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EUCRYPTITE Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH	Species: EUCRYPTITE Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH Specimen Size: 8 cm specimen. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1375 Notes: Massive gray eucryptite is not particularly remarkable.
EUCRYPTITE Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH	Species: EUCRYPTITE Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH Specimen Size: 8 cm specimen. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1375 Notes: UV light view of above specimen. Eucruptite has a bright rose-color fluorescence.
QUARTZ var. Chalcedony Locality: King Rd. Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH	Species: QUARTZ var. Chalcedony Locality: King Rd. Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH Specimen Size: 7 cm specimen. Orange chalcedony vug in milky quartz with hyalite opal coating. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes: Collected 1989
QUARTZ var. Chalcedony Locality: King Rd. Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH	Species: QUARTZ var. Chalcedony Locality: King Rd. Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH Specimen Size: 10 cm specimen. Orange chalcedony in milky quartz. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 848 Notes: Collected 1989
TREMOLITE Locality: Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH	Species: TREMOLITE Locality: Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH Specimen Size: 14 cm specimen of intergrown tremolite crystal blades. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer, Dec, 2001 Catalog No.: Notes: The Ore Hill Mine has been covered over and reclaimed.
VESUVIANITE Locality: Joppa Hill Skarn Locality, Amherst, NH	Species: VESUVIANITE Locality: Joppa Hill Skarn Locality, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 14 cm specimen with brown prismatic vesuvianite crystals etched out from calcite filled cavity. Small pale-green blades of clinozoisite are also present. Milky blob in center is residual calcite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer, 1988 Catalog No.: 726 Notes:
GRAPHITE Locality: Lead-Silver Mine SW corner Bristol, NH	Species: GRAPHITE Locality: Lead-Silver Mine SW corner Bristol, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm graphite crystal on quartz. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer 8/7/11 Catalog No.: Notes:
GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Walter Lane. A Bob Janules specimen. Catalog No.: Notes: This is goyazite habit type 4.
GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view. Goyazite with bipyramidal quartz. Field Collected: Walter Lane. A Bob Janules specimen. Catalog No.: Notes: This is goyazite habit type 4.
PHLOGOPITE Locality: Soapstone Quarry, Francistown, NH	Species: PHLOGOPITE Locality: Soapstone Quarry, Francistown, NH Specimen Size: 6.5 cm specimen. Phlogopite (mica group) in quartz. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1621 Notes: