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Acanthite  | |
| | Habit: | Thorn-like habit on or near wire crystals of native silver; as micro-crystals only. | | Colour: | Dark-grey to black, submetallic. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Analyses by SEM and XRD at the U.S. Geological Survey Lab, Denver, USA (Gene Foord), and the University of New Orleans Lab, New Orleans, USA (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster).
The acanthite crystals on wire crystals of native silver tend to grow and multiply after the specimens are collected... :~} - Wire crystals of "native silver" that are a dull lead-grey to grey-black and which crumble under the point of a pin are presumed to be acanthite pseudomorphs after silver. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.] |
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Actinolite  | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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'Adularia' | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH: Part III, Minerals & Mines] |
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Aegirine | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.47] |
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Aegirine-augite | |
| | Reference: | [Alkaline Rocks and Carboratites of the World, Part1,North &South America,1987, Wolley,A,R,] |
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Albite | |
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Albite
var: Andesine | |
| | Reference: | [Dale, 1909. Supp. Notes on the Granites of NH (USGS Bull. 430)] |
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Albite
var: Cleavelandite | |
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Albite
var: Oligoclase | |
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Albite
var: Oligoclase-Albite | |
| | Reference: | [Dale, 1923 The Commercial Granites of New England (USGS Bull. 738)] |
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'Albite-Anorthite Series' | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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'Allanite' | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Allanite-(Ce) | | {CaCe}{Al | | Fe | | }[O|OH|SiO | | |Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Janules, R. (Micromounters of NE Newsletter, 4/ 2005)] |
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Alluaudite | | (Na,Ca)Mn | | (Fe | | ,Mn | | ,Fe | | ,Mg) | | (PO | | ) | | |
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| | Reference: | [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 4, 2000] |
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Almandine | |
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Amblygonite | |
| | Reference: | [American Mineralogist: 37: 931-940.] |
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Amesite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH, Part III] |
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'Amphibole Group' | |
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Analcime | |
| | Reference: | [Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954. Petrography ] |
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Anapaite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Anatase | |
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Andalusite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Andalusite
var: Chiastolite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Andradite | |
| | Reference: | [Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974] |
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Anglesite | |
| | Habit: | A wide range of crystals have been noted, from sharp blocky to short and long prismatic, all with a rhombic cross section. Rounded, equant, crystals have also been noted, exhibiting complex morphologies. | | Colour: | Colorless and glassy, sometimes turbid to milky-white. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Analyses by SEM-EDS at the University of New Orleans Lab, New Orleans, USA (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster).
| | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.] |
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Ankerite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Annite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:243 ] |
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Anorthite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp242-261] |
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Anorthite
var: Bytownite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH: Part III, Minerals & Mines] |
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Anorthite
var: Labradorite | |
| | Reference: | [Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954. Petrography ] |
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Anthophyllite | |
| | Reference: | [Fowler-Billings & Page. The Geology of the Cardigan and Rumney Quadrangles - NH, 1942.] |
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Antigorite ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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'Apatite' | |
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Apatite-(CaCl) | |
| | Reference: | [Journal of Pegmatology vol. 1, no. 1 ] |
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Apatite-(CaF) | |
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Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF) | |
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Apatite-(CaF)
var: Francolite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart,1956. Geology of NH, part III.] |
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Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF) | | (Ca,Mn | | ) | | (PO | | ) | | (F,Cl,OH) or Ca | | ([P,Mn | | ]O | | ) | | (F,Cl,OH) |
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Apatite-(CaOH) | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.; Am. Min. 50 (1965), 713-717] |
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Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH) | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Aragonite | |
