mindatnh site history.
Species photos added for each update are
indicated below. Date listing order is oldest to newest. Site launch date: January 3, 2009
Updates: 1-11-09, species D & E added, total = 67.
1-14-09, species F added, total = 75.
1-22-09, species G added, total = 89.
1-28-09, species H added, total = 102.
2-05-09, species I,J,K added, total = 108.
2-12-09, species L added, total = 115.
2-19-09, species M and Ixiolite added, total = 129. Display case is filling up!
2-27-09, species N,O,P-Phlogopite added, total = 138.
3-08-09, 10 more "P" species added, 4 more "P" to come, total = 148.
3-10-09, Remaining "P" species added, total = 152.
3-15-09, species Q,R added, total = 162.
3-24-09, species S through Sillimanite added, total = 175.
4-02-09, remaining S species added, total = 189.
4-09-09, Allanite specimen replaced - Joppa Hill Allanite is Epidote. Ixiolite removed - may be Ishikawaite.
Plots added for Galena, "Scapolite"
5-07-09, T mineral species added. Total = 197
5-18-09, Stolzite & Metavivianite added. Total = 199
6-12-09, Remaining species added, (U - Z). Total = 212
6-22-09 The Columbite series species have been updated to reflect the present accepted nomenclature.
Added species Columbite-(Mn), Glauconite, Jarosite, Marcasite, Sekaninaite. Total = 217
8-16-09, Lithiophilite and Triploidite species added. Total = 219
9-29-09, Ushkovite species added. Total = 221
9-18-09, Helvite locality corrected. Genthelvite species added. Total = 220
10-14-09, EDS analysis of my Chrysotile
and Cookeite specimen examples showed them both to be muscovite. Photos of these species removed. Total = 219
11-16-09, Bismutite species added. Total = 220
11-27-09, added species Fluocerite-(Ce), Parisite, Pharmacosiderite, Pyrochlore,
Vigezzite-Fersmite. Total = 225
Galleries added fall 2009:
WARNING: Update pages were valid at the time of the update, however subsequent study has sometimes resulted in corrections that are not
included in this release history and may result in some photo links no longer functional. Viewers should consult the species pages and galleries for the latest information.
Whitlockite gallery Kyanite gallery
Siderite gallery
Cordierite gallery Magnetite gallery
Calcite gallery Graphite gallery
Bismuthinite gallery Rutile gallery
Actinolite gallery Beryl gallery
1-9-10, added cacoxenite. Total = 226
1-19-10, added cookeite, copiapite, kulanite, pargasite, sicklerite. Total = 232. Also added samuelsonite gallery and siderophyllite species.
1-30-10, added ferrosilite, macaulayite, metazeunerite, whiteite. Total = 236.
2-05-10, New gallery photos
2-14-10, New gallery photos 2
2-14-10, Modified gallery pages to allow photo enlargement on same page. Your browser must have Java scripts enabled to use this feature.
2-23-10, Added hisingerite, fergusonite. Improved Linarite display specimen. Total = 238.
3-06-10, Added coronadite. Removed parisite, NH occurrence discredited by EDS analysis.
3-06-10, New gallery photos 3
3-19-10, New gallery photos 4
3-25-10, Added calciotantite, a new species for NH. Total = 239.
4-27-10, Removed pharmacosiderite from display. EDS analysis refuted visual pharmacosiderite ID.
Added collinsite, as it is listed in R. Whitmore's Palermo book. Deleted illite, an ill-defined mica group series.
"Hypersthene" name replaced with the IMA approved enstatite. Total = 238.
5-06-10, New gallery photos 5
Galleries Added winter 2009-10: (select gallery link on species page, or use links below)
Heterosite gallery Hematite gallery
Spodumene gallery Sillimanite gallery
Arsenopyrite gallery Riebeckite gallery
Synchysite gallery Danalite gallery
Galleries Added spring 2010: (select gallery link on species page, or use links below)
Samuelsonite gallery Palermoite gallery
6-06-10, New gallery photos 6
6-07-10, Added magnesiohornblende, (recently confirmed for NH)
6-16-10, Microcline gallery
9-05-10, Added melanterite.
