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AUGELITE G.F. Smith Mine, Newport, NH 1.5 mm glassy augelite crystal with inclusions	Species: AUGELITE Locality: G.F. Smith Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm glassy augelite crystal with inclusions Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1134 Notes: It is difficult to convey the complex morphology of these rhombic crystals in a single photograph.
AUGELITE G.F. Smith Mine, Newport, NH 1.2 mm cloudy augelite crystal	Species: AUGELITE Locality: G.F. Smith Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm cloudy augelite crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1274 Notes:
AUGELITE G.F. Smith Mine, Newport, NH 1 mm cloudy augelite crystal	Species: AUGELITE Locality: G.F. Smith Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm cloudy augelite crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1273 Notes:
LAUEITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.8 mm pale yellow, zoned, laueite crystal	Species: LAUEITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm pale yellow, zoned, laueite crystal Field Collected: Walter Lane Catalog No.: u1266 Notes:
WHITMOREITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH A 1 mm "naval mine"	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: A 1 mm "naval mine" Field Collected: Walter Lane Catalog No.: u1270 Notes:
WHITLOCKITE with Palermoite Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.4 mm rhombic milky whitlockite at top of column group of palermoites.	Species: WHITLOCKITE with Palermoite Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm rhombic milky whitlockite at top of column group of palermoites. Field Collected: Walter Lane Catalog No.: u1269 Notes: Stack of 10, spanning 0.30 mm (about 0.03 mm per increment...about the limit of what may patience will allow!)
STEWARTITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.4 mm crystal group height	Species: STEWARTITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal group height Field Collected: Walter Lane Catalog No.: u1269 Notes: Palermo Mine stewartite images are quite rare on the web. Tiny black rockbridgeite balls are in the background.
GYPSUM var. Selenite? Plume Mine, N. Groton, NH 4 mm FOV GYPSUM var. Selenite? Plume Mine, N. Groton, NH 2 mm fov	Species: GYPSUM var. Selenite? Locality: Plume Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: First photo: 4 mm fov, second photo 2 mm fov Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1070 Notes: I had cataloged this specimen in 2010 as a marcasite. When I re-examined this specimen in May, 2012, I discovered that it had a substantial overgrowth of curly, white crystals, reminiscent of ram's horn selenite. This overgrowth had obviously happened AFTER I had boxed the specimen! Looking on mindat, the iron sulfate, rozenite, is also a candidate for this "mineral." Technically this specimen would not pass the formal definition of a mineral, due to failing the "naturally occurring" test. Tiny, monoclinic, water-clear, gypsum crystals are moderately common in the weathering sulfides found in the Plume Mine dumps.