New Gallery 63

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #63.
ANATASE Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH 0.6 mm butterscotch anatase crystal with basel termination	Species: ANATASE Locality: Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm butterscotch anatase crystal with basel termination Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - June 1986 Catalog No.: 657 Notes:
GADOLINITE-(Y) N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 2 mm tall gadolinite-(Y) crystal group	Species: GADOLINITE-(Y) Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm tall gadolinite-(Y) crystal group Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 644 Notes:
Monazite-(Ce) Birch Hill, Albany, NH 4.6 cm specimen with indistinct butterscotch-brown monazite-(Ce) crystals on quartz. Monazite-(Ce) Birch Hill, Albany, NH 6 mm zoom view of monazite-(Ce) crystals on quartz.	Species: MONAZITE-(Ce) Locality: Birch Hill, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 4.6 cm specimen with indistinct butterscotch-brown monazite-(Ce) crystals on quartz. (Also 6 mm zoom view) Field Collected: Henry Barbor. Ex. Gene Bearss - obtained in trade 1984 Catalog No.: TBC Notes:
FLUORITE Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH 4 cm "floater" crystal with overgrowth of small clear fluorite crystals	Species: FLUORITE Locality: Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 4 cm "floater" crystal with overgrowth of small clear fluorite crystals Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 1970's Catalog No.: Secondary collection - 022 Notes:
FLUORITE Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH 3.3 cm lumpy, crude octahedral,"floater" crystal	Species: FLUORITE Locality: Wise Mine, Westmoreland, NH Specimen Size: 3.3 cm lumpy, crude octahedral,"floater" crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 1970's Catalog No.: Secondary collection Notes: This pale green fluorite crystal has no points of attachment or cleavage surfaces.
FLUORITE Streeter Hill Fluorite Prospect, Chesterfield, NH 2.5 cm milky, stained, fluorite cleavage	Species: FLUORITE Locality: Streeter Hill Fluorite Prospect, Chesterfield, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 cm milky, stained, fluorite cleavage Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2006 Catalog No.: Secondary collection Notes: The Streeter Hill prospect is a Morrill locality, listed in slashes under Westmoreland. It is actually in north-western Chesterfield. On two visits, only milky fluorite cleavages, such as this one, were found. Clusters of clear, needle-like, "solution quartz" and micro crystals of barite provide better specimens for collectors at this locality.
QUARTZ Streeter Hill Fluorite Prospect, Chesterfield, NH 8 cm specimen with druze of 2 - 3 mm clear quartz crystals on milky quartz	Species: QUARTZ Locality: Streeter Hill Fluorite Prospect, Chesterfield, NH Specimen Size: 8 cm specimen with druze of 2 - 3 mm clear quartz crystals on milky quartz. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2006 Catalog No.: Secondary collection Notes: The Streeter Hill prospect is a Morrill locality, listed in slashes under Westmoreland.
BERTRANDITE Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH 4 cm specimen with former beryl crystal fully altered to bertrandite	Species: BERTRANDITE Locality: Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH Specimen Size: 4 cm specimen with former beryl crystal fully altered to bertrandite Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 1990's Catalog No.: Secondary collection Notes: These bertrandite pseudomorphs after beryl can be easily missed on mine dumps by novice collectors. The cavities are filled with brilliant micro crystals of bertrandite.
CRANDALLITE Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.6 mm field of view	Species: CRANDALLITE Locality: Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.6 mm field of view Field Collected: Gene Bearss- 1991 Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen - gift from Gene Bearss Notes: Gene Bearss had a similar (concurrently collected) Charles Davis crandallite analyzed by Dr. Eugene Foord of the USGS. This analysis confirmed crandallite. [tm] Gene Bearss gave me a specimen from this find - 2014. These crandallites are very difficult to photograph. I could not improve on Bob Wilken's photos.
CRANDALLITE - ? Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.4 mm field of view	Species: CRANDALLITE - ? Locality: Charles Davis Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen Notes: A Bob Wilken tentative ID