9-07-10, New gallery photos 7
9-11-10, Titanite gallery (3 pages, 26 photos)
9-17-10, New gallery photos 8
9-26-10, Added Anorthite, Barbosalite, Beudantite, Marialite to display. Added Wodginite species photo.
10-12-10, New gallery photos 9
10-21-10, New gallery photos 10
11-05-10, New gallery photos 11
01-06-11, New gallery photos 12
01-08-11, Added photos of NH species from Harvard University collection: Corundum,
Hedenbergite, Hurlbutite,
Stilpnomelane.
Harvard museum photos of NH Kaolinite & Rhodonite added to galleries.
01-16-11, Added Epidote gallery, (30 photos).
02-13-11, Added Dravite gallery, (20 photos).
02-18-11, Added Staurolite gallery, (19 photos).
02-21-11, New gallery photos 13
05-22-11, New gallery photos 14
06-20-11, Added Nordstrandite , Wodginite .
Restored Ferrohornblende - links inadvertently deleted. Upgraded specimens of
Silver, Rhodochrosite , and
Fayalite . Replaced specimens of Kaolinite and
Rhodonite because new EDS analysis did not support previously displayed specimens.
08-09-11, New gallery photos 15
08-21-11, New gallery photos 16
08-24-11, New gallery photos 17
09-04-11, New gallery photos 18
09-18-11, New gallery photos 19
09-28-11, New gallery photos 20
09-01-11, Added down-loadable NH species checklist (pdf)
10-23-11, Nontronite eliminated from NH species list. EDS analysis showed classic Government Pit "Nontronite" is Glauconite.
(See discussion and analysis on Glauconite Gallery page).
Ishikawaite (from Ham-Weeks, Wakefield) removed from display. EDS analysis showed my specimen to be Samarskite.
10-26-11, Added Arrojadite, Frondelite, and
Hopeite to display with EDS analyses and galleries. Improved
Beryllonite specimen and added analysis.
10-27-11, Added Lazulite and Uranosilite
11-07-11, New gallery photos 21. Some outstanding micro specimens from
the collection of Gene Bearss.
11-10-11, Added Vandendriesscheite
11-13-11, New gallery photos 22. More micro specimens from
the collection of Gene Bearss.
11-22-11, Added Greenockite to NH species display.
11-23-11, Removed Clarkeite, Curite, Fourmarierite, Safflorite, and Uranospinite from the NH species list.
The presence of these species on the NH list was due to their reported occurrence at the Ruggles Mine, Grafton, NH.
These species have been discredited as occurring at the Ruggles Mine as noted in the mindat.org summary:
mindat.org Ruggles Mine species.
11-27-11, Added a web site section of articles related to NH mineral collecting .
12-08-11, New gallery photos 23.
12-16-11, Dana Morong has contributed an excellent bibliography of all New Hampshire references in Rocks & Minerals
magazine (1926 - 2011), ordered both chronological and author albhabetical. A field trip article to Iron Mtn., Bartlett,
NH by Bob Wilken has also been added: Articles related to NH mineral collecting .
12-27-11, Added Barite gallery.
12-18-11, Added Molybdenite gallery.
01-04-12, Added New gallery photos 24. (includes several more fine Gene Bearss specimens)
01-14-12, Added Schorl gallery (two pages).
01-17-12, Added Diopside gallery of a new recently confirmed find.
01-27-12, Added New gallery photos 25.
02-23-12, Added Anatase gallery.
03-08-12, Added New gallery photos 26.
03-12-12, Added New gallery photos 27 Gene Bearss specimens from Mineral Hill.
03-27-12, Added Falsterite , a new species, Palermo Mine type locality.
04-03-12, New article contributions from Joe Mulvey, NH Type Localities, and
Bob Janules,
Mascot Musings (revised): NH Articles .
04-24-12, The NH mineral species display was exhibited at the 2012 Rochester Mineralogical Symposium
(2012 symposium display photo) .
05-23-12, Added New gallery photos 28 (corrections 6/11/12)
06-07-12, Added New gallery photos 29
06-19-12, Added New gallery photos 30
08-06-12, Added New gallery photos 31 , many from Holts Ledge Locality.
