New Gallery #184

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #184.
PUMPELLYITE Merrimack Industrial Interchange road cut, Merrimack, NH 6 mm field of view	Species: PUMPELLYITE Locality: Merrimack Industrial Interchange road cut, Merrimack, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1177 Notes: Pumpellyite confirmed on another specimen (#1150). Here a pumpellyite ball with green prehnite in an amygdule vug.
LAUEITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 10 mm field of view LAUEITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 2 mm field of view	Species: LAUEITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm field of view & 2 mm FOV close-up Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1089 Notes: This dense mat of laueite crystals is unusual. A qualitative Kerry Day EDS analysis plot showed Fe >> Mn, ruling out my alternate consideration of hureaulite.
MUSCOVITE var. Ball Mica Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH 6 cm specimen	Species: MUSCOVITE var. Ball Mica Locality: Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 6 cm specimen Field Collected: Unknown Catalog No.: NC Notes: Acquired at the 2000 Gilsum Rock Swap. Ball mica is uncommon in New Hampshire.
ILMENITE Turner Mine, Marlow, NH 1.3 mm crystal	Species: ILMENITE Locality: Turner Mine, Marlow, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes: Photo taken with an Amscope Plan 4X; a stack of 58 with 8 um increments.
ILMENITE Hurricane Mtn., Conway, NH 0.46 mm crystal	Species: ILMENITE Locality: Hurricane Mtn., Conway, NH Specimen Size: 0.46 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes: Photo taken w. a Nikon Plan 10X; a stack of 66 w. 6 um increments.
ILMENITE Hurricane Mtn., Conway, NH 0.9 mm crystal group	Species: ILMENITE Locality: Hurricane Mtn., Conway, NH Specimen Size: 0.9 mm crystal group Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes: [tm] These rosetts have a similar appearance to hematite.
HEMATITE Hurricane Mtn., Conway, NH 1.1 mm crystal group	Species: HEMATITE Locality: Hurricane Mtn., Conway, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm crystal group Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes:
ANATASE Jackson Tin Mines, Jackson, NH 0.8 mm field of view	Species: ANATASE Locality: Jackson Tin Mines, Jackson, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: TBC Notes: George Adleman Raman analyses indicated best species match was anatase.
LAUEITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 1 mm laueite clusters	Species: LAUEITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm laueite clusters Field Collected: From tub of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: uncertain Notes:
WARDITE on Gormanite Charles Davis Mine, Groton, NH 0.4 mm wardite crystal on gormanite	Species: WARDITE on Gormanite Locality: Charles Davis Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm wardite crystal on gormanite Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes: [tm] This is a remarkable combination specimen.
GOYAZITE EE Smith Mine, Alexanderia, NH 0.3 mm goyazite crystal	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: EE Smith Mine, Alexanderia, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm goyazite crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes: