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An alphabetical photo gallery of minerals from the Palermo Mines, N. Groton, NH. (A locality specific photo set from mindatnh.) Set 2: Ferrisicklerite - Hydroxylherderite Go to Palermo species: A - Falsterite ; Jahnsite - Paravauxite Phosphoferrite - Sphalerite Sillimanite - Zircon | |
Species: FERRISICKLERITE Li(Fe3+,Mn2+)PO4 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 cm specimen with 1.2 cm brown Ferrisicklerite zone above un-altered Triphylite Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1587 Notes: Ferrisicklerite is a common brown weathering alteration of triphylite at the Palermo Mine. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE
Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·4H2O Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u515 Notes: Another area on specimen u515. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u515 Notes: Another area on specimen u515. |
Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view. Sprays of bladed Ferroberaunite crystals. Field Collected: Walter Lane material Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Beraunite group indicated by EDS analysis . This ferroberaunite is more bladed than the more frequently seen acicular variety. The gray, spherical, matrix is rockbridgeite. Beraunite is more usually found as needle-like than bladed. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view, (3 mm zoom view) Field Collected: ex. Bill Henderson Catalog No.: A Joe Mulvey specimen, ex. Bill Henderson Notes: |
Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view. Vug filled with acicular Ferroberaunite. Field Collected: From material collected by Walter Lane, acquired from MMNE give-away. Catalog No.: u1547 Notes: Matrix appears to be limonite. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo #2 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Jim Nizamoff Catalog No.: u2121 Notes: Collected by and gift from Jim Nizamoff. Cataloged as a fairfieldite - on other area of specimen. There are only a few Palermo #2 mineral photos on mindat.org. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2004 Catalog No.: u515 Notes: Another area of my New Hampshire display specimen. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2004 Catalog No.: u515 Notes: Another area of my New Hampshire display specimen. |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm field of view & 1.8 mm field of view. Field Collected: Dana Jewell Catalog No.: u2094 Notes: Photo with fluorescent light. Light green matrix is matridatite. |
Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: Ferroberaunite spheres decorating type 3 spiky goyazite. 3.4 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: FERROBERAUNITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view. Ferroberaunite pinwheels on strunzite. Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: FERROCOLUMBITE FeNb2O6 Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 cm ferrocolumbite crystal with minor matrix Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm field of view Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore #1767 Catalog No.: u1441 Notes: As of April 2020, this is the best photo known to me [tm] of a Palermo foggite. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore #1767 Catalog No.: u1441 Notes: Foggite crystals coated with some oxide (or as fellow collector Bob Wilken calls it: "schmutz") which gives added contrast. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore #1767 Catalog No.: u1441 Notes: Little contrast in the jumble of foggite crystals. |
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Species: FOGGITE CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH (Type Locality) Specimen Size: 3 mm sphere Field Collected: A purchased specimen Catalog No.: u441 Notes: |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm cluster of platy foggite crystals, two views Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: |
Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm Foggite ball Field Collected: Walter Lane 1995-96, Cat. #2394 Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen Notes: The square terminations of the individual foggite crystals are clearly evident here. This is a classic foggite crystal spheroid. Apatite also forms spheroids at the Palermo Mine and may be confused with foggite, but the apatite balls lack the square plate terminations. Stack of 20 images processed with Helicon Focus. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm foggite ball Field Collected: Bob Whitmore ? Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen Notes: Flat terminations are visible on the ball perimeter. This specimen was part of a 39 specimen Palermo boxed set Don acquired from Bob Whitmore. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view, top. 1.2 mm field of view below. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore ? Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen Notes: Broken foggite ball cross-section showing radial structure. |
Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm foggite ball on quartz crystals Field Collected: Bob Whitmore ? Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen Notes: Flat terminations are visible on the ball perimeter. This specimen was part of a 39 specimen boxed set Don acquired from Bob Whitmore. |
