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Photos recently added to NH species galleries.
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Highslide JS
Locality: Merrimack Industrial Interchance road cut, Merrimack, NH

Species:           FLUORITE
Locality:          Merrimack Industrial Interchange road cut, Merrimack, NH
Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view. Clear fluorite octahedrons.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: U915
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Highslide JS
Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH

Species:           GRAPHITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 5.5 cm specimen. Thin seam of graphite on feldspar.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer, May 2010
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Notes: Graphite has been reported from the Parker Mtn. Mine by Foster (1964) and Morong (1987). Graphite is electrically conductive, as may be verified with an ohm-meter. This specimen passed the "conductivity test".
Highslide JS
Locality: Peeked Hill, Conway, NH

Species:           FLUORITE
Locality:          Peeked Hill, Conway, NH
Specimen Size: 7 cm specimen. Zoned fluorite cubes on milky quartz. largest crystal 1.6 cm.
Field Collected: A purchased specimen. Field collected by Peter Samuelson.
Catalog No.: 426
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH

Species:           FLUORITE
Locality:          Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH
Specimen Size: 7 cm octahedral green fluorite crystal with overgrowth of smaller clear crystals.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 95
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Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH

Species:           SPHALERITE
Locality:          Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1.2 mm sphalerite crystal in albite vug.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer, 2009
Catalog No.: u964
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Highslide JS
Locality: "Old Silver Mine", Woodstock, NH

Species:           SPHALERITE
Locality:          "Old Silver Mine", Woodstock, NH
Specimen Size: 2 mm sphalerite crystal in albite vug.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: u937
Notes: Initially thought this might be tetrahedrite, but EDS analysis indicated sphalerite.
Highslide JS
Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH

Species:           LEPIDOLITE
Locality:          Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH
Specimen Size: 10 cm specimen of massive, light gray, fine-grained, lepidolite.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 1476
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Highslide JS
Locality: Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH

Species:           BERYL
Locality:          Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: Termination end of 7 cm diameter beryl crystal.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
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Notes: Bright reflections from fine grain mica on crystal surface.
Highslide JS
Locality: Graphite Mine, Deering, NH

Species:           GRAPHITE
Locality:          Graphite Mine, Deering, NH
Specimen Size: 11 cm x 12 cm specimen. 3 to 4 mm thick graphite vein in country rock.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
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Highslide JS
Locality: Yuhas Mine, Acworth, NH

Species:           COLUMBITE-TANTALITE
Locality:          Yuhas Mine, Acworth, NH
Specimen Size: 6.5 cm specimen of massive Columbite-Tantalite with minor feldspar.
Field Collected: A gift from John Jaszczak. Ex. Mrs. Robert Patterson specimen.
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Notes: Composition of this "Columbite-Tantalite" specimen has not been determined. File card that came with specimen indicated it was purchased 8-29-1977 for $.50.