Rutile gallery

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All three titanium dioxide polymorphs (rutile, anatase, brookite) have been found in New Hampshire.
Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH	Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH Specimen Size: 6 cm specimen. Pair of stubby prismatic rutile crystals in iron stained feldspar matrix. Largest crystal 1.8 cm. Field Collected: Kevin Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes: The ledge outcrop from which this specimen was collected is known as the "green balloon prospect" from the green baloon recovered from a nearby tree.
Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH	Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm pyramid termination rutile crystal in feldspar matrix. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u273 Notes:
Locality: Rt. 110 road cut, Dummer, NH	Locality: Rt. 110 road cut, Dummer, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm rutile crystal (largest) Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: u882 Notes:
Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH	Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen with pair of rutile crystals (largest is 9 mm). Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 958 Notes:
Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH	Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm width lustrous bypyramidal rutile crystal . Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1532 Notes:
Locality: Tower Hill. Hinsdale, NH/b>	Locality: Tower Hill. Hinsdale, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm & 4 mm terminated rutile crystals in quartz . Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u694 Notes:
Locality: Tower Hill. Hinsdale, NH/b>	Locality: Tower Hill. Hinsdale, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm terminated rutile crystal in quartz . Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u692
Locality: Rt. 145 roadside ledge, Clarksville, NH/b>	Locality: Rt. 145 roadside ledge, Clarksville, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm terminated rutile crystal in quartz . Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u846
Locality: Ledge near parking lot of Rt 101 -Rt 101A intersection, Amherst, NH/b>	Locality: Ledge near parking lot of Rt 101 -Rt 101A intersection, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 0.7 mm rutile crystal section on quartz crystal. This is a voucher specimen (only one known) for the rutile species at the Rt 101 - Rt 101A intersection locale. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u306
Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH/b>	Locality: South of Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH Specimen Size: 1 cm oblong width pyramidal termination rutile crystal . Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 959 Notes:
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