| | Habit: | "Flos Ferri" habit and grainy crusts. Some of the flos ferri crystals exhibit a bladed habit. | | Colour: | white (may be stained other hues) | | Fluorescence: | blue | | Description: | Most of the white crusts visible to the naked eye found on materials from this locality are the flos ferri variety of aragonite; specimens are only rarely of high enough quality to consider collecting them - most specimens are grainy crusts in which the crystals have been damaged severly. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.] |
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Arfvedsonite | |
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Arrojadite-(KFe) | | {KNa}{Fe | | [ ]}{Ca}{Na | | [ ]}{Fe | | }{Al}[(OH) | | |HPO | | |(PO | | ) | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV] |
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Arsenic | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.11] |
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Arsenolite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.:64:504.] |
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Arsenopyrite | |
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Arsenopyrite
var: Danaite | |
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Astrophyllite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:245] |
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Augelite | |
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Augite | | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe | | ,Al,Fe | | ,Ti)[(Si,Al) | | O | | ] |
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Augite
var: Titanian Augite | | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al) | | O | | |
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| | Reference: | [Williams, Turner, Gilbert, 1954. Petrography ] |
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Aurichalcite | |
| | Habit: | Crusts of acicular micro-crystals. The crystals may form a carpet of standing needles, or be formed of matted, jack-straw, crystals | | Colour: | Bluish-green to blue, more rarely green. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Analyses by SEM-EDS at the University of New Orleans Lab, New Orleans, USA (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster). | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.] |
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Autunite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 914, 986; Morrill, P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Azurite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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Babingtonite | |
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Baddeleyite | |
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Barbosalite | |
| | Reference: | [Gaines, Richard V., Catherine, H., Skinner, W., Foord, E.E., Mason, B., and Rosenzweig, A. (1997), Dana’s New Mineralogy: The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana: eighth edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1819pp.: 875.] |
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Baryte | |
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'Bastnäsite' | |
| | Reference: | [Janules, R. (Micromounters of NE Newsletter, 4/ 2005)] |
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) | |
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Bavenite | |
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Bazzite | |
| | Description: | Crystals >0.5 mm with bertrandite. | | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp242-261 & Dr Eugene Foord ID] |
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Becquerelite | |
| | Reference: | [Personal collection and XRD analysis by Fred E Davis] |
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Beraunite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 960.] |
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Bermanite | |
| | Reference: | [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV] |
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Bertrandite | |
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Beryl | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Beryl
var: Aquamarine | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Beryl
var: Goshenite | |
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Beryl
var: Heliodor | |
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Beryl
var: Morganite | |
| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)
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Beryllonite | |
| | Reference: | [American Mineralogist: 37: 931-940.] |
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β-Uranophane | |
| | Reference: | [Clifford Frondel (1956) Mineral Composition of Gummite, American Mineralogist 41:539-568.] |
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Biotite | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Birnessite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals (Sept/Oct 1981).] |
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Bismuth | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Mineralogical Society Display Catalogue 1995.] |
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Bismuthinite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Bjarebyite (TL) | | (Ba,Sr)(Mn | | ,Fe | | ,Mg) | | Al | | [OH|PO | | ] | | |
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Bornite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals (Sept/Oct 1981).] |
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Brazilianite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 843.; American Mineralogist: 37: 931-940.] |
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Brochantite | |
| | Habit: | Thin tabular to tabular crystals in druzes, fans, and crusts; also grainy to glassy crusts. | | Colour: | Medium dark green. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Analyses by SEM and XRD at the U.S. Geological Survey Lab, Denver, USA (Gene Foord), and the University of New Orleans Lab, New Orleans, USA (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster).
| | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.] |
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Brookite | |
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Brushite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Cacoxenite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Calcite | |
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Calcite
var: Argentine | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart,1956. Geology of NH, part III.] |
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Cancrinite | |
| | Reference: | [Woolley, A.R. (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World] |
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Cassiterite | |
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Cerianite-(Ce) | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals Vol.65 No.4] |
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Cerussite | |
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'Chabazite' | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals (1990) 65:432-437] |
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'Chalcedony' | |
| | Habit: | botryoidal | | Colour: | blue, purple | | Description: | Occurs in quartz veins. | | Reference: | [T. Mortimer, Nashua Min. Soc. Display Cat., 1995] |
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'Chalcedony
var: Buhrstone' | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH, Part III, p.50] |
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Chalcocite | |
| | Reference: | [Emmons, William H.(1910): Somer Ore Deposits in Maine and the Milan Mine, New Hampshire (USGS Bulletin 432)] |
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Chalcopyrite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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Chamosite | |
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Chamosite
var: Thuringite | | (Fe,Fe,Mg,Al) | | (Si,Al) | | O | | (O,OH) | | |
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| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH: Part III, Minerals & Mines, p.57] |
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'Chevkinite' | | (Ca,Ce,Th) | | (Fe,Mn) | | (Ti,Fe) | | Si | | O | | |
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| | Reference: | [AmMin 41:474] |
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Chevkinite-(Ce) | | (Ce,La,Ca,Th) | | (Fe | | ,Mg)(Fe | | ,Ti,Fe | | ) | | (Ti,Fe | | ) | | [O | | |Si | | O | | ] | | |
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| | Reference: | [Woolley, A.R. (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World] |
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Childrenite | |
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'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series' | |
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'Chlorite Group' | |
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Chlorophyllite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart 1956. Geology of NH, Part III.] |
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Chromite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH, part III.] |
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Chrysoberyl | |
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Chrysotile | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min Soc. Disp. Cat. 1995] |
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Clarkeite ? | |
| | Description: | Foord et al. (1997) and Korzeb et al. (1997) made a determined effort to verify clarkeite from this locality and all specimens submitted to them did not contain clarkeite but were mixtures dominated by schoepite(Eugene Foord, personal communication, 1996). Previously, Frondel (1956) studied minerals from a wide variety of localities including many specimens from the Palermo #1 Pegmatite and he did not find clarkeite. Frondel(156) stated of clarkeite and its misidentifications: "Clarkeite is best identified by its X-ray powder pattern. It is indistinguishable (emphasis added) from the dark-brown types of oxidized uraninite..." | | Reference: | [Not found at this locality: Frondel (1956); Foord et al. (1997), Korzeb et al (1997).] |
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'Clay' | |
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Clinochlore | |
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Clinochlore
var: Ripidolite | |
| | Reference: | [ Yale Peabody Museum] |
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'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | |
| | Reference: | [AmMin 85:16061616] |
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Clinozoisite | |
| | Reference: | [P. Cristofono collection, field-collected 2006 ] |
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Clinozoisite
var: Clinothulite | |
| | Colour: | pink | | Description: | Qualitative SEM-EDS by Kerry Day:
Al (1.49 KeV) = 1221; Si (1.74) = 1459; Ca (3.69) = 1016; Mn (5.90) = 33; Fe (6.40) = 51; Background values 2/10 = 85/9
"Zoisite/Clinozoisite/Thulite. The smallest amount of Mn can colour an Epidote Group mineral cherry red."
Clinozoisite is very common at Joppa Hill, usually pale green, sometimes colorless, very rarely pink. Zoisite does not occur at the locality. "Thulite" = Mn-bearing zoisite. "Clinothulite" = Mn-bearing clinozoisite. | | Reference: | [P Cristofono collection, 2008] |
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'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite' | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Coconinoite | | Fe | | Al | | (UO | | ) | | [(OH) | | |SO | | |(PO | | ) | | ] · 20H | | O |
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| | Description: | There is a large degree of uncertainty about the locality in NH for this species. Only PRIMARY reference is Young, E., Weeks, A., and Meyrowitz,R., 1966, Coconinoite, A New Uranium Mineral from Utah and Arizona, Am Min v 51:651-663 which states of the species: "... two from unknown localities, one from Wyoming, and one from New Hampshire, which is certainly in a different geologic environment..." The specimen is not elsewhere mentioned or described. There has been a strong folklore belief that the coconinoite mentioned was from the Ruggles Pegmatite because so many uranium minerals were found there and, at one time, were abundant. No subsequent discoveries of New Hampshire coconinoite have been made and the original reference specimen is lost. | | Reference: | [Young, E., Weeks, A., and Meyrowitz,R., 1966, Coconinoite, A New Uranium Mineral from Utah and Arizona, Am Min v 51:651-663] |
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'Collinsite-Fairfieldite Series' | |
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Columbite | |
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Columbite-(Fe) | |
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'Columbite-(Fe)-Tantalite-(Fe) Series' | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 65:346 (1990)] |
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Columbite-(Mn) | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks&Min. 67:158-168] |
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'Columbite-Tantalite' | |
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Compreignacite | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Disp. Cat., 1995] |
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Cookeite | |
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Copiapite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:256] |
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Copper | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH, Part III, p.73] |
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Cordierite | |
| | Description: | Crystals here are unusually large for cordierite (eg: 3.3cm xl in Alfred Stevenson collection), but partially altered to greasy-luster greenish brown "pinite" or "chlorophyllite", presumably a mica or chlorite group mineral but analyses are lacking. | | Reference: | [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]; Francis, C. A. and D. E. Lange (1988): Four Occurrences of Dravite in Western New England (Rocks and Minerals 63:455).] |
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Coronadite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Corundum | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp242-261] |
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Covellite | |
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Crandallite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Cryolite | |
| | Description: | misprint for cyrtolite | | Reference: | [] |
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Cummingtonite | |
| | Reference: | [AmMin 85:16061616] |
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Cuprite | |
| | Habit: | Octahedral micro-crystals, often as penetration twins. | | Colour: | Bright red. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Very tiny (less than 0.1 to about 0.1 mm) red octahedral micro-crystals, found scattered lightly on crumbly limonitic matrix, usually not too far away from weathered chalcopyrite. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; et.al.] |
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Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite | |
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Curite | |
| | Reference: | [Personal collection and XRD analysis by Fred E Davis] |
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'Cymatolite' | |
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Danalite | |
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Dewindtite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 65:312] |
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Diadochite | |
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Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) | | {KNa}{Mn | | [ ]}{Ca}{Na | | }{Mn | | }{Al}[(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Diopside | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines & Mineral Localities, 2nd ed.] |
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Djurleite | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min Soc. Disp. Cat. 1995] |
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Dolomite | |
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Dravite | | [Na][Mg | | ][Al | | ][(OH) | | |OH|(BO | | ) | | |Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. and D. E. Lange (1988): Four Occurrences of Dravite in Western New England (Rocks and Minerals 63:455).] |
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Dufrénite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.: 16:208-211.] |
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Elbaite | | [Na][(Li,Al) | | ][Al | | ][(OH) | | |OH|(BO | | ) | | |Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Morrill, NH Mines and Mineral Localities ] |
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Eosphorite | |
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Epidote | |
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Ernstite | | (Mn | | ,Fe | | )Al[(OH,O) | | |PO | | ] · H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Euclase | |
| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)
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Eucryptite | |
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Fairfieldite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 686, 953; Rocks & Minerals: 16: 208-211.; Am. Min. 50 (1965), 713-717] |
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Fayalite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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'Fayalite-Tephroite Series
var: Knebelite' | | from (Fe | | Mn | | ) | | SiO | | to (Mn | | Fe | | ) | | SiO | | |
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| | Colour: | brownish-black, black | | Description: | embedded in graphic granite | | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.43-44] |
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'Feldspar Group' | |
| | Habit: | Massive material only. | | Colour: | Cream white and tan. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Species not determined, but both microcline and albite are probably present, perhaps oligoclase as well. Typical cream white to tan material with a dull to sub-vitreous luster. Samples of greenish material have been tentatively identified as a feldspar colored by impurities, perhaps zinc and/or copper. | | Reference: | ["Lead-zinc-silver deposits related to the White Mountain plutonic series in New Hampshire and Maine," Dennis P. Cox, 1970, USGS Bulletin 1312-D] |
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'Fergusonite' | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp242-261] |
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Ferrimolybdite | |
| | Reference: | [Robinson, G. et. al. (1995): World review of mineral discoveries: 1993-1994 (Mineralogical Record 26:475-499)] |
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Ferrisicklerite | |
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Ferro-edenite | |
| | Reference: | [J. Petrol. 33:1193-1218 (1992)] |
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Ferrohagendorfite | |
| | Reference: | [www.dvminerals.com/Newadditions17.html.] |
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Ferrohornblende | |
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Ferropargasite | | [Na][Ca | | ][Fe | | Al][(OH) | | |Al | | Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Journal of Petrology 30(3):627-666 (1989)] |
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Ferrorichterite | |
| | Reference: | [www.bates.edu/acad/depts/geology/jcreasy.WM.html.] |
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Ferrosilite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks&Min. 76:256] |
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Ferrostrunzite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Ferrowyllieite | | (Na,Ca,Mn)(Fe,Mn)(Fe,Fe,Mg)Al(PO | | ) | | |
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| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Disp. Cat., 1995] |
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Fersmite ? | | (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti) | | (O,OH,F) | | |
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| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Display Cat., 1995] |
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Fillowite ? | | {Mn | | }{Na | | }{Ca | | Na | | }{(Mn | | ,Fe | | ) | | }[PO | | ] | | |
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| | Description: | A green unknown mineral. No data. Analysis pending. | | Reference: | [unverified Rob Lavinsky specimen] |
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Florencite-(Ce) | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Disp. Cat., 1995] |
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Fluocerite-(Ce) | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Disp. Cat., 1995] |
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Fluorite | |
| | Reference: | [Janules, R. (Micromounters of NE Newsletter, 4/ 2005)] |
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Foggite (TL) | |
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Fourmarierite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Frondelite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 868; Korbel & Novak (1999) Min. Encylopaedia, p.163.] |
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Gadolinite-(Ce) | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Gadolinite-(Y) | |
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Galena | |
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Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena | |
| | Reference: | [Jackson, 1844. Final Report on The Geology and Mineralogy of NH ] |
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'Garnet Group' | | X | | Z | | (TO | | ) | | (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V) |
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| | Reference: | [Fowler-Billings & Page. The Geology of the Cardigan and Rumney Quadrangles - NH, 1942.] |
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Gatumbaite | |
| | Description: | Subsequently described as sinkankasite. | | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. (Sept/Oct 1981); American Mineralogist (1984): 69: 380-382.] |
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Gedrite | |
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Genthelvite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals Vol.65 No.4] |
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Glauconite | |
| | Description: | Green fine-grained masses to 1 cm. Some of the glauconite is rubidium-bearing. Analysis by Frank Hawethorne. | | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 65:292 (1990)] |
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Goedkenite (TL) | |
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Goethite | |
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Gold | |
| | Habit: | Possibly as wire micro-crystals in finely entwined strands. | | Colour: | Gold. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Reported as being found sparsely disseminated in massive pyrite and chalcopyrite (Cox, 1970). Also reported more recently (1999) as possible wire micro-crystals, but with the suspicion that the specimen may actually be native copper with an odd golden tarnish. | | Reference: | [B. Wilken collection.] |
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Gordonite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Gormanite | | (Fe | | ,Mg) | | (Al,Fe | | ) | | [(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] | | · 2H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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'Gormanite-Souzalite Series' | |
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Goyazite | |
| | Reference: | [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.] |
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Graftonite (TL) | |
| | Type Locality: | Melvin Mountain, Grafton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA | | Reference: | [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: 687; Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens; Comm. on Museums (IMA) ] |
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Graphite | |
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Greifensteinite | | Ca | | (Fe | | , Mn) | | Be | | [(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] · 6H | | O |
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Grossular | |
| | Reference: | [P. Cristofono collection, field-collected 2006 ] |
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Grossular
var: Hessonite | |
| | Habit: | good crystals occur in quartz and calcite | | Colour: | cinnamon brown, yellow-brown | | Reference: | [P Cristofono collection] |
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Grunerite | |
| | Reference: | [www.bates.edu/acad/depts/geology/jcreasy.WM.html.] |
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'Gummite' | |
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Gypsum | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines and Minerals Localities, 2nd ed. ] |
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Hagendorfite | |
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Haiweeite ? | |
| | Description: | needs verification data | | Reference: | [] |
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Hastingsite | | [Na][Ca | | ][Fe | | Fe | | ][(OH) | | |Al | | Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp242-261] |
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Hedenbergite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Helvite | |
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Hematite | |
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Hematite
var: Martite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:244] |
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Hemimorphite | |
| | Habit: | Micro-crystals in mats, jackstraw clusters, and radiating sprays of acicular to thin prismatic crystals; more rarely as single thin to stout micro-crystals with a nearly square cross-section. | | Colour: | Milky white to clear. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Easily mistaken for cerussite or aragonite here (samples are probably overlooked) but has a different habit and morphology that can be seen upon careful examination. The stouter prismatic crystals with a nearly square cross-section are decidely different from the other species' habits. An acid test using 20% HCl showed that both the aragonite and cerussite dissolved, while the hemimorphite did not. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection.] |
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Hercynite | |
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Herderite | |
| | Reference: | [Leavens, P., Dunn, P., and Gaines, R., 1978, Compositional and Refractive Index Variations of the herderite-hydroxyl-herderite series, American Mineralogist, v. 63, p. 913-917.] |
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Heterosite | |
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'Heulandite' | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals (1990) 65:432-437] |
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Hingganite-(Y) | | (Y,REE,Ca) | | (□,Fe | | )Be | | [SiO | | ] | | (OH) | | |
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Hinsdalite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Hisingerite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Hollandite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. (Sept/Oct 1981)] |
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Hopeite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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'Hornblende' | |
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Hureaulite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 702.] |
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Hurlbutite (TL) | |
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Hydroxylherderite | |
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Hydrozincite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Hypersthene | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.43,46] |
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Ice | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Disp. Cat., 1995] |
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Illite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Ilmenite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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Ishikawaite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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'Jahnsite' | |
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Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) (TL) | |
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Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) | | CaMn | | (Mg,Fe | | ) | | Fe | | (PO | | ) | | (OH) | | · 8H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Kaersutite | | [Na][Ca | | ][Mg | | Ti][O|OH|Al | | Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [J. Petrol. 33:1193-1218 (1992)] |
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Kalinite | | KAl(SO | | ) | | ·11H | | O Not confirmed |
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| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Kaolinite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 65:292 (1990)] |
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Kasolite | |
| | Description: | "At the Ruggles pegmatite, kasolite occurs both as a thin outer crust about the orange gummite pseudomorphs for which the locality is noted and as complete pseudomorphs of a rather pourous consistency." | | Reference: | [Clifford Frondel (1956) Mineral Composition of Gummite, American Mineralogist 41:539-568.] |
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Katophorite | | Na[CaNa][Fe | | (Al,Fe | | )][(OH) | | |AlSi | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Journal of Petrology 30(3):627-666 (1989)] |
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Keckite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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'K Feldspar' | |
| | Colour: | white | | Description: | 1 mm subhedral white crystals in massive grossular were found by EDS analysis (Kerry Day, 2008) to be microcline or orthoclase. | | Reference: | [P Cristofono collection ] |
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Kryzhanovskite | |
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Kulanite | | Ba(Fe | | ,Mn | | ,Mg) | | (Al,Fe | | ) | | [OH|PO | | ] | | |
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| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Kyanite | |
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Landesite | | Mn | | Fe | | [(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] · (3-x)H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines and Minerals Localities, 2nd ed. ] |
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Laueite | |
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Laumontite | |
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Lazulite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.: 16:208-211.] |
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'Lazulite-Scorzalite Series' | |
| | Reference: | [Journal of Pegmatology vol. 1, no. 1 ] |
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Lepidolite | |
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Leucophosphite | |
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Limonite | |
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Linarite | |
| | Habit: | Thin tabular, more rarely prismatic with chisel-shaped terminations. | | Colour: | Deep blue. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Analyses by SEM and XRD at the U.S. Geological Survey Lab, Denver, USA (Gene Foord), and the University of New Orleans Lab, New Orleans, USA (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster).
