Minerals of the Chickering Mine Walpole, NH        SIDERITE     FeCO3            Back to Chickering front page.
Specimen owner ID's (capitals): TM = Tom Mortimer, BW = Bob Wilken, BJ = Bob Janules, PC = Peter Cristofono, AW = Anna Wilken
Photographer ID's (lower case).
Identification: Visual: SID_1 - SID_7. SID_8 => EDS analysis, manganese & zinc rich.
Discussion: The "rice grain" crystals in photo SID_8 were thought to be smithsonite until EDS analysis proved them to be siderite.
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SIDERITE    3 mm field of view     PC      Photo: SID_1   [pc]
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SIDERITE    1 mm crystal     PC      Photo: SID_2   [pc]
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SIDERITE    1.75 mm crystal     PC      Photo: SID_3   [pc]
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SIDERITE    2 mm pocket     AW      Photo: SID_4   [aw]
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SIDERITE    0.3 mm steep scalenohedron crystal     TM      Photo: SID_5   [tm]
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SIDERITE    6 mm field of view. Pair of siderite balls     AW      Photo: SID_6   [aw]
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SIDERITE    ?? mm field of view. Siderite encrusted with red coating.     PC      Photo: SID_7   [pc]
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SIDERITE    2 mm field of view. "Rice grain" siderite crystals.     TM      Photo: SID_8   [tm]