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ANKERITE Locality: Westmoreland Crushed Stone Quarry, Westmoreland, NH	Species: ANKERITE Locality: Westmoreland Crushed Stone Quarry, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 cm specimen with 6 mm ankerite crystals on side of milky quartz crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 673 Notes:
ANKERITE Locality: Westmoreland Crushed Stone Quarry, Westmoreland, NH	Species: ANKERITE Locality: Westmoreland Crushed Stone Quarry, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 10 cm specimen with ankerite crystals to 1 cm Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 791 Notes:
APATITE-CaOH Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH	Species: APATITE-CaOH Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view. Botryodal, cream-colored apatite with clear quartz crystals Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1031 Notes: EDS analysis identified the species as apatite, but did not differentiate apatite-CaF vs. apatite-CaOH. Further analysis is planned. Tentative CaOH identification based on similarity to Palermo form. Analysis: P (2.01) = 949; Ca (3.69) = 1793; Mn (5.90) = 79; Fe (6.40) = 91; Background 3/10 = 61/14 The radial structure of these balls is visable in the top right of the photo.
APATITE-CaOH Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH	Species: APATITE-CaOH Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm botryodal, cream-colored apatite ball on quartz. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1031 Notes: Another view from specimen u1031
APATITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH	Species: APATITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen of massive white apatite. Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore. Catalog No.: Notes: EDS analysis identified the species as apatite, but did not differentiate apatite-CaF vs. apatite-CaOH. Massive apatite such as this is easily overlooked on the mine dumps. Prior to analysis, I thought this might be massive augelite. Pale rose-colored fluorescence observed with short-wave UV.
GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view with a dozen 0.1 to 0.3 mm milky, frosty, cubic, goyazite crystals. Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore. Catalog No.: Notes:
CHABAZITE Locality: Ellacoya Locale, Gilford, NH	Species: CHABAZITE Locality: Ellacoya Locale, Gilford, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm cluster of milky, rhombic, chabazite crystals. Largest is 4 mm. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1131 Notes: Rhombic shape and luster of these crystals is characteristic of chabazite. EDS analysis of similar crystals from the Ellacoya locale indicates the species is chabazite: (Ca,K₂,Na₂)₂[Al₂Si₄O₁₂]₂ · 12H₂O
BERYLLONITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH	Species: BERYLLONITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view. Tabular, "cordwood-twinned" milky beryllonite crystal. Clear, prismatic apatite crystal on left. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (Oct. 2010) Catalog No.: Notes: EDS confirmation pending
MORAESITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH	Species: MOREASITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view. Brilliant white fibrous moraesite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (Oct. 2010) Catalog No.: Notes: No fluorescence observed, so moraesite, not uralolite. Found in close proximity to beryllonite, above, (both are beryllium phosphate minerals). This is the first report of moraesite at the Chickering Mine.
MORAESITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH	Species: MOREASITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm zoom view of specimen above. Brilliant white fibrous moraesite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (Oct. 2010) Catalog No.: Notes: Fibrous structure of the moraesite is more evident in this view.