08-20-12, Replaced Nepheline specimen and data. Previous specimen in error.
08-25,26-12, The NH mineral species display was exhibited at the 2012 Capital Mineral Club show, Concord, NH
(2012 CMC display photo).
09-20-12, Added New gallery photos 32. Launch of photos from friends.
09-23-12, Added Literature references (pdf) Top ten references for New Hampshire mineral collectors.
10-11-12, Added Gormanite gallery
10-19->31-12, The NH mineral species display was on exhibit in the NH Department of Environmental Services lobby, Hazen Drive, Concord, NH
(2012 DES display photo).
10-25-12, Added New gallery photos 33
11-13-12, Added New gallery photos 34
12-31-12, Completed photo gallery of minerals from the Palermo Mines. Total: 77 species, 130 photos.
12-08-12, Added New gallery photos #35
12-03-12, Completed a three month effort to validate all web page html code for standards compliance. Many chemical formulas were changed be those of Fleischer-2008, (prevously these formulas
were of a "structural" type that was used by mindat.org prior to 2010). Visibility of links on species pages has been improved. Specimen data pages are now over-lay pop-ups.
Size data has now been added to all gallery photo enlarged images.
01-02-13, The NH mineral species display was on exhibit at the Amherst, NH, town library for two weeks.
(Amherst Library display photo). A new touch-screen monitor has been incorporated into the exhibit.
01-16-12, Added New gallery photos #36
01-18-12, Added New gallery photos #37. New Hampshire Apatite-(CaF)
02-06-13, Added New gallery photos #38
02-06-13, Added New gallery photos #39
02-07-13, Added photo gallery of minerals from Mine Falls, Nashua, NH. Total: 16 species, 39 photos.
02-19-13, Added New gallery photos #40, specimens from the Keyes Mine, Orange, NH.
02-21-13, Added localities specific galleries section, including new gallery for the Keyes Mines, Orange, NH.
02-25-13, Added New gallery photos #41, Grossular specimens from Joppa Hill, Amherst, NH.
02-27-13, Added New gallery photos #42
03-01-13, Added New gallery photos #43
03-17->20-13, The NH mineral species display was on exhibit at the GSA Northeastern Section Meeting, Bretton Woods, NH
(2013 GSA display photo).
04-05-13, Added New gallery photos #44 Many rare Palermo species from the Bob Whitmore collection.
04-30-13, The NH mineral species display is on extended exhibit at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord, NH
(MSDC display photo).
05-14-13, Added New gallery photos #45
05-26->28-13, The NH mineral species display was on exhibit at the PEG 2013 Conference, Bartlett, NH
(PEG 2013 display photo).
06-16-13, Pentlandite (Campton, NH) discredited by EDS analysis. Specimens are (visually similar) pyrrhotite. Pentlandite removed from NH species list.
08-23-13, Added Chloritoid
09-03-13, Added New gallery photos #46
08-13-13, New article contribution by Fred Davis, Chandlers Mill mines: NH Articles .
09-13-13, Added New gallery photos #47
09-23-13, Added New gallery photos #48
10-02-13, Added New gallery photos #49 Richmond Soapstone Quarry minerals.
10-24-13, Added New gallery photos #50
11-24-13, Added New gallery photos #51
12-07-13, Added Purpurite species.
Recently added Bedford, NH Opal var. hyalite was analyzed to be Glauconite?. Correction made.
Recently added Palermo Mine Lepidocrocite was analyzed to be Beusite? Correction made.
NH display Anthophyllite specimen was analyzed to be Gedrite. Correction made.
An analyzed Anthophyllite specimen from Canterbury, NH has been substituted.
Recently added Palermo Mine Samuelsonite was analyzed to be Palermoite. Correction made.
12-22-13, Added New gallery photos #52 Another batch of Palermo minerals. (Nice!)
12-23-13, Added Dickite . A new species for NH. Merry Christmas to all!
12-30-13, Added Richmond Soapstone Quarry Gallery. 17 species, 30 mineral photos, 6 EDS analyses.
01-09-14, Added Eosphorite species.
01-16-14, Added New gallery photos #53 Mostly Palermo minerals.