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Species: FOGGITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm Foggite ball top two photos. Field Collected: Forrest Fogg Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Bob Wilken gave me a small box of micros, perhaps acquired via Gordon Jackson, labeled "Foggite Palermo #1 N. Groton, F. Fogg 1972-76". The box has about a dozen inch-sized chunks with small quartz crystal vugs and cream colored balls. With one exception these balls are quite smooth. (On one ball I could see squareish foggite plates.) Some vugs had clusters of childrenite. and most chunks had blue zones of scorzalite.I considered apatite for the smooth balls, so checked with EDS. EDS analyses , BC47 result indicated a Ca, Al phosphate (consistent with foggite), but the Ca content was about 3X what foggite would have. I did two probings (weight % oxide) and both gave nearly same result. I do see some tiny squareish plates at highest magnification on ball surface, last two photos. The APFU calculates a Ca:Al:P ratio of about 3:1:1. It should be 1:1:1 for foggite. |
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Species: FRONDELITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod #3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm field of view top photo. 2 mm field of view, second photo. Field Collected: Forrest Fogg. Passed along to tm by Gordon Jackson. Catalog No.: u2205 Notes: Green, tufty, radial balls, of frondelite on hummocks of mitridatite. Frondelite confirmed by polished grain EDS analyses (BC22 - set 19). Chemistry from analysis: Mn1.17Fe4P3.96O22 , normalized for 4 Fe. Frondelite chemistry is : Mn2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 . Frondelite is listed for the Palermo #1 Mine in Whitmore & Lawrence's book The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo, but no illustration is included. In some areas of the specimen, the frondelite appears as scaly masses, third photo. The forth view shows the overall 3.5 cm specimen. Zones of frondelite are present on both sides of the specimen. Fifth photo is attempt to capture some small individual crystal groups. Whitmore & Lawrence's book lists frondelite for pods #4 and #7, but not for Pod #3. The label that came with the specimen simply said: "Dark green on mitridatite." |
Species: GALENA PbS Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 cm specimen, galena cleavages in quartz. Field Collected: ex. John Anderson Catalog No.: u1390 Notes: Galena is rare at the Palermo Mine. |
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Species: GALENA Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 cm specimen with interior mass of galena Field Collected: From a crate of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: 2004 Notes: Some micro cerussite crystals appear to be present on the margins of this galena mass. Galena is listed for the Palermo Mine in Whitmore & Lawrence's book, The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo. |
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Species: GATUMBAITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Gatumbaite on bed of vivianite crystals. Field Collected: G. Bjareby Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Specimen label reads: "Found by G. Bjareby in 1948." Gatumbaite is not listed in Whitmore & Lawrence's The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo. |
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Species: GATUMBAITE (or Sinkankasite) Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm field of view. Radial sprays of gatumbaite on bed of vivianite crystals. Field Collected: G. Bjareby Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Another view of the Bjareby gatumbaite specimen. The inner area of the leftmost spray (particularly) appears zoned dark-blue suggesting perhaps a different mineral? The mineral base for the specimen is un-altered triphylite. The triphyllite surface is covered with very small vivianite crystals. The gatumbaite is on top of these micro-vivianites. From American Mineralogist, vol. 69 pg. 382: "Sinkankasite has been found at the Palermo Mine, in North Groton, New Hampshire, on only one specimen. It occurs as flattened, circular, 2-3 mm sprays of white acicular crystals associated with vivianite in a fracture in massive triphylite. This material was previously described as gatumbaite by Segeler et al. (1981)." |
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Species: GATUMBAITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 cm specimen. Gatumbiate on vivianite on triphylite Field Collected: G. Bjareby Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Full specimen view of the Bjareby gatumbaite specimen. Chemistry wise, gatumbaite is close to other calcium-aluminum phosphates also found at Palermo, foggite and crandalite: Gatumbaite: CaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 · H2O Foggite: CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O Crandallite: CaAl3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 |
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Species: GOEDKENITE Sr2Al(PO4)2(OH) Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH (Type Locality) Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Tomahawk Goedkenite "ears" on Palermoite. Field Collected: Steve Cares (1974) Catalog No.: u592 Notes: Goedkenite is frequently found with Palermoite. Both are strontium minerals. |
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Species: GOEDKENITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm Goedkenite crystal on Palermoite prism. Iron staining present Field Collected: Found in unsorted box of Palermo phosphate rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: Notes: This is the habit of the goedkenite crystal illustrated in the American Mineralogist Vol. 60, pg 960, (1975) |
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Species: GOEDKENITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm goedkenite crystals on palermoite Field Collected: From small box of unsorted micros, gift of Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1340 Notes: Made three attempts to get a good photo of this. Looks much better under the scope. |
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Species: GOEDKENITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view - feathery goedkenite sprays on palermoite Field Collected: From small box of unsorted micros, gift of Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: |
Species: GOEDKENITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view. A comb of goedkenite crystals at right angle to horizontal palermoite crystal. Field Collected: From buckets of Palermo Mine Walter Lane material acquired by the Micromounters of New England mineral club. Catalog No.: u1196 Notes: Specimen was catalogged for promanent Childrenite crystals, (not in this view). |
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Species: GOETHITE? Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Nut brown balls of goethite? Field Collected: Forrest Fogg, gift from Gordon Jackson Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Interesting dark green bladed spray in center. Also single blade, middle right. Gormanite? |
Species: GOETHITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.7 mm cluster brown, furry, balls on cream-colored siderite Field Collected: From a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u2400 Notes: EDS confirmation needed. |
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Species: GOETHITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2460 Notes: Visual ID. A goethite "worm." |
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Species: GOETHITE ? Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Visual ID. The interior of these nodules is very granular, as seen in the top broken section. |
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Species: GORDONITE MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm clear Gordonite crystal group Field Collected: Found in unsorted box of Palermo phosphate rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u883 Notes: A visual identification. Bob Whitmore examined this specimen and stated Gordonite was the most likely species. Gordonite and Paravauxite are both found at Palermo #1 Mine and are very similar in crystal habit. Bob's book, The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo, states Gordonite crystals are "colorless, pale pink, pale green to green" while "paravauxite is white and opaque." The crystals in the photograph are water clear. |
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Species: GORDONITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm clear gordonite crystals Field Collected: Bob Whitmore ? Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen Notes: This specimen was part of a 39 specimen boxed set Don acquired from Bob Whitmore. Identification as given on box label. A 22 image stack processed with Helicon Focus. |
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Species: GORDONITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm clear gordonite crystals Field Collected: Bob Whitmore ? Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen Notes: This specimen was part of a 39 specimen boxed set Don acquired from Bob Whitmore. Identification as given on box label. A 8 image stack processed with Helicon Focus. |
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Species: GORDONITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & photo. (PALGordonite01AS) Notes: A Bob Wilken visual ID. [bw] "the gordonite looks pretty square-topped ... it has to do with limited viewing angle. There is a hump of rock that prevents straight-on clear viewing of the crystal." |
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Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.3 mm field of view. Gormanite crystals on scorzalite base. 1.4 mm zoom view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2420 Notes: Gormanite (Fe dominant) forms a series with souzalite (Mg dominant). The color zoning in these crystals suggests both members of this series may be present. These are very nice gormanite crystals for the Palermo Mine. In New Hampshire, the Charles Davis Mine, also in N. Groton, and the Chickering Mine in Walpole have also produced some very nice gormanite micro specimens. |
Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2417 Notes: |
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Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5.0 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2415 Notes: Green and blue mix of gormanite blades. Milky-cream colored mineral is quartz. |
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Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.2 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2416 Notes: |
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Species: GORMANITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4.5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2418 Notes: |
