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SCHORL South Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH 1.6 cm double terminated schorl crystal in 4 cm quartz-feldspar pegmatite specimen.	Species: SCHORL Locality: South Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH Specimen Size: 1.6 cm double terminated schorl crystal in 4 cm quartz-feldspar pegmatite specimen. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (1996) Catalog No.: 904 Notes:
SCHORL South Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH 4 cm schorl crystal with quartz-filled fractures and partially exposed termination.	Species: SCHORL Locality: South Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH Specimen Size: 4 cm schorl crystal with quartz-filled fractures and partially exposed termination. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (1996) Catalog No.: Notes:
SCHORL South Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH 2.4 cm specimen	Species: SCHORL Locality: South Uncanoonuc Mtn., Goffstown, NH Specimen Size: 2.4 cm specimen Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 901 Notes:
SCHORL Keyes Mine #4, Orange, NH 7 mm schorl crystal formed in albite vug. SCHORL Keyes Mine #4, Orange, NH 7 mm schorl crystal formed in albite vug.	Species: SCHORL Locality: Keyes Mine #4, Orange, NH Specimen Size: 7 mm schorl crystal formed in albite vug. Two views. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1171 Notes: This is the only schorl crystal that I have field collected that formed in a pegmatite vug. The Keyes Mines are a group of six mined pegmatites. Keyes #1 is the largest and most heavily collected of these. Keyes #4 is a relatively small cut, mostly overgrown, in a deep woods setting.
SCHORL Keyes Mine #4, Orange, NH 7 mm crystal, (another view of #1171)	Species: SCHORL Locality: Keyes Mine #4, Orange, NH Specimen Size: Another view of #1171, above. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: 1171 Notes: This view shows off the lustrous prism faces of the crystal.
SCHORL Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.2 cm schorl crystal termination end	Species: SCHORL Locality: Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.2 cm schorl crystal termination end. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes: Most collectors consider the schorl crystals from the Rice Mine to be the best in New Hampshire.
SCHORL Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.2 cm stubby-prismatic, double terminatred, schorl crystal.	Species: SCHORL Locality: Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.2 cm stubby-prismatic, double terminatred, schorl crystal. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (1975) Catalog No.: 069 Notes:
SCHORL Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.4 cm stubby-prismatic schorl crystal - one termination end. SCHORL Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH 2.4 cm stubby-prismatic schorl crystal - other termination end.	Species: SCHORL Locality: Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.4 cm stubby-prismatic, double terminatred, schorl crystal, top and bottom views. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (1975) Catalog No.: 068 Notes: The best Rice Mine schrol crystals have this stubby prismatic habit. The largest ones reach perhaps two inches.
SCHORL Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH 6 mm crystal on balsa post	Species: SCHORL Locality: Rice Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm crystal on balsa post Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1468 Notes:
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