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Hurricane Mountain localities, North Conway, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA

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Hurricane Mountain localities, North Conway, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA

Photo: S.M. Whittemore
Latitude: 44°4'20"N
Longitude: 71°4'25"W
Alkali syenite pegmatite. (Includes four sites on the mountain, known generally as "West Locality," "North Locality," "East Locality" and "Summit Locality.")
This site is often referred to as being in "North Conway," which is a village within the township of Conway.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
Arfvedsonite
Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite
Bavenite
Calcite
Eckermannite
Fluorite
Glauconite
Hematite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series
var: Crocidolite'

Microcline
var: Amazonite
Muscovite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Quartz
var: Jasper

var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Riebeckite
Zircon


23 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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References

White, John S. and Cook, Robert B. (1990). Amethyst Occurrences of the Eastern United States. Mineralogical Record 21:203-213.

Hawthorne, F.C., Oberti, R., Ottolini, L., and Foord, E.E. (1996b) Lithium-bearing fluor-arfvedsonite from Hurricane Mountain, New Hampshire: a crystal-chemical study. Canadian Mineralogist: 34: 1015-1019.

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