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DICKINSONITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 8 mm dickinsonite prism	Species: DICKINSONITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm dickinsonite prism Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Identification by Bob Whitmore. This is an extrodinary dickinsonite specimen. The morphology of this crystal is similar to one of the dickinsonite illustrations in Whitmore & Lawrence's The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
HINSDALITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 10 mm hinsdalite prisms with small cerussite crystals attached.	Species: HINSDALITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm hinsdalite prisms with small cerussite crystals attached. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Identification by Bob Whitmore. This specimen was the reference for Fred Wilda's hinsdalite illustration in The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
CACOXENITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 3 mm field of view	Species: CACOXENITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1975 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Identification by Bob Whitmore. Cacoxenite is rare at Palermo. Oxidized beraunite may be confused with cacoxenite. Aluminum is an essential element for cacoxenite. Aluminum is not present in beraunite.
GATUMBAITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 2 mm field of view. Gatumbaite on bed of vivianite crystals.	Species: GATUMBAITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Gatumbaite on bed of vivianite crystals. Field Collected: G. Bjareby Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Specimen label reads: "Found by G. Bjareby in 1948." Gatumbaite is not listed in Whitmore & Lawrence's The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
GATUMBAITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 7 mm field of view. Radial sprays of gatumbaite on bed of vivianite crystals.	Species: GATUMBAITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm field of view. Radial sprays of gatumbaite on bed of vivianite crystals. Field Collected: G. Bjareby Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Another view of the Bjareby gatumbaite specimen. The inner area of the leftmost spray (particularly) appears zoned dark-blue suggesting perhaps a different mineral? The mineral base for the specimen is un-altered triphylite. The triphyllite surface is covered with very small vivianite crystals. The gatumbaite is on top of these micro-vivianites.
GATUMBAITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.7 cm specimen. Gatumbiate on vivianite on triphylite	Species: GATUMBAITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 cm specimen. Gatumbiate on vivianite on triphylite Field Collected: G. Bjareby Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Full specimen view of the Bjareby gatumbaite specimen. Chemistry wise, gatumbaite is close to other calcium-aluminum phosphates also found at Palermo, foggite and crandalite: Gatumbaite: CaAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂ · H₂O Foggite: CaAl(PO₄)(OH)₂ · H₂O Crandallite: CaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)₆
BJAREBYITE Palermo #16 Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.3 mm bjarebyite crystals	Species: BJAREBYITE Locality: Palermo #16 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm bjarebyite crystals Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1972 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes:
BJAREBYITE Palermo #16 Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.2 mm bjarebyite crystals	Species: BJAREBYITE Locality: Palermo #16 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm bjarebyite crystals Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1972 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Another view of a bjarbyite specimen.
BJAREBYITE Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 1.7 mm field of view	Species: BJAREBYITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1977 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: The 5.5 cm host specimen for these tiny bjarebyites has zones of scorzalite (altering from white montebrasite?), broken vivianite crystals to 6 mm, and small quartz crystals.
XANTHOXENITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.1 mm xanthoxenite crystals on rockbridgeite	Species: XANTHOXENITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.1 mm (TINY!) xanthoxenite crystals on rockbridgeite Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1974 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: This xanthoxenite crystal habit is the one illustrated in The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
GREIFENSTEINITE Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH 2 mm field of view. Brown pseudohexagonal greifensteinite crystals.	Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Brown pseudohexagonal greifensteinite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1975 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes:
GREIFENSTEINITE Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Brown pseudohexagonal greifensteinite crystals to 0.3 mm with cream-colored, platy, goyazite crystals	Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Brown pseudohexagonal greifensteinite crystals to 0.3 mm with cream-colored, platy, goyazite crystals on quartz crystals (background). Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1975 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes:
ERNSTITE Palermo #1 Mine, Core Zone, N. Groton, NH Yellow-orange ernstite crystals to 0.2 mm on oxide coated childrenite crystals.	Species: ERNSTITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Core Zone, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Yellow-orange ernstite crystals to 0.2 mm on oxide coated childrenite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: This ernstite crystal habit is the one illustrated in The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
ERNSTITE Palermo #1 Mine, Core Zone, N. Groton, NH 0.5 mm cluster of yellow-orange ernstite crystals.	Species: ERNSTITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Core Zone, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm cluster of yellow-orange ernstite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes:
PARASCHOLZITE Palermo #1 Mine, Core Zone, N. Groton, NH 1.5 mm field of view. White tiny, indistinct, paracholzite crystals with blue-green nizamoffite.	Species: PARASCHOLZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 13, site J, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view. White tiny, indistinct, paracholzite crystals with blue-green nizamoffite. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 2004 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Parascholzite is a noted associate of nizamoffite.
NONTRONITE Palermo #1 Mine, site 4, N. Groton, NH 4.3 cm specimen. Green nontronite crust on quartz crystals.	Species: NONTRONITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, site 4, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4.3 cm specimen. Green nontronite crust on quartz crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: