New Gallery #127

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #127.
SPHALERITE Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH 1.2 mm complex sphalerite crystal on dolomite.	Species: SPHALERITE Locality: Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm complex sphalerite crystal on dolomite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2344 Notes: From a stack of 48 images processed with Helicon Focus, Method C.
ACTINOLITE Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH 1 mm field of view	Species: ACTINOLITE Locality: Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view Field Collected: Peter Cristofono Catalog No.: u2348 Notes:
BERTRANDITE Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH 0.7 mm clear crystal cluster	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 0.7 mm clear crystal cluster Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2323 Notes: Brookite and bertrandite are other possible ID's for these. These AIQ crystals do have some appropriately oriented striations (that bring to mind a brookite ID ... suggested by Bob Wilken). The AIQ ones do not have the elongate habit seen in many of the mindat baddeleyite photos. Most of the similar, clear, mindat ones come from volcanic complex environments (Italy & Germany), like the AIQ environment. There are a few tiny zircons also on this specimen. Zircons are more common at AIQ (Zr - favoring baddeleyite) but we also have uncommon anatase (Ti - favoring brookite).
BERTRANDITE Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH 0.9 mm crystal	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 0.9 mm crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2323 Notes:
BERTRANDITE Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH 1.0 mm crystal	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2342 Notes:
BERTRANDITE Millard Chandler Mine, Chatham, NH 2.5 mm field of view	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Millard Chandler Mine, Chatham, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Scott Whittemore ~ 1974 Catalog No.: u1970 Notes: Chatham, NH is not an easy town to get to. Access is from western Maine.
BERTRANDITE Millard Chandler Mine, Chatham, NH 2.5 mm field of view	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Millard Chandler Mine, Chatham, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Scott Whittemore ~ 1974 Catalog No.: u1970 Notes:
LAUMONTITE Rt. 101 - 101A road cut Amherst, NH 1.0 mm laumontite crystal	Species: LAUMONTITE Locality: Rt. 101 - 101A road cut Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm laumontite crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2359 Notes: Small black crystals are babingtonite.
LAUMONTITE Holts's Prospect, Cambridge, NH 0.8 mm laumontite crystal with oblique termination.	Species: LAUMONTITE Locality: Holts's Prospect, Cambridge, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm laumontite crystal with oblique termination. Field Collected: Cliff Trebelcock Catalog No.: u1245 Notes: This is a second photo of u1245
CANNIZZARITE AI Quarry, Raymond, NH Cannizzarite ribbon, 1.6 mm, draped from albite crystal (left) to over top of siderite crystal	Species: CANNIZZARITE Locality: AI Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: Cannizzarite ribbon, 1.6 mm, draped from albite crystal (left) to over top of siderite crystal (right). Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2340 Notes: From a stack of 68 images.
HEMATITE Government Pit, Albany, NH 0.4 mm crystal cluster	Species: HEMATITE Locality: Government Pit, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal cluster Field Collected: Leroy Grant Catalog No.: u2357 Notes: White substrate matrix is microcline
ADULARIA - K feldspar Rt. 101 - 101A road cut Amherst, NH 2.5 cm specimen ADULARIA - K feldspar Rt. 101 - 101A road cut Amherst, NH 3 mm field of view	Species: ADULARIA - K feldspar Locality: Rt. 101 - 101A road cut Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 cm specimen with magnified 3 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2358 Notes: Little contrast in the adularia crystal covered surface. EDs analysis verified a potasium feldspar. Raman analysis pending to differentiate orthoclase from microcline dimorphs.