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While a modest number of whitlockite specimens have been found by collectors at the Palermo mine, it is a very rare phosphate in other New England pegmatites.
WHITLOCKITE ? Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 1.3 mm field of view	Species: WHITLOCKITE ? Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm FOV. Bipyramid, lower left with blocky whitlockite-like crystal upper right. Field Collected: From a tub of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u2562 Notes: From a baseball-sized chunk from a Whitmore tub. The piece had a multi-cm area of a glassy milky mineral with some crystal filled vugs of what appeared to be whitlockite. One vug had the crystals in this photo. The bipyramid (with yellow coating) is of interest. Normally, I would guess this would be wardite.... but I see no lateral striations common with wardite. Possibly the bipyramid is whitlockite, of unusual crystal habit.
WHITLOCKITE ? Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 2.7 mm field of view	Species: WHITLOCKITE ? Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 2.7 mm field of view Field Collected: From a tub of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u2562 Notes: Another area on specimen u2562
WHITLOCKITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 4 mm field of view	Species: WHITLOCKITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 4 mm field of view Field Collected: Clayton Ford. ex. Gordon Jackson Catalog No.: u2584 Notes: Clear crystals have some oxide staining. Small siderite crystals also present.
WHITLOCKITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 1.8 mm whitlockite crystal	Species: WHITLOCKITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.8 mm whitlockite crystal Field Collected: Clayton Ford. ex. Gordon Jackson Catalog No.: u2584 Notes: Another view of specimen u2584.
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