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BASTNASITE   N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
3.3 mm crystal group

Species:           BASTNASITE
Locality:         N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
Specimen Size: 3.3 mm crystal group
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1987)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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CASSITERITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
0.6 mm crystal

Species:           CASSITERITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 0.6 mm crystal
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1983)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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CASSITERITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
1.5 mm field of view

Species:           CASSITERITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1981)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss.
These lustrous, black, cassiterite crystals are very difficult to photograph. They come out either black, or brightly reflective.

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BAVENITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
1 mm crystal group

Species:           BAVENITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm crystal group
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1986)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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BAVENITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
6 mm field of view

Species:           BAVENITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1986)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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MICROLITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
1 mm crystal

Species:           MICROLITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm crystal
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1986)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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PHENAKITE   Ham-Weeks Mine, Wakefield, NH
1 mm crystal

Species:           PHENAKITE
Locality:         Ham-Weeks Mine, Wakefield, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm crystal
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1982)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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TITANITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
0.6 mm blue crystal

Species:           TITANITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 0.6 mm blue crystal
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1983)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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WULFENITE with clear pyromorphite   Ham-Weeks Mine Wakefield, NH
3 mm field of view

Species:           WULFENITE with clear pyromorphite
Locality:         Ham-Weeks Mine Wakefield, NH
Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (2008)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

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XENOTIME   N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
0.6 mm crystal group

Species:           XENOTIME
Locality:         N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH
Specimen Size: 0.6 mm crystal group
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1987)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss