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Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA

Joppa Hill is on the Amherst-Bedford line. This mineral list includes occurrences in both towns. Vesuvianite crystals from this locality were illustrated in the 2nd edition of Dana's System of Mineralogy (1844). Other references include: Jackson, 1844: Final Report on The Geology and Mineralogy of NH; Hitchcock, 1877: Geology of NH, Vol.II; Hawes, 1878: Geology of NH, Vol.III, Part IV; Meyers & Stewart, 1956: The Geology of NH.; Morrill, 1960: NH Mines & Mineral Loc., 2nd ed; and Rocks & Min. 40:26-27, (Jan. 1965).





Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
  		• 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  		• Allanite-(Ce)
  		• 'Amphibole Group'
  		• Apatite-(CaF)
  		• Calcite
  		• 'Chalcedony'
  		• Chalcopyrite
  		• Clinozoisite
  		• Diopside
  		• Epidote
  		• Ferrohornblende
  		• Galena
  		• Grossular
       var: Hessonite
  		• Limonite
  		• Malachite
  		• 'Manganese Oxides
    var: Manganese Dendrites'
  		• 'Marialite-Meionite Series'
  		• Pargasite
  		• Pyrite
  		• 'Pyroxene Group'
  		• Quartz
       var: Milky Quartz
  		• Scheelite
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Titanite
  		• Tremolite
  		• Vesuvianite


    29 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

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