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Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Located near the village of North Groton, on the southeast flank of Bald Mountain. Mined for mica beginning in 1863; later for beryl, feldspar, and quartz. Since 1973 operated solely for mineral specimens, including many rare phosphate species. New Hampshire Plutonic Suite pegmatite, Grafton field.

Refs.:
Verrow, H.J. (1941): "Pegmatite minerals of the Palermo qurry, North Groton, New Hampshire",Rocks & Minerals: 16: 208-211.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 835, 842-843, 855, 868, 876, 938, 953, 960, 977.

Moore, P,B., Kampf, A.R., and Irving, A.J.(1974): "Whitmoreite, a new species: its description and atomic arrangement", American Mineralogist: 59: 900-905.

Thompson, W. (1974): The Palermo mine, New Hampshire". Mineralogical Record: 5: 274-279.

Segeler, C.G., Ulrich, W., Kampf, A.R., and Whitmore, R.W. (1981): "Phosphate minerals of the Palermo No. 1 Pegmatite", Rocks & Minerals: 56: 196-214.

Whitmore, R.W. and Lawrence, R.C., Jr. (2004): "The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo" Friends of Palermo Mines, North Groton, New Hampshire.





Mineral List:
  • Albite
       var: Oligoclase
  • Almandine
  • Anapaite
  • Anatase
  • Apatite-(CaF)
       var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
       var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
  • Arrojadite-(KFe)
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Augelite
  • Autunite
  • Azurite
  • Barbosalite
  • Beraunite
  • Bermanite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
       var: Aquamarine
       var: Heliodor
  • Beryllonite
  • Biotite
  • Birnessite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bjarebyite (TL)
  • Bornite
  • Brazilianite
  • Brushite
  • β-Uranophane
  • Cacoxenite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Childrenite
  • 'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series'
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Clarkeite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Compreignacite
  • Covellite
  • Crandallite
  • Cuprite
    var: Chalcotrichite
  • Diadochite
  • Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
  • Djurleite
  • Dufrénite
  • Elbaite
  • Eosphorite
  • Ernstite
  • Fairfieldite
  • Ferrisicklerite
  • Ferrohagendorfite
  • Ferrostrunzite
  • Florencite-(Ce)
  • Foggite (TL)
  • Frondelite
  • Galena
  • Gatumbaite
  • Goedkenite (TL)
  • Goethite
  • Gordonite
  • Gormanite
  • Goyazite
  • Graftonite
  • Greifensteinite
  • 'Gummite'
  • Gypsum
  • Hagendorfite
  • Hematite
  • Heterosite
  • Hinsdalite
  • Hisingerite
  • Hollandite
  • Hopeite
  • Hureaulite
  • Hydroxylherderite
  • Ice
  • Illite
  • Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
  • Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
  • Keckite
  • Kryzhanovskite
  • Kulanite
  • Landesite
  • Laueite
  • Lazulite
  • Leucophosphite
  • Limonite
  • Löllingite
  • Ludlamite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • 'Manganese Oxides
    var: Manganese Dendrites'
  • Manganite
  • Marcasite
  • Melanterite
  • Messelite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Metaswitzerite ?
  • Metatorbernite
  • Metavivianite
  • Microcline
  • Mitridatite
  • Montebrasite
  • Moraesite
  • Muscovite
  • Nontronite
  • Opal
  • Palermoite (TL)
  • Parascholzite
  • Paravauxite
  • 'Perthite'
  • Phosphoferrite
  • Phosphophyllite
  • Phosphosiderite
  • Phosphuranylite
  • Pseudolaueite
  • Pseudomalachite
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • Purpurite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Citrine
       var: Milky Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Rose Quartz
       var: Sceptre Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Realgar
  • Reddingite
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rockbridgeite
  • Roscherite
  • Rutherfordine
  • Samuelsonite (TL)
  • Sarcopside
  • Schoepite
  • Schoonerite (TL)
  • Schorl
  • Scorzalite
  • 'Sericite'
  • Siderite
  • Sillimanite
  • Sinkankasite
  • Smithsonite
  • Souzalite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stewartite
  • Strengite
  • Strunzite
  • Tantalite-(Fe)
  • Tavorite
  • Todorokite
  • Torbernite
  • Triphylite
  • Triploidite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Ushkovite
  • Vandendriesscheite
  • Vivianite
  • Wardite
  • Whiteite-(CaMnMg)
  • Whiteite-(MnFeMg)
  • Whitlockite (TL)
  • Whitmoreite (TL)
  • Wolfeite (TL)
  • Xanthoxenite (TL)
  • Zanazziite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zircon
       var: Cyrtolite


    176 entries listed. 152 valid minerals. 10 type localities (valid minerals).

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