02-04-14, Added New gallery photos #54
03-11-14, Added New gallery photos #55
03-24-14, Added New gallery photos #56
03-29-14, Added New gallery photos #57
04-25-14, Added EE Smith Mine Gallery. 15 species, 28 mineral photos, 2 EDS analyses.
06-01-14, Added New gallery photos #58
06-14-14, Added Pike Hooksett Gallery. 13 species, 26 mineral photos.
06-16-14, Added New gallery photos #59
06-25-14, Added Parker Mtn. Mine Gallery. 68 species, 125 mineral photos, 14 EDS analyses.
09-04-14, Added Fitzgibbons Mine Gallery. 12 species, 19 mineral photos. A Bob Wilken photo project.
09-05-14, Added New gallery photos #60. More Parker Mtn. Mine photos.
09-18-14, Dickinsonite deleted from the NH mineral species list (More)
09-18-14, Added New gallery photos #61
09-29-14, Added New gallery photos #62 Bob Wilken photos, mostly EE Smith Mine
10-19-14, Added New gallery photos #63
10-30-14, Added New gallery photos #64 More Palermo micros.
11-13-14, Added New gallery photos #65 Yet more Palermo micros.
11-25-14, Added New gallery photos #66
12-02-14, Added New gallery photos #67
01-24-15, Added New gallery photos #68
03-29-15, Added New gallery photos #69
04-01-15, The NH mineral species display was on exhibit at the GSA Northeastern Section Meeting, Bretton Woods, NH
(2015 GSA display photo).
04-07-15, Added Stilpnomelane specimen to NH display. Upgraded display Astrophyllite specimen.
05-30-15, Added New gallery photos #70
06-23-15, Added Mineral_Hill_Gallery, Wakefield, NH. 8 species, 26 mineral photos.
08-12-15, Added Dana Morong article: Location of The Lovejoy Quarry (pdf)
09-02-15, Added Chickering Mine Gallery. 275 mineral photos (57 listed species), 3 site photos/documents, 42 mineral analyses.
This gallery is in conjunction with the Rocks & Minerals Sept/Oct 2015 issue article by Wilkens, Janules, and Mortimer. This project is a culmination of a three year collaborative effort.
10-02-15, Added New gallery photos #71
10-30-15, Added New gallery photos #72
11-13-15, Added Turner Mine Gallery. Photo contributions from an anonymous collector.
11-23-15, Added New gallery photos #73
12-15-15, Added Anna Wilken article: Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH (pdf) - 11 pages
12-31-15, Added Chickering Mine Gallery II - mineral photos (37) from another collector.
01/03/16, This mindatnh.org website was launched 7 years ago today.
01-10-16, Added New gallery photos #74
01-14-16, Added Ore Hill, Warren, NH Gallery.
01-25-16, Added New gallery photos #75
02-19-16, Improved Bazzite specimen and added Bazzite gallery
03-10-16, Improved Actinolite specimen with confirming analysis
03-11-16, Improved Reddingite specimen with confirming analysis and new gallery
03-14-16, Added New gallery photos #76
04-08-16, Added New gallery photos #77
05-30-16, Added New gallery photos #78
08-20-16, Added New gallery photos #79
09-25-16, Verified & added Corundum
10-22-16, Added Phillip Foster, Micromounter, presentation: Philip Foster (pdf)
10-24-16, Added New gallery photos #80
11-06-16, Added Rt. 156 Raymond-Nottingham, NH area Gallery.
11-11-16, Added New gallery photos #81
11-12-16, Added New gallery photos #82
11-14-16, Added New gallery photos #83
11-15-16, Added New gallery photos #84
12-26-16, Added New gallery photos #85
02-15-17, Added New gallery photos #86
03-21-17, Verified and added Sinkankasite
05-06-17, Added New gallery photos #87
06-11-17, Update to set #87 from recent EDS analyses Update to #87
06-14-17, Added New gallery photos #88 . Messelite - fairfieldite and similar appearing specimens.
08-08-17, Added NH Rare and Uncommon Minerals 33 species, 89 photos, 35 analyses.
