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WHITMOREITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.6 mm "naval mine" habit whitemoreite	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm "naval mine" habit whitemoreite Field Collected: From crate of Palermo Mine rocks given by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: Notes:
WHITMOREITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 1 mm field of view. "Naval mine" habitat whitmoreite in photo center.	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 1 mm field of view. "Naval mine" habitat whitmoreite in photo center. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer (Oct. 2010) Catalog No.: Notes:
WHITMOREITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.3 mm whitmoreite spray WHITMOREITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.10 mm whitmoreite spray (Very tiny) WHITMOREITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH 0.25 mm whitmoreite spray WHITMOREITE Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Approx. 1 mm fieldof view	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Palermo #1 Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.3 mm whitmoreite spray - top photo. All photos from the same specimen. Field Collected: From a crate of Palermo rocks gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u1938 Notes: Visual ID.The bright orange-yellow color of these sprays suggested an initial identification of cacoxenite. The top and bottom photos were taken with incandescent SOLUX lighting. The middle two photos were taken (two years later) with LED lighting. Jim Nizamoff opined (May 2018): "Rarely whitmoreite will occur as a divergent spray of prismatic crystals without a spherical core. I have seen it like that in the assemblage you have, so my inclination is leaning toward whitmoreite." Comparing the chisel termination of these crystals with flat-basel terminations of cacoxenite photos on mindat, reinforces the whitmoreite identification. The matrix is visually identified as phosphoferrite, best seen in the second photo.
WHITMOREITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 0.6 mm field of view	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm field of view. Naval mine habit. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1645 Notes:
WHITMOREITE Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH 2.5 mm field of view. Onion habit whitmoreite.	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH Specimen Size: 2.5 mm field of view. Onion habit whitmoreite. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1657 Notes: This onion habit of whitmoreite is defined as "Type 4" in Whitmore and Lawrence's book The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.
WHITMOREITE E.E. Smith Mine, Alexandria, NH 0.4 mm whitmoreite naval mine	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: E.E. Smith Mine, Alexandria, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm whitmoreite naval mine Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken specimen and photo Notes:
WHITMOREITE Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH 1.6 mm field of view. Whitmoreite on mitridatite coated siderite rhombs.	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Palermo Mine, N. Groton, NH Specimen Size: 1.6 mm field of view. Whitmoreite on mitridatite coated siderite rhombs. Field Collected: Bob Whitmore - from a tub of Palermo phosphate rocks gifted by Bob. Catalog No.: u2439 Notes:
WHITMOREITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 0.4 mm across whitmoreite navel mine.	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm across whitmoreite navel mine. Field Collected: From a tub gifted by Bob Whitmore Catalog No.: u2519 Notes:
WHITMOREITE Palermo Mine, Groton, NH 0.78 mm whitmoreite naval mine	Species: WHITMOREITE Locality: Palermo Mine, Groton, NH Specimen Size: 0.78 mm whitmoreite naval mine Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: A Bob Wilken collection specimen Notes:
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