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SMITHSONITE Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 2.2 mm FOV SMITHSONITE-? Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 0.9 mm FOV	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Johnson Rd., Bow, NH Specimen Size: Top view 2.2 mm FOV. Lower view 0.9 mm FOV Field Collected: 2016 Catalog No.: u2083 Notes: An EDS analysis on a tiny polished grain from this area gave an inconclusive result. The result suggested the balls may be an overgrowth-combination of several minerals, perhaps one being smithsonite. There is a moderate zinc content present. The sodium within the Zn plot peak may be due to a contamination of the carbon coating solvent. This small sample will not withstand another sample extraction without destroying it. A small zone of hydrozincite is present on this specimen.
SMITHSONITE Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 0.4 mm smithsonite crystal cluster	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Johnson Rd., Bow, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm smithsonite crystal cluster Field Collected: 2016 Catalog No.: A Fred Davis specimen and photo Notes:
SMITHSONITE Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 1.2 mm field of view	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Johnson Rd., Bow, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2196 Notes: From a 33 image stack with Nikon objective.
SMITHSONITE Johnson Rd., Bow, NH 0.6 mm smithsonite rhomb with stippled face	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Johnson Rd., Bow, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm smithsonite rhomb with stippled face Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2188 Notes: From a 21 image stack with Nikon objective. Crystal has orange-red fluorescence in SW UV.
SMITHSONITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.8 mm field of view.	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view. Field Collected: ex. Forrest Fogg ? Catalog No.: u2257 Notes: The EDS analysis of the malachite on another specimen area showed about a 5% zinc content, so zinc is present in the vacinity of these tiny crystals. These crystals are very lusterous, much more than other Palermo carbonates.
SMITHSONITE Madison Lead Mine, Madison, NH 3 mm field of view	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Madison Lead Mine, Madison, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 8/04 Catalog No.: u1272 Notes: White lumpy balls of smithsonite with sphalerite. Sphalerite crystal, pale-yellow, is center-left. Partly visible brown crystal upper-right is also sphalerite. The sphalerite is fluorescent rose-red, SW UV. The smithsonite is not fluorescent. Smithsonite indicated by EDS analyses (BC372). Minor amounts of Ca and Mn have been reported in some smithsonite analysis
SMITHSONITE Madison Lead Mine, Madison, NH 7 mm field of view	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Madison Lead Mine, Madison, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm field of view Field Collected: Art Smith - July 2000 Catalog No.: u2605 Notes: Art Smith catalog # 7794mm. The smithsonite fluoresces bright red in SW UV. Underlying matrix is sphalerite. Galena is also present. Purchased from Jim Daily, $4.00, Baltimore Symposium, October, 2022.