09-18-17, Added New gallery photos #89
10-10-17, Added New gallery photos #90
11-11-17, Verified & added Collinsite
11-20-17, Added New gallery photos #91
12-21-17, New analysis results indicated re-assignments in Phosphuranylite gallery & Uranophane gallery
12-21-17, Added Cerianite-(Ce)
12-28-17, Added New gallery photos #92
03-12-18, Added New gallery photos #93
03-23-18, Added New gallery photos #94. NH miarolitic micros from the collection of Bob Janules.
03-31-18, Added New gallery photos #95. More NH miarolitic micros from the collection of Bob Janules.
04-28-18, NH ankerite discredited - determined to be ferroan dolomite. Photos moved to Dolomite Gallery.
04-29-18, Added New gallery photos #96
05-16-18, Added New gallery photos #97 Outstanding specimens from The Carlton Holt collection.
05-24-18, Added New gallery photos #98 More locality specimens from the collection of Don Swenson
06-26-18, Added Famous NH Beryl Specimen (pdf) - Article by Fred Davis (2018)
09-06-18, Added Bow, NH sulfide vein locality. 24 species, 57 mineral photos.
09-20-18, Added New gallery photos #99
09-20-18, Added New gallery photos #100
10-16-18, Added New gallery photos #101
11-19-18, Added Water Pocket gallery. 22 species, 83 mineral photos, 5 unknowns, 18 EDS/XRF analyses
11-20-18, Added New gallery photos #102
11-21-18, Added Cummingtonite (but removed 12/3/18)
12-03-18, Removed Cummingtonite page. XRD and optical analysis showed specimens to be anthophyllite.
12-08-18, Added New gallery photos #103
01-12-19, Added New gallery photos #104 Bob Janules danalite specimens.
01-19-19, Added New gallery photos #105
01-25-19, Added New gallery photos #106
02-02-19, Added New gallery photos #107
02-05-19, Added Collinsite
02-14-19, Added New gallery photos #108 - Palermo micros. Happy Valentine's Day
02-25-19, Added New gallery photos #109
03-20-19, Added New gallery photos #110
05-14-19, Added New gallery photos #111
06-10-19, Added A study of NH glauconite (pdf) - Tom Mortimer (2019)
08-14-19, NH macaulayite discredited - determined to be stilpnomelane. Moved to Stilpnomelane Gallery.
08-18-19, Added New gallery photos #112
10-12-19, Added Rt. 101 - 101A Locality gallery. 58 photos
10-22-19, Added New gallery photos #113
11-19-19, Added New gallery photos #114
11-25-19, Added Vermont and New Hampshire Paragonite (pdf) - Tom Mortimer (2019)
12-03-19, Added New gallery photos #115
12-07-19, Added New gallery photos #116
01-01-20, Added New gallery photos #117 Happy New Year ! Mindatnh.org is in its 11th year.
01-15-20, Added New gallery photos #118
01-25-20, Added New gallery photos #119. Bob Wilken photos of Rice Mine specimens.
02-04-20, Added New gallery photos #120
02-14-20, Added New gallery photos #121
02-24-20, Added New gallery photos #122 - More Johnson Rd. Bow, NH specimens
03-16-20, Added Eleonorite species
03-18-20, Added New gallery photos #123
03-21-20, Added NH Scorzalite and Lazulite (pdf) - Tom Mortimer (2020)
03-21-20, Added New gallery photos #124
03-28-20, Added New gallery photos #125
04-05-20, Added New gallery photos #126
04-13-20, Added New gallery photos #127
04-21-20, Added New gallery photos #128
04-24-20, Added Eleonorite and Beraunite (pdf) - Tom Mortimer (2020)
04-26-20, Added New gallery photos #129
05-01-20, Added New gallery photos #130
05-03-20, Added article Habit Variations in Palermo Mine Goyazite (pdf)
05-10-20, Added New gallery photos #131
05-10-20, Added articles NH diadochite discredited (pdf) , Diadochite analysis (pdf) - Tom Mortimer (2020)
05-21-20, Added New gallery photos #132
05-28-20, Added New gallery photos #133
06-24-20, Added New gallery photos #134
08-05-20, Added Ellacoya Locality gallery
08-14-20, Added New gallery photos #135
08-23-20, Added New gallery photos #136 Specimens from the Ruggles Mine
09-02-20, Added New gallery photos #137 Specimens from N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem
09-19-20, Added Ruggles Mine gallery
09-20-20, Added Vanmeersscheite - (in NH Rare & Uncommon gallery)
10-03-20, Added New gallery photos #138 Specimens from Bob Wilken collection
10-19-20, Added Best Photo View Gallery - 15 pages
10-18-20, Added New gallery photos #139
10-31-20, Added New gallery photos #140
11-22-20, Added New gallery photos #141 - A small Palermo rock dissection.
