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Highslide JS
Locality: Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH

Species:           CLINOZOISITE
Locality:          Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH
Specimen Size: 4 mm terminated clinozoisite crystal in bed of diopside crystals.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
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Highslide JS
Locality: Upper adit pit, Iron Mtn., Bartlett, NH

Species:           PHENAKITE
Locality:          Upper adit pit, Iron Mtn., Bartlett, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm clear phenakite crystal.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: U1022
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Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH

Species:           MORAESITE
Locality:          Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen with 2 cm zone of chalk-white moraesite.
Field Collected: Bob Janules
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Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH

Species:           MESSELITE
Locality:          Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view. Pale-tan spears of messelite.
Field Collected: A Bob Wilken specimen
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Notes: Lack of contrast made this a difficult specimen to photograph.
Highslide JS
Locality: Mine Ledge, Surry, NH

Species:           HEMATITE
Locality:          Mine Ledge, Surry, NH
Specimen Size: 5 cm specimen.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
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Highslide JS
Locality: Mine Ledge, Surry, NH

Species:           HEMATITE
Locality:          Mine Ledge, Surry, NH
Specimen Size: 4.5 cm specimen.
Field Collected: Kevin Mortimer
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Highslide JS
Locality: Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH

Species:           PARGASITE
Locality:          Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH
Specimen Size: 1.2 cm group of dark-green pargasite crystals.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: U229
Notes:The EDS analysis plot has been reviewed by a well published mineralogist knowledgeable in the amphibole group. It is his opinion that this Joppa Hill amphibole is pargasite. An earlier analyst opinion was that this mineral was ferrohornblende, a close relative amphibole species.

Highslide JS
Locality: Joppa Hill, Bedford, NH

Species:           VESUVIANITE
Locality:          Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH
Specimen Size: 1.6 cm group of nut-brown parallel growth vesuvianite crystals.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
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