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XENOTIME N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.6 mm crystal group	Species: XENOTIME Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.6 mm crystal group Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1987) Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss
XENOTIME N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.4 mm xenotime crystal	Species: XENOTIME Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.4 mm xenotime crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u570 Notes: A stack of 23 images processed with Helicon Focus. This small crystal gave its life to science. When I went to put it back into its micro box, the crystal had fallen off.
XENOTIME N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.1 mm xenotime crystal on red danalite	Species: XENOTIME Locality: N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.1 mm xenotime crystal on red danalite. Very tiny! Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Photo from a stack of 9 images with Nikon Plan 10 objective in 0.01 mm steps.
XENOTIME Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.5 mm xenotime crystal group	Species: XENOTIME Locality: Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm xenotime crystal group Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2378 ? Notes: Collected from the large boulder pipe in the boulder field. All the NS xenotimes I have seen have come from the smoky quartz area. This is first I have from the boulder pipe. [tm] I made 4 attempts at this group. This was best, but not particularly satisfying.
XENOTIME Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.45 mm xenotime crystal	Species: XENOTIME Locality: Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.45 mm xenotime crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2378 Notes: Collected from the large boulder pipe in the boulder field.
XENOTIME Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.2 mm xenotime crystal XENOTIME Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.2 mm xenotime crystal	Species: XENOTIME Locality: Boulder field, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm xenotime crystal, two photos Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2379 Notes: Testing my macro photography limits. A 0.2 mm N. Sugarloaf xenotime, 2 attempts. A lustrous clear crystal with some inclusions. First photo with some reflective light off the forward face, emphasizes the morphology, but at expense of crystal transparency. No idea what that reddish turd is across the front face. Both with stacks of about 35 images.
XENOTIME AI Quarry, Raymond, NH 0.2 mm (tiny) pale yellow xenotime crystal, center.	Species: XENOTIME Locality: AI Quarry, Raymond, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm (tiny) pale yellow xenotime crystal, center. Field Collected: Bob Wilken Catalog No.: AIQXenotime01AS Notes:
XENOTIME Smoky Quartz Area, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.2 mm crystal. XENOTIME Smoky Quartz Area, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 0.2 mm crystal.	Species: XENOTIME Locality: Smoky Quartz Area, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 0.2 mm crystal Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u2487 Notes: Very tiny, a 0.2 mm crystal. Without some reflection off a face, it disappears in the clear albite matrix. The second view is cropped and rotated so the C axis is up-down.