Most common of the blue minerals found at the site.
| | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; R. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.; Rocks & Minerals 81:208-213] |
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Lithiophilite | |
| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)] |
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Löllingite | |
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Ludlamite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 686, 953.; Am. Min. 50 (1965), 713-717] |
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Magnetite | |
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Magnetite
var: Lodestone | |
| | Reference: | [Hitchcock, 1878.] |
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Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite | |
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Malachite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites' | |
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Manganite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.: 16:208-211.] |
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Marcasite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Meionite | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines & Mineral Localities, 2nd ed.] |
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Melanterite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.: 16:208-211.] |
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Messelite | |
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Meta-autunite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Metaschoepite | |
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Metaswitzerite ? | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Display Cat., 1995] |
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Metatorbernite | |
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Metavivianite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Metazeunerite | |
| | Habit: | Thin tabular plates, some crudely pseudo-hexagonal. | | Colour: | Yellowish-green, vitreous luster. | | Description: | Analysis by SEM-EDS at Excalibur Minerals (Tony Nickershir).
Only a single specimen known as of Oct. '04 - found by Bob Wilkens, who had it probed at Excalibur. It is presumed that the U was derived from the granitic dike the fault occurs in. This is also the only arsenate species yet to be found at the site. | | Reference: | [B. Wilkens collection.] |
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'Mica Group' | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Microcline | |
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Microcline
var: Amazonite | |
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Microlite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks&Min. 67:158-168] |
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Milarite | |
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Minium ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Mitridatite | |
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Molybdenite | |
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Molybdite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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'Monazite' | |
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Monazite-(Ce) | |
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Montebrasite | |
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Montmorillonite | | (Na,Ca) | | (Al,Mg) | | Si | | O | | (OH) | | ·nH | | O |
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Moraesite | |
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Mosandrite | | Ti(☐,Ca,Na) | | Ca | | (Si | | O | | ) | | [H | | ,OH,F] | | · ~1H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [Woolley, A.R. (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World] |
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'Mountain Leather' | |
| | Reference: | [Hitchcock, 1878.] |
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Muscovite | |
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Muscovite
var: Fuchsite | |
| | Reference: | [AmMin 42:566 (1957)] |
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Nepheline | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.43] |
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Nontronite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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'Oligoclase-Andesine' | |
| | Reference: | [Dale, 1909. Supp. Notes on the Granites of NH (USGS Bull. 430)] |
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'Olivine' | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.43] |
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Opal | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks&Min. 67:158-168] |
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Opal
var: Opal-AN | |
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Orpiment | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Orthoclase | |
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'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | |
| | Reference: | [AmMin 85:16061616] |
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Palermoite (TL) | |
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Paraschoepite | |
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Parascholzite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Paravauxite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Pargasite ? | | [Na][Ca | | ][Mg | | Al][(OH) | | |Al | | Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Hitchcock, Charles H. (1877): Geology of New Hampshire, Vol.II.] |
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'Parisite' ? | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Parsonsite | |
| | Description: | Discovered about 1949 by the late Philip Foster, noted mineral collector of Dover, New Hampshire. Confirmed by Clifford Frondel by XRD. | | Reference: | [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: 914.] |
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Pentlandite ? | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH, Part III. ] |
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'Perthite' | |
