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This page is an alphabetical photo gallery of minerals from the Mascot Mine, Gorham, New Hampshire. (A locality specific photo set from mindatnh.org)
ACANTHITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.7 mm acanthite spear	Species: ACANTHITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.7 mm acanthite spear Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen. TJM photo Notes:
ACANTHITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.0 mm field of view	Species: ACANTHITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen. TJM photo Notes:
ARAGONITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm field of view ARAGONITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 5.7 mm field of view	Species: ARAGONITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view, top photo Field Collected: TBD Catalog No.: Notes:
AURICHALCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.5 mm field of view. AURICHALCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.8 mm zoom of view.	Species: AURICHALCITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Art Smith. ex. Gene Bearss Catalog No.: u1832 Notes:
AURICHALCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.7 mm vug in limonite filled with acicular aurichalcite crystals AURICHALCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Zoom view, 1mm	Species: AURICHALCITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 mm vug in limonite filled with acicular aurichalcite crystals Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
AURICHALCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.8 mm field of view	Species: AURICHALCITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: A stack of 16 images processed with Helicon Focus.
BROCHANTITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.4 mm field of view BROCHANTITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.7 mm field of view	Species: BROCHANTITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.4 mm field of view with 0.7 mm close-up Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes:
BROCHANTITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.3 mm field of view. Small !	Species: BROCHANTITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm field of view. Small ! Field Collected: Bob Janulus Catalog No.: A Bob Janulus specimen Notes: Identification by Bob Janulus. There were only a few spots on this specimen where distinct crystals had a contrasting background.
BROCHANTITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Center crystal is 0.2 mm long	Species: BROCHANTITE on quartz crystal prism face. Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Center crystal is 0.2 mm long. Field Collected: Bob Janulus Catalog No.: A Bob Janulus specimen Notes: Identification by Bob Janulus.
CHALCOPYRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.5 mm chalcopyrite crystal in vug with rhombic siderite	Species: CHALCOPYRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm chalcopyrite crystal in vug with rhombic siderite Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes:
CHALCOPYRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.3 mm chalcopyrite crystal in vug with rhombic siderite	Species: CHALCOPYRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm chalcopyrite crystal in vug with rhombic siderite Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1861 Notes: This crystal is quite fresh and untarnished.
CHALCOPYRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 3.5 mm chalcopyrite crystal with quartz crystals	Species: CHALCOPYRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm chalcopyrite crystal with quartz crystals Field Collected: Cliff Trebilcock Catalog No.: A Cliff Trebilcock specimen Notes:
CHALCOPYRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 7 mm field of view	Species: CHALCOPYRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Chalcopyrite crystals, coated, with siderite and quartz crystals.
CHALCOPYRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 3.5 mm chalcopyrite crystal with tufts of malachite	Species: CHALCOPYRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm chalcopyrite crystal with tufts of malachite Field Collected: Don Swenson - 1998 Catalog No.: A Don Swenson specimen Notes: From a stack of 68 images, but not particularly satisfying.
CHAMOSITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 5 mm cluster of 0.5 mm olive green balls on Sphalerite crystal	Species: CHAMOSITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm cluster of 0.5 mm olive green balls on Sphalerite crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: TM # u449 Notes:
COVELLITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.5 mm field of view	Species: COVELLITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Notes: Covellite has not previously been reported from the Mascot Mine
CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.06 mm octahedral Cuprite crystal	Species: CUPRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.06 mm octahedral Cuprite crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: TM # u496 Notes:
CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.25 mm cuprite crystal	Species: CUPRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.25 mm cuprite crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Octahedral cuprite crystals, largest 0.2 mm	Species: CUPRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Octahedral cuprite crystals, largest 0.2 mm Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Octahedral cuprite crystal, ~ 0.3 mm ?	Species: CUPRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Octahedral cuprite crystal, ~ 0.3 mm ? Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen Notes:
CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Cuprite crystals to about 0.2 mm CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Cuprite crystals to about 0.2 mm	Species: CUPRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Cuprite crystals to about 0.2 mm Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes:
CUPRITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm field of view. Cuprite crystals to about 0.2 mm	Species: CUPRITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Cuprite crystals to about 0.2 mm Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes:
CUPRITE on Cerussite Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm field of view	Species: CUPRITE on Cerussite Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules collection specimen Notes:
GALENA Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.4 cm crude galena crystal	Species: GALENA Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.4 cm crude galena crystal Field Collected: Don Swenson Catalog No.: A Don Swenson specimen Notes:
HYDROZINCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 10 mm field of view HYDROZINCITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 5 mm field of view	Species: HYDROZINCITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm field of view, first photo Field Collected: Cliff Trebilcock Catalog No.: A Cliff Trebilcock specimen Notes: White hydrozincite coating a prismatic mineral. My first guess for this substrate mineral was hemimorphite. Cerussite seemed possible also. Cliff emailed me after my posting that Al Falster of the Maine Mineral Museum lab had determined the underlying mineral to be calcite or aragonite. The hydrozincite is fluorescent bright white.
LINARITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.5 mm linarite crystal cluster	Species: LINARITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm linarite crystal cluster Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: U340 Notes:
LINARITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 3 mm field of view. Linarite crystals are dark blue.	Species: LINARITE with lighter blue schulenbergite Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view. Linarite crystals are dark blue. Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: U340 Notes:
LINARITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm field of view. Linarite crystals with chalcopyrite	Species: LINARITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Linarite crystals with chalcopyrite Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: 1732 (The NH species display specimen, zoom view) Notes:
LINARITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.8 mm field of view	Species: LINARITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u495 Notes: This linarite cluster is on my NH species display anglesite specimen.
LINARITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.2 mm field of view	Species: LINARITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u495 Notes: This linarite cluster is on my NH species display anglesite specimen.
MALACHITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 6 mm field of view. Botryoidal malachite	Species: MALACHITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view. Botryoidal malachite Field Collected: Art Smith. ex. Gene Bearss Catalog No.: u1829 Notes:
MALACHITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm field of view. Malachite balls on corroding chalcopyrite crystal surface.	Species: MALACHITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Malachite balls on corroding chalcopyrite crystal surface. Field Collected: Don Swenson - 1998 Catalog No.: A Don Swenson specimen Notes:
METAZEUNERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.8 mm field of view. Tiny pale blue-green plates of metazeunerite	Species: METAZEUNERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view. Tiny pale blue-green plates of metazeunerite Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: TM # u1036 Notes:
POSNJAKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.2 mm posnjakite crystals POSNJAKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH zoom view - 0.2 mm posnjakite crystals	Species: POSNJAKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm posnjakite crystals Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
POSNJAKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.0 mm field of view.	Species: POSNJAKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes:
POSNJAKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.2 mm field of view. Color zoned posnjakite crystals	Species: POSNJAKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm field of view. Color zoned posnjakite crystals Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
POSNJAKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.8 mm field of view. Color zoned posnjakite crystals	Species: POSNJAKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view. Color zoned posnjakite crystals Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
POSNJAKITE on white smithsonite Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.5 mm field of view. POSNJAKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.7 mm field of view.	Species: POSNJAKITE on white smithsonite Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view with 0.7 mm zoom view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
PYROLUSITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.8 cm specimen PYROLUSITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 5 mm field of view. 0.2 mm bright metalic rind of Pyrolusite crystals.	Species: PYROLUSITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.8 cm specimen and zoom view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1090 Notes: EDS verified.
RAMSBECKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.4 mm crystal	Species: RAMSBECKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
RAMSBECKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.4 mm crystal RAMSBECKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.4 mm crystal	Species: RAMSBECKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Two photos of same subject crystal.
RAMSBECKITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.2 mm crystal	Species: RAMSBECKITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
ROSASITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.1 mm turquiose-colored rosasite balls with blue linarite	Species: ROSASITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.1 mm turquiose-colored rosasite balls with blue linarite Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u450 Notes: EDS analysis was consistent with a rosasite identification. However, there are several copper zinc minerals with nearly the same chemistry.
SCHULENBERGITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.5 mm rosette of platy sky blue Schulenbergite crystals	Species: SCHULENBERGITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm rosette of platy sky blue Schulenbergite crystals Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u497 Notes: EDS analysis supported a schulenbergite identification.
SERPIERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm cluster of sky-blue Serpierite needles	Species: SERPIERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm cluster of sky-blue Serpierite needles Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u544 Notes: EDS analysis supported a serpierite identification.
SERPIERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.25 mm spray	Species: SERPIERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.25 mm spray Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: For distinct serpierite crystals, these are quite nice, but very tiny.
SIDERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Zoom view of previous specimen: scallop habit siderite crystals to 1.8 cm.	Species: SIDERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Zoom view of previous specimen: scallop habit siderite crystals to 1.8 cm. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes:
SIDERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 7 cm specimen. Vug in quartz filled with rhombic siderite and quartz crystals.	Species: SIDERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 7 cm specimen. Vug in quartz filled with rhombic siderite and quartz crystals. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1097 Notes:
SIDERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Zoom view of vug in specimen 1097: rhombic siderite crystals to 3 mm.	Species: SIDERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Zoom view of vug in specimen 1097: rhombic siderite crystals to 3 mm. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1097 Notes:
SILVER Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 5 mm field of view. Silver wire, pale yellow siderite background	Species: SILVER Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view. Silver wire, pale yellow siderite background Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: 1190 Notes:
SILVER - wire Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2 mm field of view - estimate	Species: SILVER - wire with quartz crystal Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view - estimate Field Collected: Bob Wilken - Oct., 2019 Catalog No.: A Matt Butler specimen and photo Notes:
SILVER - wire with Acanthite coating Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.5 mm field of view	Species: SILVER - wire with Acanthite coating Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Cliff Trebilcock Catalog No.: A Cliff Trebilcock specimen Notes:
Wire SILVER Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Wire silver. 1.7 mm field of view.	Species: SILVER Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: Wire silver. 1.7 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Wilken. A Bob Wilken specimen. Catalog No.: Notes:
SMITHSONITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 0.1 mm lustrous, cream-colored, balls on bed of iron and manganese oxides.	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 0.1 mm lustrous, cream-colored, balls on bed of iron and manganese oxides. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u353 Notes:
SMITHSONITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 1.0 mm field of view	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
SMITHSONITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 11 mm field of view	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 11 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
SMITHSONITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 2.1 mm field of view	Species: SMITHSONITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 2.1 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes Two EDS analysis #2 , EDS analysis #1 confirmed these "rice grains" are smithsonite. The BC analysis indicated about a 6% Cu content. Dana's System of Mineralogy lists several smithsonite analyses with moderate copper content.
SPHALERITE Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH 4 cm specimen with sphalerite crystals to 7 mm.	Species: SPHALERITE Locality: Mascot Mine, Gorham, NH Specimen Size: 4 cm specimen with sphalerite crystals to 7 mm. Field Collected: John Anderson Catalog No.: 2096 Notes: This crystal group had a heavy limonite coating. At first glance I thought they were the common siderites from Mascot, but the crystal shape was wrong. A good cleaning revealed these nice sphalerite crystals. Unfortunately a few are dinged. These are the largest euhedral sphalerite crystals I have seen from the Mascot Mine.