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While a modest number of whitlockite specimens have been found by collectors at the Palermo mine, it is a very rare phosphate in other New England pegmatites.
Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH

Locality:          Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1 mm clear whitlockite crystal with yellow laueite.
Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore
Catalog No.: u1008
Notes: The host matrix is rhombic siderite crystals.

Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH

Locality:          Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 1.2 mm clear whitlockite crystal.
Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore
Catalog No.: u1009
Notes: In this orientation, this whitlockite crystal might be mistaken for apatite. Note similar hexagonal face on previous photo. This crystal was only 9 mm from the one above.

Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH

Locality:          Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: Translucent rhombic whitlockite crystals to 1.5 mm.
Field Collected: Bob Janules
Catalog No.: u122
Notes:

Highslide JS
Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH

Locality:          Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen of massive whitlockite.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer from crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore.
Catalog No.:
Notes: Whitlockite indicated by EDS analysis On a mine dump, massive whitlockite might be mistaken for feldspar, but lacks feldspar cleavages.