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GOYAZITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.7 mm zoned goyazite crystal	Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 mm zoned goyazite crystal, (i.e. goyazite crystal with phantom) Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: 1238 Notes:
PALERMOITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.5 mm palermoite crystal PALERMOITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.5 mm palermoite crystal - termination view	Species: PALERMOITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm palermoite crystal - two views Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Associations include jackstraw strunzite and rockbridgeite over-growth on termination.
PALERMOITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 2 mm fov	Species: PALERMOITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm fov Field Collected: Walter Lane - from material purchased by the Micromounters of New England Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Shows orthorhombic termination nicely.
PALERMOITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Group of 2 mm prismatic palermoite crystals	Species: PALERMOITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Group of 2 mm prismatic palermoite crystals Field Collected: ex Mike Swanson collection Catalog No.: u927 Notes: Lateral crystal in lower left is also palermoite.
MUSCOVITE var. Fuchsite Dunbar Graphite Mine, Bristol, NH 10 mm fov	Species: MUSCOVITE var. Fuchsite Locality: Dunbar Graphite Mine, Bristol, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm fov Field Collected: Bob Wilken (2011) Catalog No.: TBC Notes: A visual ID. Black plates are tiny graphite crystals.
COVELLITE Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH 1.5 mm fov. Individual covellite crystals to 0.2 mm COVELLITE Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH full specimen view - 2.5 cm	Species: COVELLITE Locality: Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm fov. Individual covellite crystals to 0.2 mm. (2.5 cm full specimen view) Field Collected: Gene Bearss Catalog No.: TBC Notes: This specimen and one other are the only NH examples seen by the author which show distinct hexagonal covellite crystals. Most crystals in the magnified view are standing on edge - hexagonal thin plates. More typical NH specimens are simple covellite crusts.
PYROMORPHITE Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Tan pyromorphite crystals to 0.8 mm	Species: PYROMORPHITE Locality: Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Specimen Size: Tan pyromorphite crystals to 0.8 mm Field Collected: Gene Bearss Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen Notes:
PYROMORPHITE Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH 0.5 mm parallel growth tan pyromorphite crystals	Species: PYROMORPHITE Locality: Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm parallel growth tan pyromorphite crystals Field Collected: Gene Bearss Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen Notes:
PYROMORPHITE Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH 1.5 mm fov	Species: PYROMORPHITE Locality: Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm FOV Field Collected: Gene Bearss Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen Notes: Bright reflections are from a bed of micro quartz crystals.
PYROMORPHITE Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Barrel habit pyromorphite crystals to 1.5 mm	Species: PYROMORPHITE Locality: Mineral Hill, Wakefield, NH Specimen Size: Barrel habit pyromorphite crystals to 1.5 mm - multi crystal qrowth terminations present. Field Collected: Gene Bearss Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen Notes: