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WARDITE Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Largest of three octahedral wardite crystals is 0.3 mm	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: Largest of three octahedral wardite crystals is 0.3 mm Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1133 Notes: Wardite crystals have surficial iron staining.
WARDITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1 mm wardite crystal with iron staining	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm wardite crystal with iron staining Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u782 Notes:
WARDITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1 mm clear, pseudo-octahedral, crystal	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm clear, pseudo-octahedral, crystal. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2007 Catalog No.: u1227 Notes:
WARDITE Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH 4 mm cluster of clear wardite crystals.	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm cluster of clear wardite crystals. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u772 Notes: High surface luster makes it difficult to photo these.
WARDITE Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH 0.5 mm octahedral wardite crystal	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chandlers Mill Mine, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm octahedral wardite crystal Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo. Notes:
WARDITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.5 mm crystal	Species: WARDITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.5 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: A Bob Whitmore specimen Notes:
WARDITE Chandlers Mill, Newport, NH 4 mm field of view	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chandlers Mill, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer 2006 Catalog No.: u860 Notes: On the suggestion of two knowledgeable phosphate mineral collectors, I originally had this labeled as messelite. An EDS analysis indicates the species is wardite, NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O. It is noteable that these wardite crystals lack the lateral striations seen on many other NH wardite specimens.
WARDITE Chandlers Mill, Newport, NH 2 mm crystal group	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chandlers Mill, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 2 mm crystal group Field Collected: Tom Mortimer 2014 Catalog No.: u1593 Notes: Wardite rhombic pyramids with some oxide surface coating.
WARDITE Chandlers Mill, Newport, NH 0.8 mm crystal group	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chandlers Mill, Newport, NH Specimen Size: 0.8 mm crystal group Field Collected: Tom Mortimer 2014 Catalog No.: u1592 Notes: Wardite rhombic pyramids.
WARDITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Pair of wardite crystals. Largest is 0.7 mm	Species: WARDITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: Pair of wardite crystals. Largest is 0.7 mm Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1696 Notes: Photo from stack of 18 images, 0.05 mm steps, processed with Helicon Focus.
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