New Gallery #131

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #131.
GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 0.3 mm cluster	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm cluster Field Collected: Walter Lane material from MMNE give-away Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: A re-do of a January 2015 photo. I had this identified as goedkenite for many years, in part due to intimate association with palermoite and that the larger part of these frilly crystals had an underlying habit of goedkenite. After sending photos of this # u1346 to Jim Nizamoff, he opined: "I agree with goyazite, it is very common in association with palermoite and goedkenite. I have not seen goedkenite form quite like that so goyazite makes the most sense to me."
GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3 NH 1.0 mm field of view GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 1.0 mm field of view	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view. Second view is annotated. Field Collected: Walter Lane material from MMNE give-away Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: Another group on specimen # u1346, this one without yellow staining.
GOYAZITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH 3 mm field of view GOYAZITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH 0.7 mm goyazite crystal	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view with 0.7 mm single crystal photo Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: Also quartz crystal and clear apatite crystal (rear - blurred)
BRAZILIANITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 1.6 mm brazilianite crystal with "schmutz" - A Bob Wilken term...	Species: BRAZILIANITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.6 mm brazilianite crystal with "schmutz" - A Bob Wilken term... Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u191 Notes: A re-do of a November 2015 photo.
BRAZILIANITE with Goyazite & Apatite Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH 2.6 mm field of view	Species: BRAZILIANITE with Goyazite & Apatite Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 2.6 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: The association of goyazite (blocky orange, on right) and brazilianite is rare. A C axis termination of a clear apatite crystal is to the left of the brazilianite crystal.
BRAZILIANITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 4 mm field of view	Species: BRAZILIANITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view Field Collected: Dana Jewell Catalog No.: u1963 Notes: Yellow color is due to a coating. Crystal interior is clear.
BRAZILIANITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 0.6 mm pair of prismatic, coated, brazilianite crystals	Species: BRAZILIANITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm pair of prismatic, coated, brazilianite crystals Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1630 Notes: Greenish color is due to a coating. Crystal interior is clear. A re-photo of a 2015 image.
BERYLLONITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.5 mm field of view BERYLLONITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.5 mm field of view with annotation to indicate orientation of beryllonite "cordwood logs".	Species: BERYLLONITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view with second photo annotated to indicate orientation of beryllonite "cordwood logs". Field Collected: Walter Lane material from MMNE Catalog No.: u1263 Notes: A specimen re-photo. These "cordwood log" disk habit beryllonite crystals are difficult to photo. Uncertain as to the identification of the red-orange prisms. I had tentatively labeled these as schoonerite due to color simalarity to a classic appearing schoonerite spray a few mm away. But this is just a guess.
BERYLLONITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 4.5 cm specimen with green, soft - hardness ~ 2.5, mica in milky quartz matrix	Species: BERYLLONITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3.4 mm field of view. Cluster of "cogwheel" or "cordwood" beryllonite crystals on black schorl crystal. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1150 Notes: Micro beryllonite specimens from Chickering are about the best from NH. This specimen was the source for EDS verification.
BERAUNITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 3.5 mm field of view BERAUNITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.8 mm field of view	Species: BERAUNITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm field of view & 1.8 mm field of view. Field Collected: Dana Jewell Catalog No.: u2094 Notes: Photo with fluorescent light. Light green matrix is matridatite.