New Gallery #122

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #122.
GALENA Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 4.5 cm specimen with 3 cm partial galena crystal.	Species: GALENA Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 cm specimen with 3 cm partial galena crystal. Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: NC Notes: Illustrates size of embedded galena crystals at the Bow locality.
PYROMORPHITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 4 mm field of view	Species: PYROMORPHITE Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: u2300 Notes: Only a few specimens with micro pyromorphite showed up in the very last box of locality "rough" that Paul collected. Unfortunately, it is unlikely there will be any more.
PYROMORPHITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 5 mm field of view PYROMORPHITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 1.5 mm field of view PYROMORPHITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 1.0 mm field of view	Species: PYROMORPHITE Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: TBC (& diamond saw trimmed to miniature size specimen) Notes: Second & third photos taken with Nikon Plan 10 objective, a stack of 14 images. The fine acicular sprays are perhaps aragonite.
CERUSSITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Largest crystal is 1.0 mm	Species: CERUSSITE Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: Largest crystal is 1.0 mm Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: u2302 Notes:
CERUSSITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 0.5 mm bipyramidal cerussite crystal	Species: CERUSSITE Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm bipyramidal cerussite crystal Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: u2303 Notes: Cerrusite at the Bow locality has many different habits, including the hexagonal bipyramid shown here. Prismatic crystals are the most common.
MALACHITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 0.4 mm high malachite spray	Species: MALACHITE Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm high malachite spray Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: u2303 Notes: This is the only euhedral malachite spray I have seen from the Bow locality.
OPAL var. Hyalite Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 10 mm field of view	Species: OPAL var. Hyalite Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm field of view Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: u2304 Notes: This opal is not fluorescent.A smithsonite ID was considered, but no fizz in muriatic acid that would indacate a carbonate mineral such as smithsonite.
COVELLITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 6 mm field of view COVELLITE Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH 12 mm field of view	Species: COVELLITE Locality: Johnson Rd. construction site, Bow, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view, top photo. 12 mm field of view lower photo. Field Collected: Paul Young - 2016. Catalog No.: u2302 Notes: Blue covellite inside cavity outlined by earlier generation crystal. Interesting.