Montebrasite chemistry is LiAlPO4(OH,F). Note, EDS cannot detect lithium.
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EUCLASE   Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
0.5 mm euclase crystal pair

 Species:           EUCLASE
Locality:          Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
Specimen Size: 0.5 mm euclase crystal pair
Field Collected: Bill Higgins & Frank Lavoie, gifted to Bob Janules
Catalog No.: u500
Notes:
Highslide JS
EUCLASE   Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
11 mm milky quartz crystal with many micro euclase crystals

 Species:           EUCLASE
Locality:          Chandler Mine, Raymond, NH
Specimen Size: 11 mm milky quartz crystal with many micro euclase crystals
Field Collected: Bill Higgins & Frank Lavoie, gifted to Bob Janules
Catalog No.: u500
Notes: Only the most observant mineral collector would find these micro euclase crystals.
Highslide JS
EUCLASE   Chandler Mine Sidecut, Raymond, NH
0.9 mm field of view


Highslide JS
EUCLASE   Chandler Mine Sidecut, Raymond, NH
12 mm full specimen view
 Species:           EUCLASE
Locality:         Chandler Mine Sidecut, Raymond, NH
Specimen Size: 0.9 mm field of view. (The 12 mm full specimen view shows mostly quartz crystals.)
Field Collected: Bob Janules
Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen
Notes: New Hampshire euclase is only known from the Chandler Mine Sidecut. The Carl Francsis 1985 R&M article on the Chandlers Mine noted that the euclase "was verified by single crystal X-ray methods."