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Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH. Minerals field collected by a friend wishing to remain anonymous. Return to mindatnh front page. Return to Chickering main page Click on image for larger view
This page is an alphabetical photo gallery of Chickering Mine minerals field collected and photographed by an anonymous friend. These specimens were collected on fourty-six field trips over a eleven year span and illustrate the rewards to a persevering, diligent, collector. The field collecting log maintained by this collector is a testimony to the provenance of these specimens.
APATITE-(CaF) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 4.5 x 3.4 cm specimen	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 x 3.4 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 1998 Catalog No.: Notes:
APATITE-(CaF) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 5.1 x 4.6 cm specimen	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5.1 x 4.6 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 1998 Catalog No.: Notes:
APATITE-(CaF) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 22 mm field of view	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 22 mm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 1998 Catalog No.: Notes:
APATITE-(CaF) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 3 cm specimen	Species: APATITE-(CaF) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 1998 Catalog No.: Notes:
CASSITERITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 5.8 cm specimen	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5.8 cm specimen. Dark brown octahedral crystal in quartz-feldspar pegmatite. Field Collected: A Friend - 2000 Catalog No.: Notes:
CHILDRENITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 12 mm field of view	Species: CHILDRENITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 12 mm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes: White balls may be rhodochrosite or apatite-(CaF).
COLUMBITE-(Fe) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 3.5 cm field of view	Species: COLUMBITE-(Fe) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 cm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 1999 Catalog No.: Notes: Unknown how Fe vs. Mn species of columbite was determined.
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 10 cm Elbaite crystal	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 10 cm Elbaite crystal Field Collected: A Friend - 2005 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 3.9 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3.9 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2004 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE - var. Indicolite Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 26 x 13 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE - var. Indicolite Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 26 x 13 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2004 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE - var. Indicolite Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 27 x 13 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE - var. Indicolite Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 27 x 13 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2005 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 5 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5 cm specimen. Fractured crystal with quartz frature filling. Field Collected: A Friend - 2004 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 5 x 3 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5 x 3 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2005 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 6.4 cm specimen. Partial color-zoned crystal.	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 6.4 cm specimen. Partial color-zoned crystal. Field Collected: A Friend - 2004 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 7.7 cm specimen with terminated dark-blue elbaite crystal.	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 7.7 cm specimen with terminated dark-blue elbaite crystal. Field Collected: A Friend - 1999 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 16 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 16 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2000 Catalog No.: Notes:
ELBAITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 25 cm specimen	Species: ELBAITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 25 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
HETEROITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 6 x 4 cm specimen	Species: HETEROSITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 6 x 4 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2000 Catalog No.: Notes:
HETEROITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 5.7 x 4.7 cm specimen	Species: HETEROSITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 5.7 x 4.7 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
'PINITE' (spodumene altered to mica) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 7.5 cm specimen	Species: 'PINITE' (spodumene altered to mica) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 7.5 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2000 Catalog No.: Notes:
'PINITE' (spodumene altered to mica) Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 10 x 7.3 cm specimen	Species: 'PINITE' (spodumene altered to mica) Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 10 x 7.3 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2000 Catalog No.: Notes:
QUARTZ Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 12 x 9 cm specimen	Species: QUARTZ Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 12 x 9 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 1999 Catalog No.: Notes:
PYRITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1.2 cm field of view	Species: PYRITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 cm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
SIDERITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 3.7 mm siderite crystal	Species: SIDERITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3.7 mm siderite crystal Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
SPODUMENE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 10.4 x 6.1 cm spodumene crystal	Species: SPODUMENE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 10.4 x 6.1 cm spodumene crystal Field Collected: A Friend - 1999 Catalog No.: Notes:
SPODUMENE - partially altered Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 8.7 cm partially altered spodumene crystal	Species: SPODUMENE - partially altered Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 8.7 cm partially altered spodumene crystal Field Collected: A Friend - 2000 Catalog No.: Notes:
TRIPHYLITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 8 x 6 cm specimen of massive triphylite	Species: TRIPHYLITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 8 x 6 cm specimen of massive triphylite Field Collected: A Friend - 1999 Catalog No.: Notes:
WARDITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 3.9 mm field of view	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3.9 mm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
WARDITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 3.9 cm specimen	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 3.9 cm specimen Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
WARDITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1 mm wardite crystal on left	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm wardite crystal on left Field Collected: A Friend - 1999 Catalog No.: Notes:
WHITMOREITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1.2 mm field of view	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
WHITMOREITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1.5 mm field of view	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 2003 Catalog No.: Notes:
ZIRCON Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 6 mm field of view ZIRCON Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 6 mm field of view	Species: ZIRCON Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view Field Collected: A Friend - 2004 Catalog No.: Notes: