New Gallery #135

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #135.
ANATASE Water Pocket, Albany, NH 0.3 mm crystal	Species: ANATASE Locality: Water Pocket, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken and photo (WPAnataseAS01) Notes: The greenish anatase is unusual.
ANATASE Water Pocket, Albany, NH 0.6 mm crystal	Species: ANATASE Locality: Water Pocket, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken and photo (WPAnataseAS02) Notes: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo
ANATASE Water Pocket, Albany, NH 0.35 mm crystal	Species: ANATASE Locality: Water Pocket, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 0.35 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken and photo (WPAnatase03AS) Notes: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo
ANATASE Water Pocket, Albany, NH 0.4 mm crystal	Species: ANATASE Locality: Water Pocket, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken and photo (WPAnatase04AS) Notes: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo
ANDRADITE Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH 2.1 mm field of view ANDRADITE Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH 3.5 mm field of view	Species: ANDRADITE Locality: Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH Specimen Size: Top photo, 2.1 mm field of view. Two photos: top with fluorescent ring light and Nikon Plan 10 objective lens. Lower photo with ping-pong ball diffused light and B&L objective lens. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1217 Notes: Andratite is rare in New Hampshire and also throughout New England. Mindat.org has no andradite photos from New England states, although the species is listed for eleven New England localities.
ANDRADITE Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH 2.2 mm andradite crystal	Species: ANDRADITE Locality: Franconia Iron Mine, Sugar Hill, NH Specimen Size: 2.2 mm andradite crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u879 Notes:
MALACHITE I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH 13 mm field of view MALACHITE I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH 2.5 mm sphere	Species: MALACHITE Locality: I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH Specimen Size: 13 mm field of view Field Collected: Don Dallaire - 1983 Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photos Notes: [dd] "As with any road cut on a major highway, the collecting was short lived.
MALACHITE I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH 15 mm specimen with 7 mm spray	Species: MALACHITE Locality: I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH Specimen Size: 15 mm specimen with 7 mm spray Field Collected: Don Dallaire - 1983 Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photo Notes:
MALACHITE I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH 17 mm field of view with 3.5 mm spray	Species: MALACHITE Locality: I-93 road cut, Littleton, NH Specimen Size: 17 mm field of view with 3.5 mm spray Field Collected: Don Dallaire - 1983 Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photo Notes:
"GUMMITE" Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH 11 cm specimen, front "GUMMITE" Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH 11 cm specimen, back	Species: "GUMMITE" Locality: Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH Specimen Size: 11 cm specimen, front & back Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - Aug. 2020 Catalog No.: NC Notes: "Gummite", (the orange and yellow here) is not a mineral species, but a mixture of uraninite and secondary uranium minerals of variable composition. It is generally considered a mixture of boltwoodite, clarkeite, curite, kasolite, soddyite, uraninite, and uranophane. Daylight photos.