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G. E. Smith Mine (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA

Triphylite
G. E. Smith Mine, Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA

Photo: Rob Lavinsky
Latitude: 43°21'27"N
Longitude: 72°15'0"W
Mica mines in granite pegmatite. George Smith mines and Chandler Mills were adjacent operations. Species list also contains minerals from the host rocks.

Locality is now in the middle of three closely spaced residential houses.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Allanite' ?
Alluaudite ?
Amblygonite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenopyrite
Augelite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine ?
var: Heliodor ?
Beryllonite
Biotite ?
Brazilianite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Childrenite
Crandallite
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Eosphorite
Ferrowyllieite
Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
Fluorite
Gormanite
Graftonite
Heterosite
Hurlbutite (TL)
Hydroxylapatite
Laueite ?
Lazulite
Magnetite
Microcline
Montebrasite
Moraesite
Muscovite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Qingheiite-(Fe2+)
Quartz
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rockbridgeite
Roscherite ?
Sarcopside
Schorl
Scorzalite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Staurolite
Strunzite
Triphylite
Ushkovite ?
Vivianite
Wardite
'Whiteite'
Zircon


58 entries listed. 43 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 6 erroneous literature entries.

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References

Mrose, Mary E., 1952, CaBe2(PO4)2, Hurlbutite, a New Mineral, American Mineralogist: 37: 931-940.

Cameron, E. N. et. al. (1954) Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45, New England (USGS Prof. Paper 255)

O'Donoghue, Michael. (2006): Gems: their sources, descriptions and identification, 6th ed.

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