New Gallery 82

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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #82.
BRAZILIANITE Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH 3 cm specimen	Species: BRAZILIANITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen Field Collected: ex. Lerer collection Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes:
TOPAZ Government Pit, Albany, NH 1 cm topaz crystal on matrix	Species: TOPAZ Locality: Government Pit, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 1 cm topaz crystal on matrix Field Collected: Don Swenson - 1993 Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes: If I had fiddled with the lighting a bit more, I could have gotten a better shot of this.
BERYL McGinnis Mine, Wentworth, NH 6.5 cm, 18 sided beryl crystal	Species: BERYL Locality: McGinnis Mine, Wentworth, NH Specimen Size: 6.5 cm, 18 sided beryl crystal Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes: The McGinnis Mine is noted for the occurrence of 18 sided beryl crystals. This is a nice, doubly terminated, example.
ZIRCON Parker Mtn. Mine, Strafford, NH 2 cm specimen	Species: ZIRCON Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Strafford, NH Specimen Size: 2 cm specimen Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes:
CLINOZOISITE Joppa Hill Locale, Amherst, NH Pale-brown clinozoisite crystals to 7 mm on grossular & diopside	Species: CLINOZOISITE Locality: Joppa Hill Locale, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: Pale-brown clinozoisite crystals to 7 mm on grossular & diopside Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes: Low matrix contrast makes this group difficult to photograph.
BERYL Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH 6 cm, terminated beryl crystal	Species: BERYL Locality: Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH Specimen Size: 6 cm, terminated beryl crystal Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes:
BERYL Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH 7 cm, terminated beryl crystal	Species: BERYL Locality: Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH Specimen Size: 7 cm, terminated beryl crystal Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes:
BERYL Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH 2.2 cm, terminated beryl crystal	Species: BERYL Locality: Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH Specimen Size: 2.2 cm, terminated beryl crystal Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes:
BERYL Hamm-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH 9 cm specimen with 5 cm, beryl crystal	Species: BERYL Locality: Hamm-Weeks Quarry, Wakefield, NH Specimen Size: 9 cm specimen with 5 cm, beryl crystal Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes:
FLUORITE Streeter Hill Fluorite Prospect, Chesterfield, NH 8 cm specimen with 4 mm, milky-gray, fluorite crystals to 4 mm on left side	Species: FLUORITE Locality: Streeter Hill Fluorite Prospect, Chesterfield, NH Specimen Size: 8 cm specimen with 4 mm, milky-gray, fluorite crystals to 4 mm on left side Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson collection specimen Notes: Few collectors have visited this obscure locality. These small fluorite crystals in a quartz seam are the only euhedral fluorite crystals I have seen from this locality.