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Species: GORMANITE - Souzalite (Fe2+,Mg)3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view, massive, embedded gormanite-souzalite Field Collected: Jim Nizamoff Catalog No.: A Jim Nizamoff specimen Notes: |
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Species: GORMANITE - Souzalite Locality: Palermo #2 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 cm field of view, massive, embedded gormanite-souzalite Field Collected: Jim Nizamoff Catalog No.: A Jim Nizamoff specimen Notes: Palermo gormanite-souzalite specimens frequently have zones where either species may dominate. |
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Species: GOYAZITE SrAl3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm frosty cube with apatite in foreground Field Collected: Steve Cares Catalog No.: u585 Notes: |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Walter Lane. A Bob Janules specimen. Catalog No.: Notes: This is goyazite habit type 4. |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view. Goyazite with bipyramidal quartz. Field Collected: Walter Lane. A Bob Janules specimen. Catalog No.: Notes: This is goyazite habit type 4. |
Species: GOYAZITE on Quartz crystal Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm goyazite crystal on 2.5 cm quartz crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen and photo Notes: This is a very large goyazite crystal ! |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 mm zoned goyazite crystal, (i.e. goyazite crystal with phantom) Field Collected: From crate of Palermo rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: 1238 Notes: |
Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm rosette of crystals. Field Collected: Forrest Fogg material Catalog No.: u1455 Notes: Goyazite indicated by EDS analysis , (unpolished grain). The P peak is a bit low here. I had thought this might be foggite, but moderate Sr peak in EDS plot indicates goyazite. |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Type 2 goyazite. 1.7 mm field of view Field Collected: From a box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1584 Notes: An interesting characteristic of some of these type 2 pseudocubes is the brilliant white reflection observed when the incident light is at a critical angle. This is illustrated in these two views, the same cluster at two different incident light angles. |
Species: GOYAZITE - Type 3 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: From a small box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1533 Notes: Palermoite and goedkinite are present on the backside of this specimen. |
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Species: GOYAZITE - Type 3 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view Field Collected: From a small box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1533 Notes: |
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Species: GOYAZITE - Type 1 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: pair of 2 mm clear goyazite crystals with apatite and quartz crystals Field Collected: John McCrory (Sept. 1998) Catalog No.: u1310 Notes: This specimen, when purchased, was labeled "Whitlockite." Later examination raised some identity doubts. An EDS analysis showed these to be goyazite crystals, (note prominent strontium peak). |
Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Largest crystal: 3.6 mm Field Collected: Clayton Ford Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm cluster Field Collected: Walter Lane material from MMNE give-away Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: A re-do of a January 2015 photo. I had this identified as goedkenite for many years, in part due to intimate association with palermoite and that the larger part of these frilly crystals had an underlying habit of goedkenite. After sending photos of this # u1346 to Jim Nizamoff, he opined: "I agree with goyazite, it is very common in association with palermoite and goedkenite. I have not seen goedkenite form quite like that so goyazite makes the most sense to me." |
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Species: GOYAZITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.0 mm field of view. Second view is annotated. Field Collected: Walter Lane material from MMNE give-away Catalog No.: u1346 Notes: Another group on specimen # u1346, this one without yellow staining. |
Species: GOYAZITE - Type 3 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Largest ball is 0.48 mm Field Collected: Forrest Fogg. A Bob Wilken specimen & photo Catalog No.: PALGoyazite01AS Notes: Visual ID by Bob. [tm] These balls are very uniform and smooth for goyazite type 3. EDS would rule out other possibilities such as sinkankasite and crandallite. |
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Species: GOYAZITE - Type 3 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2455 Notes: Jim Nizamoff opined that a goyazite identification seemed reasonable. |
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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. |
Species: GRAFTONITE (Fe2+,Mn2+,Ca)3(PO4)2 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 cm specimen. Graftonite pink, some iron stained Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: 1656 Notes: Small Graftonite samples are difficult to photograph and show lamaner structure. Fresh, unweathered, Graftonite is glassy salmon pink. |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Ca2Be4(Fe2+, Mn)5(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3 N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Largest crystal is 0.3 mm Field Collected: A purchased specimen Catalog No.: u650 Notes: This is my NH species display specimen. Original photo taken in 2010 is improved here. Although the crystal in the photo looks quite apatite like, the stippled termination, flattened hexagonal shape and pale green color are an excellent match for the Greifensteinite rendering in Bob Whitmore's book, The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo". |
Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view. Brown pseudohexagonal greifensteinite crystals. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1975 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Pod 3, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Brown pseudohexagonal greifensteinite crystals to 0.3 mm with cream-colored, platy, goyazite crystals on quartz crystals (background). Field Collected: Bob Whitmore 1975 Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view. Stubby, hexagonal, prisms of griefensteinite. Field Collected: From a box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1524 Notes: Based on mindat photos, these distinct griefensteinite crystals are as good as any, world-wide. Pseudocubic goyazite is also present on this specimen. |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3 mm field of view. Dense cluster of hexagonal prisms of griefensteinite. Field Collected: From a box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1529 Notes: As shown in Whitmore's book The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo (pg. 131) the haxagonal face on this griefensteinite habit somewhat rough and reflective. |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm pale green greifensteinite balls Field Collected: Terry Crowell Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.2 mm pale green greifensteinite cluster Field Collected: Walter Lane material Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm pale green greifensteinite cluster Field Collected: Walter Lane material Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm greifensteinite crystal cluster Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: Note hexagonal crystal prism habit. |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 mm greifensteinite crystal cluster Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: Note hexagonal crystal habit. |
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Species: GREIFENSTEINITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.2 mm field of view Field Collected: J. Demer ? -per label on specimen box of this ex. Art Smith specimen. Purchased at the Baltimore Mineral Symposium, 2022. Catalog No.: u2608 Notes: A 1 cm specimen in a 3/4" black. old-style, micro box. View is a cluster of pale green, stubby-prismatic, crystals. The crystal prism terminations have a stippled texture that is typical of Palermo griefensteinite. |
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Species: GYPSUM CaSO4 · 2H2O Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: "Rams Horn" gypsum, likely partially altered (dried out) to anhydrite, CaSO4 . |
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Species: GYPSUM Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.8 mm field of view Field Collected:Dana Jewell ? Catalog No.: u2665 Notes: Matrix is rockbridgeite. My original thought was that this is palermoite, from the luster and striated prism face. A Raman analyses (black trace in plot) by George Adleman indicated gypsum, which after a follow-up visual review, agrees. This is the first clear Palermo gypsum that I have seen. Jim Nizamoff opined on another similar matrix specimen (not a gypsum one) that it was more likely a Fletcher piece. |
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Species: GYPSUM Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.46 mm crystal group Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: [bw] The matrix is pretty much solid pyrite. And, the crystallization is pretty coarse and crusty-looking. |
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Species: HAGENDORFITE NaCaMn2+Fe2+2(PO4)3 Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5 mm greenish-black Hagendorfite crystal with Ludlamite, (green), in background Field Collected: Tom Mortimer from crate of rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u865 Notes: Identification by crystal color, shape, and Ludlamite association. These match text and illustration in Bob Whitmore's book, The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo. Bob examined this specimen and stated that Hagendorfite was the most likely species |
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Species: HAGENDORFITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm dark-green hagendorfite crystal in pale-green ludlamite Field Collected: ex. Bill Henderson Catalog No.: A Joe Mulvey specimen, ex. Bill Henderson Notes: |
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Species: HAGENDORFITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm green-black stubby-prismatic hagendorfite crystal in ludlamite Field Collected: Walter Lane, gift from Bob Janules Catalog No.: u1249 Notes: An EDS analysis suggested "ferroalluaudite". Hagendorfite is a member of the alluaudite group of minerals. Hagendorfite is listed for the Palermo Mine, so that is the species assigned to this crystal. (The Na response in the plot is greatly attenuated by the EDS instrument.) |
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Species: HAGENDORFITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm hagendorfite crystal in ludlamite vug Field Collected: Clayton Ford. Acquired by Gordon Jackson 2003. Gifted to Tom Mortimer 9/16 Catalog No.: u2000 Notes: Most hagendorfite crystals are found embedded in ludlamite. This one was free-formed in a ludlamite vug. Photo from a 47 image stack processed with Helicon Focus. |
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Species: HAGENDORFITE - Alluaudite series Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Top photo: 6 mm crystal with partial mitriditite coating. Bottom photo: 4 mm crystal. Matrix is messelite-fairfieldite. Field Collected: Clayton Ford. Gift from Gordon jackson Catalog No.: u2024 Notes: Two polished grain analyses (BC137) were done. The first EDS analysis showed ample sodium and small amounts of several metalic elements (Ca, Fe, K, Mn). The second probed point EDS analysis lacked these low concentrations and showed no sodium, so some zone growth is likely present. Previously seen Palermo hagendorfite crystals have been embedded in ludlamite, (e.g. # u2000), so these are different in that respect. Point 1 chemistry (normalized for 3 P): Na2.55Mg0.64Al0.47Ca0.24K0.27Mn0.2Fe0.37P3O32 Point 2 chemistry (normalized for 3 P): Mg0.78Al0.48Fe0.13P3O30.9 Hagendorfite chemistry is: NaCaMn2+Fe2+2(PO4)3 The most sodium rich member of the alluaudite group is Ferroalluaudite- (Na Na): Na4Na4Fe2+4Fe3+8(PO4)12 There is a lot of element variation within the allauadite series ! |
Species: HAGENDORFITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Don Dallaire Catalog No.: Don Dallaire specimen #3995 Notes: I found only two complete crystals on the specimen. The first was in a cluster of others. Not much contrast, as I had to brightly illuminate to get much definition, so appears a bit washed out. |
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Species: HAGENDORFITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.9 hagendorfite crystal Field Collected: Don Dallaire Catalog No.: Don Dallaire specimen #3995 Notes: |
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Species: HINSDALITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm hinsdalite prisms with small cerussite crystals attached. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: Identification by Bob Whitmore. This specimen was the reference for Fred Wilda's hinsdalite illustration in The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo. |
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Species: HETEROSITE (Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4 (compare ferrisicklerite) Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5.5 cm specimen Field Collected: Specimen acquired in exchange at Gilsum Rock Swap, 1976 Catalog No.: 084 Notes: |
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Species: HETEROSITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5.5 cm specimen - reverse side Field Collected: Specimen acquired in exchange at Gilsum Rock Swap, 1976 Catalog No.: 084 Notes: Reverse side shows alteration progression of brown ferrisicklerite to purple heterosite. |
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Species: HOPEITE Zn3(PO4)2 · 4H2O Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm clear, blocky, crystal Field Collected: Forrest Fogg. ex. Walter Lane, ex. Gene Bearss Catalog No.: u1211 Notes: Hopeite (Mn rich) indicated by EDS analysis. The original specimen identification was made by Forrest Fogg, who collected and mounted the specimen. The late Forrest Fogg (foggite) was, at one time, co-owner of the Palermo Mine with Bob Whitmore. Hopeite is rare at Palermo. A mineralogist friend knowledgeable in Palermo phosphates has examined this specimen and the EDS plot. In noting the high Mn content, he suggested the possibility that this may be a new mineral. A new (fall 2011) zinc phosphate mineral species with Palermo as the type locality is due to be announced shortly. |
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Species: HOPEITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Full specimen view of u1211. Specimen width about 8 mm. Field Collected: Walter Lane, gift from Bob Janules Catalog No.: u1211 Notes: |
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Species: HOPEITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm milky-clear, blocky, crystal, two views Field Collected: Forrest Fogg. ex Gene Bearss Catalog No.: TBC Notes: I removed this small crystal from the bottom of the NH display hopeite specimen. I think the crystal was originally fully embedded in quartz, so some of the faces are from matrix contact, but other faces are quite lustrous, some with striations. That is a bit of sphalerite on the right, top photo. |
Species: HUREAULITE (Mn,Fe)5H2(PO4)4·4H2O Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: u490 Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm vug filled with hureaulite micro-crystals. Largest crystal in zoom view Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes: |
Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Largest hureaulite crystal is about 0.7 mm Field Collected: Catalog No.: A Joe Mulvey specimen. ex. Bill Henderson Notes: Rhombic coated tablets in foreground might be leucophosphite |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm cluster of hureaulite crystals Field Collected: From a small box of small rock chunks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1526 Notes: Photo is from a "stack" of 8 images processed with Helicon Focus. |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.0 mm hureaulite cluster Field Collected: Bob Wilken - 2004 Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & ID Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: The longer of the two xls left is 6.0 mm long. Field Collected: Bob Wilken - 2004 Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & ID Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm crystal (parallel group) Field Collected: Bob Wilken - 2004 Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen & ID Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Forrest Fogg 10/02. F. Fog specimen #6236. From the Mike Swanson collection - appears to be a purchased specimen by Mike Catalog No.: u2291 Notes: Mass of blocky hureaulite crystals is difficult to photo. Actual color is more pinkish. The tiny cream-colored globules are embedded in the hureaulite. Boxed specimen photo included. |
Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 3.2 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken collection specimen & ID. Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.49 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken collection specimen & ID Notes: [bw] Photo taken w. a Nikon Plan 10X; a stack of 94 with 5 um increments. |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm field of view Field Collected: From a crate of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1526 Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen, photo, & ID. Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5.1 mm crystal group Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo. Notes: |
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Species: HUREAULITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm crystal group Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes: A Bob Wilken identification. [tm] These do not appear much different from Bob's phosphophyllites at least in the photos. |
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| Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: Approximate 1 mm field of view. Blocky, yellow-brown, hydroxylherderite crystals on beryllonite. Field Collected: Walter Lane Catalog No.: u1263 Notes: The hydroxylherderite identification is a visual one. Beryllonite, etched beryl, brazilianite, vivianite, and sphalerite are also on this specimen, u1263. Per Bob Whitmore's Palermo book, hydroxylherderite (a beryllium mineral) is sometimes associated with beryllonite, as on this specimen. |
| Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE with Beryllonite Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 mm honey-colored hydroxylherderite crystal with cord-wood edge view beryllonite in upper left. Field Collected: Walter Lane Catalog No.: u1263 Notes: Canon G9, F4.8, 1/80, Helicon Focus stack 13 images. A visual identification suggested by Jim Nizamoff. |
Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.1 mm hydroxylherderite crystal Field Collected: Forrest Fogg Catalog No.: u1760 Notes: The crystal termination is a group of small pyramids. |
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Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view Field Collected: Walter Lane material Catalog No.: u1605 Notes: My visual ID for these balls was crandallite. A polished grain EDS analysis suggested just a simple calcium phosphate such as apatite. A fluorine response (@ 677 eV, above the 525 eV oxygen peak) is totally absent in the EDS spectrum indicating these balls cannot be fluorapatite. These balls are an excellent comparative match for a similar occurrence of hydroxylherderite at the Dunton Mine in Newery, ME. The EDS detector cannot detect beryllium. The detector response to apatite-(CaOH) and hydroxylherderite are very similar. Several knowledgeable collectors who have looked at this specimen agree that the spheres are most likely hydroxylherderite. Tabular apatite crystals are also present in this view. |
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Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 cm specimen with 7 mm hydroxylherderite crystals on albite Field Collected: Don Dallaire - 10/5/50 Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire collection specimen (#697) and photo Notes: |
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Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 cm specimen with 8.5 mm hydroxylherderite crystal. Two views. Field Collected: ex. Bob Whitmore. Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire collection specimen (#1000) and photo Notes: |
Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 5.8 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 1994 Catalog No.: TBC Notes: I have a moderate secondary collection of specimens labeled, saved in box-work drawers, but not cataloged. As often happens, when looking for one thing, I found something else interesting. These drawers have many specimens collected decades ago. I came across a Palermo TN labeled "apatite" collected in 1994. Lots of hexagonal tablets, so understand why I ID'ed as apatite. But these are hydroxyl-herderites, and quite nice ! There are many on this piece. So will go into my cataloged collection. |
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Species: HYDROXYLHERDERITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6.0 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 1994 Catalog No.: TBC Notes: A quartz crystal point is on the right. |
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