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PLUMBOPYROCHLORE Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.7 mm plumbopyrochlore crystal.	Species: PLUMBOPYROCHLORE Locality: Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.7 mm plumbopyrochlore crystal. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u953 Notes: Reference: "Rocks and Minerals", Vol 65, No. 4, pgs 338-347, "Pegmatite and Miarolitic Minerals of North Sugarloaf Mountain, Bethlehem, New Hampshire", by Scott Whittemore and Bob Janules. In a personal communication from Dr. Eugene Foord, mineralogist of the Smithsonial Instution, to Robert Janules, Merrimack, NH, August 1989, Dr Foorde stated: "Specimen no. 4 (Sugarloaf specimen), a honey brown octahedron, was indeed plumbopyrochlore."
APATITE-(CaF) Keyes #1 Mine, Orange, NH 1 cm field of view.	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Keyes #1 Mine, Orange, NH Specimen Size: 1 cm field of view. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 584 Notes:
APATITE-(CaF) Keyes #1 Mine, Orange, NH 4.5 mm apatite crystal on albite.	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Keyes #1 Mine, Orange, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 mm apatite crystal on albite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 583 Notes:
APATITE-(CaF) Keyes #1 Mine, Orange, NH 2 mm crystal with muscovite.	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Keyes #1 Mine, Orange, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm crystal with muscovite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 586 Notes:
QUARTZ Folsum Brook Locale, Ossipee, NH 2 cm field of view	Species: QUARTZ Locality: Folsum Brook Locale, Ossipee, NH Specimen Size: 2 cm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 549 Notes:
QUARTZ Table Mtn. Albany, NH 5 cm crystal	Species: QUARTZ Locality: Table Mtn., Albany, NH Specimen Size: 5 cm crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes:
QUARTZ Flint Hill, Raymond, NH 10 cm specimen of milky quartz crystals with frosty chalcedony coating	Species: QUARTZ Locality: Flint Hill, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 10 cm specimen of milky quartz crystals with frosty chalcedony coating Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 309 Notes:
"SCAPOLITE" - microcline pseudomorph after scapolite Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH 12 mm prismatic crystal section with attached grossular crystals	Species: "SCAPOLITE" - microcline pseudomorph after scapolite Locality: Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH Specimen Size: 12 mm prismatic crystal section with attached grossular crystals Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 512 Notes:
ANKERITE Crushed Stone Quarry, Westmoreland, NH 1.7 cm specimen	Species: ANKERITE Locality: Crushed Stone Quarry, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 cm specimen Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 532 Notes: Rhombic fracture cleavage clearly evident.
APATITE-(CaF) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 6 mm field of view	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u372 Notes: