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NORDSTRANDITE    Ravine Locale, Moat Mtn. Hale's Location, NH
6 cm specimen.   Smoky quartz crystals embedded in white Nordstrandite

Species:           NORDSTRANDITE
Locality:          Ravine Locale, Moat Mtn. Hale's Location, NH
Specimen Size: 6 cm specimen.   Smoky quartz crystals embedded in white Nordstrandite
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 1472
Notes: EDS analysis of this clay mineral indicates it is nordstrandite, or one of its polymorphs. Two separate EDS analyses support the nordstrandite ID. Insufficient silicon is present for this material to be kaolinite.