6/09.
Catalog No.: u954
Notes: This is my NH species display specimen. Original photo taken in 2010 is improved here. Crystal prism is lying horizontally on matrix with hexagonal pinacoid visible on left.
Clayton Ford had identified this crystal as corundum. Corundum is reported from the Belknap Mountains area which includes the area where this specimen was found. This specimen is one of three acquired by Gordon Jackson, 8/16/04.
An EDS analysis of this specimen was done in September 2009, (EDS # M39), The opinion of the EDS analysist of this specimen was that it is Synchysite-(Ce). The EDS plot shows a Nd peak almost as high as the Ce peak, indicating that it is not distant from the Synchysite-(Nd) species.
The plot Th peak is higher than either the Ce or Nd peaks, perhaps suggesting Thorbastnasite with chemistry Th(Ca,Ce)(CO3)2F2·3H2O.
The high silicon peak (Si) at 1.75 KeV may be due to surface silica contamination, as this is not a polished grain analysis. Synchysite does not contain Si, so an ID concern remains.
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3 N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: Largest crystal is 0.3 mm
Field Collected: A purchased specimen
Catalog No.: u650
Notes: This is my NH species display specimen. Original photo taken in 2010 is improved here. Although the crystal in the photo looks quite apatite like, the stippled termination, flattened hexagonal shape and pale green color are an excellent match for the Greifensteinite rendering in Bob Whitmore's book, The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo".
Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
Specimen Size: 0.6 mm pale orange crystal
Field Collected: Bob Janules
Catalog No.: u115
Notes: This is my NH species display specimen. Original photo taken in 2010 is improved here.
The N. Sugarloaf Mtn. xenotime-Y was identified by EDS analysis by Dr. Eugene Foord on specimens provided by Bob Janules and Scott Whittemore for their article in the July/August 1990 issue of Rocks & Minerals.
Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 0.4 mm clear, blocky, crystal
Field Collected: Forrest Fogg. ex Gene Bearss
Catalog No.: u1211
Notes: This is a re-do of my New Hampshire mineral display hopeite photo.
EDS analyzed, see hopeite page.. High Mn content suggests might be nizamoffite.
Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1.1 mm milky-clear, blocky, crystal, two views
Field Collected: Forrest Fogg. ex Gene Bearss
Catalog No.: TBC
Notes: I removed this small crystal from the bottom of the NH display hopeite specimen. I think the crystal was originally fully embedded in quartz, so some of the faces are from matrix contact, but other faces are quite lustrous, some with striations. That is a bit of sphalerite on the right, top photo.
Locality: Palermo #2 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 0.5 mm crystal cluster
Field Collected: Jim Nizamoff
Catalog No.: u1034
Notes: This is a re-do of my New Hampshire mineral display whiteite photo.
Collected by and gift from Jim Nizamoff. Analyzed as part of Jim's Palermo #2 UNO thesis.
Jim has stated that fairfieldite is a frequent associate of whiteite at the Palermo #2 Mine, so the tiny white crystals on the tan whiteite are likely fairfieldite.
Locality: Palermo #2 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal cluster
Field Collected: Jim Nizamoff
Catalog No.: u1034
Notes: This is on the same specimen as my New Hampshire mineral display whiteite.
Collected by and gift from Jim Nizamoff. Palermo #2. Fairfieldite from Palermo #2 was analyzed as part of Jim's Palermo #2 UNO thesis.
Jim has stated that fairfieldite is a frequent associate of whiteite at the Palermo #2 Mine.
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view
Field Collected: Forrest Fogg
Catalog No.: u1583
Notes:
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view
Field Collected: Forrest Fogg
Catalog No.: u1976
Notes: Messelite-fairfieldite is the catalog ID - for this species on specimen.
Locality: Palermo #2 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view
Field Collected: Jim Nizamoff
Catalog No.: u2121
Notes: Collected by and gift from Jim Nizamoff. Cataloged as a fairfieldite - on other area of specimen. There are only a few Palermo #2 mineral photos on mindat.org.
Locality: Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 0.5 mm yellow vigezzite-fersmite blade group, deep in Albite vug.
Field Collected: Bob Janules - 1991
Catalog No.: u993
Notes: EDS verified by Dr. Eugene Foord of the USGS.