Spessartine gallery

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SPESSARTINE Outcrop above Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH 2.8 cm specimen - broken crystal section of orange spessartine with manganese oxide coated outer rim.	Species: SPESSARTINE Locality: Outcrop above Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH Specimen Size: 2.8 cm specimen - broken crystal section of orange spessartine with manganese oxide coated outer rim. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1701 Notes: Spessartine, the Mn garnet, Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃, confirmed by EDS analysis. Photo taken in natural sunlight.
SPESSARTINE Outcrop above Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH 2.6 cm specimen - broken crystal section of orange spessartine with manganese oxide coated outer rim.	Species: SPESSARTINE Locality: Outcrop above Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH Specimen Size: 2.6 cm specimen - broken crystal section of orange spessartine with manganese oxide coated outer rim. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1538 Notes: Photo taken in natural sunlight.
SPESSARTINE Outcrop above Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH 6 mm manganese oxide coated spessartine garnet on 1.3 cm specimen.	Species: SPESSARTINE Locality: Outcrop above Ore Hill Mine, Warren, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm manganese oxide coated spessartine garnet on 1.3 cm specimen. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1405 Notes: Photo taken with LED ring light. These garnets are very brittle. They were found embedded in a quartz-feldspar outcrop. They are difficult to expose as complete crystals.
SPESSARTINE Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH 5 cm specimen with salmon-pink spessartine garnet embedded in lollingite.	Species: SPESSARTINE Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃ Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH Specimen Size: 5 cm specimen with salmon-pink spessartine garnet embedded in lollingite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1851 Notes: Previous Parker Mtn. mine species lists have indicated "Almandine-Spessartine" without being more specific. An EDS analysis shows that the spessartine garnet species (Mn dominant) is present at Parker. The almandine species may be present as well, perhaps in the pegmatite wall zone.
SPESSARTINE Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH 1 cm garnet crystal in 3 cm specimen.	Species: SPESSARTINE Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH Specimen Size: 1 cm garnet crystal in 3 cm specimen. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: NC Notes:
SPESSARTINE Turner Mine, Marlow, NH 1.3 cm garnet crystals in quartz SPESSARTINE Turner Mine, Marlow, NH 1.3 cm garnet crystals in quartz	Species: SPESSARTINE Locality: Turner Mine, Marlow, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 cm garnet crystals in quartz Field Collected: Anonymous friend - 2004. A gift from Raymond Meyers Catalog No.: 2106 Notes: An EDS analysis shows that these are spessartine. They are excellent for New Hampshire.