12-02-20, Added New gallery photos #142
**-**-**, New Gallery 143. A work in progress of Bob Wilken Turner Mine minerals
12-23-20, Added New gallery photos #144 Recent Palermo Mine photos
01-18-21, Added New gallery photos #145
01-21-21, Added New gallery photos #146
02-15-21, Added New gallery photos #147
02-20-21, Added Humboldtine species
02-28-21, Added New gallery photos #148
03-05-21, Added New gallery photos #149
04-15-21, Added The Discovery of Radioactive Minerals at Ruggles mine, Grafton, New Hampshire by Fred Davis (pdf)
04-16-21, Added Minerals of the 101 - 101A Road Cut, Amherst-Milford, NH. Tom Mortimer (pdf)
04-22-21, Added New gallery photos #150
05-01-21, Added New gallery photos #151
08-04-21, Added Aggregate Industries Quarry, Raymond, NH gallery. 48 species, 177 mineral photos.
08-12-21, Added Kasolite species
08-14-21, Replaced Metazeunerite and Uranosilite photos
08-17-21, Added New gallery photos #152
09-12-21, Added Lefontite to the "Rare and Uncommon" gallery
09-21-21, Added New gallery photos #153 - Bob Wilken photos of Parker Mine specimens.
09-24-21, Added New gallery photos #154 - Don Dallaire collection specimens.
10-11-21, Added New gallery photos #155
10-28-21, Added Chevkinite-Ce
10-30-21, Added New gallery photos #156
01-22-22, Added New gallery photos #157
02-27-22, Added New gallery photos #158
03-30-22, Added Bendadaite to the "Rare and Uncommon" gallery
04-05-22, Added New gallery photos #159
05-04-22, Added New gallery photos #160 Beryllium minerals
05-06-22, Added New gallery photos #161
05-25-22, Added New gallery photos #162
06-16-22, Added Aegirine species
08-06-22, Added New gallery photos #163
08-10-22, Added New gallery photos #164
08-19-22, Added New gallery photos #165
10-26-22, Added New gallery photos #166
12-01-22, Green "beraunite" is now Ferroberaunite.
Oxidized ferroberaunite is now Beraunite.
Eleonorite, formally oxidized beraunite, is now discredited.
12-23-22, Added New gallery photos #167
01-12-23, Added Mining History of Ruggles mine, Grafton, New Hampshire By Fred Davis
01-29-23, Added Thorite species
02-02-23, Added New gallery photos #168 Quartz photos, Palermo and Gulch Locale.
02-19-23, Added New gallery photos #169
03-04-23, Added New gallery photos #170
03-14-23, Added New gallery photos #171
04-16-23, Added New gallery photos #172 Specimens from the collection of Don Swenson
04-18-23, Added Ham Weeks Mine, Wakefield, NH Gallery
05-12-23, Re-enabled Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Gallery link after Bob Janules 4/23 MMNE presentation.
05-18-23, Added Hurricane Mtn. Conway, NH Gallery
05-23-23, Updated Hurricane Mtn. Conway, NH Gallery with more photos & analysis data.
06-07-23, Added US Mica Industry Pioneers (pdf) - Fred Davis (2018). Fred generously requested that I add his
445 page research tome to mindatnh.org.
08-08-23, Added New gallery photos #173
08-11-23, Added New gallery photos #174. NH specimens from the MMGM collection and the NEMC.
09-02-23, Added New gallery photos #175.
09-06-23, Added New gallery photos #176.
09-18-23, Added New gallery photos #177.
09-23-23, Added New gallery photos #178.