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Photos recently added to NH species galleries, set #186. |
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Species: GOYAZITE on Palermoite Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: Bright white spray on palermoite, 0.20 mm spray. Field Collected: From a small box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1521 Notes: Goyazite and palermoite are frequent associates. This is a re-do of a 2015 photo set. My present label on this is goyazite, in part due to its association with palermoite. These flat feathery crystals are unlike any goyazite that I have seen. No mindat goyazite photos show this habit.... so possibly something else. A tiny, one-of-a-kind, specimen, so testing very unlikely. |
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Species: PARAVAUXITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Paravauxite is uncommon at the Palermo Mine. I made four attempts to photo this. Very small. None were particularly good. Motivated by rarity of species at Palermo. |
Species: SIDERITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm crystal, vertical. Field Collected: From unsorted box of small chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u2673 Notes: Matrix is granular quartz. Unusual isolated siderite crystal. Jim Nizamoff concurred that this is most likely siderite. |
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Species: ZANAZZIITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm field of view, top photo Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen Notes: A visual ID by Jim Nizamoff |
Species: PHOSPHOSIDERITE Locality: Fletcher Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Phosphosiderite and strengite both occur as pink to blue to purple balls. They are chemically identical. Visually, they are indistinguishable. Bob's label on this specimen is phosphosiderite. |
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Species: PHOSPHOSIDERITE Locality: Fletcher Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Phosphosiderite and strengite both occur as pink to blue to purple balls. They are chemically identical. Visually, they are indistinguishable. Bob's label on this specimen is phosphosiderite. |
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Species: JAHNSITE Locality: Fletcher Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: This jahnsite is more yellow than most from Groton pegmatites. Found in a small vug in rockbridgeite. |
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Species: PARAVAUXITE Locality: Fletcher Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: About as nice a NH paravauxite as I have seen. |
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Species: LEUCOPHOSPHITE Locality: Fletcher Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: |
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Species: JAHNSITE group Locality: Fletcher Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: The Fletcher Mine is the type locality for jahnsite-(CaMnFe). Unknown if this specimen is that specific species. |