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Petalite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.:64:504.] |
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Pharmacosiderite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Phenakite | |
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Phlogopite | |
| | Reference: | [Fowler-Billings & Page. The Geology of the Cardigan and Rumney Quadrangles - NH, 1942.] |
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Phosphoferrite | |
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Phosphophyllite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 82:145] |
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Phosphosiderite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 702.; Am. Min. 50 (1965), 713-717] |
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Phosphuranylite | |
| | Reference: | [Clifford Frondel (1956) Mineral Composition of Gummite, American Mineralogist 41:539-568; 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: 876, 914.] |
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'Pinite' | |
| | Reference: | [Ticknor, 1855. Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire] |
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Plumbopyrochlore | | (Pb,Ca,Y,U) | | (Nb,Ta,Ti) | | O | | (OH,O) |
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Posnjakite | |
| | Habit: | Crude thick-tabular crystals with rounded edges - rarely sharp - sparse on matrix, and as crusts. | | Colour: | Medium greenish-blue. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Identified by SEM and XRD at the Denver USGS lab (Gene Foord) and at the UNO lab (Jim Nizamoff & Al Flaster.)
Crystals of posnjakite are fairly distinct at this site - not easily confused with other species. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; B. Janules collection, et.al.] |
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Powellite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.15] |
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Prehnite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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'Prochlorite' | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86] |
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Pseudolaueite | |
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Pseudomalachite | |
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'Psilomelane' | |
| | Description: | undetermined black stains on rock, sometimes dendritic. Listed by Morrill (1960) for no specific locality in Grafton and subsequently inappropriately claimed for this locality. | | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Purpurite ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Pyrite | |
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Pyrochlore | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Pyrolusite ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Pyromorphite | |
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Pyrope ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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'Pyroxene Group' | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Pyrrhotite | | Fe | | S | | , (-4M), also given as Fe | | S (x = 0 - 0.2) |
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| | Description: | Not a rare mineral from granite pegmatite. Listed by Morrill (1960) for no specific locality in Grafton and subsequently inappropriately claimed for this locality. | | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Quartz | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Quartz
var: Amethyst | |
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Quartz
var: Blue Quartz | |
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Quartz
var: Citrine | |
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Quartz
var: Ferruginous Quartz | |
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Quartz
var: Jasper | |
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Quartz
var: Milky Quartz | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines and Minerals Localities, 2nd ed. ] |
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Quartz
var: Rock Crystal | |
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Quartz
var: Rose Quartz | |
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Quartz
var: Rutilated Quartz | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:245] |
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Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz | |
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Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz | |
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Quartz
var: Star Quartz | |
| | Reference: | [Nicolay & Stone (1967) Rocks & Minerals: A Guide For Collectors of Eastern United States] |
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Ramsbeckite | |
| | Habit: | Thick tabular to "boxy" rhombic micro-crystals; may form crusts or be lightly scattered on matrix. | | Colour: | "Brochantite-green." (Easy to confuse with brochantite at this locality.) | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Can be confused with brochantite crystals at this site but brochantite crystals are more thin-tabular to grainy - not rhombic and thick-tabular to boxy. | | Reference: | [L. Rantos collection (Athens, Greece); A. Plante collection; B. Janules collection; Scott Whittemore collection; et.al.] |
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Realgar | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. (Sept/Oct 1981)] |
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Reddingite | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines and Minerals Localities, 2nd ed. ] |
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Rhodochrosite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.: 16:208-211.] |
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Rhodonite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Riebeckite | |
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Riebeckite
var: Crocidolite | |
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Rockbridgeite | |
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Romanèchite | |
| | Colour: | gray | | Reference: | [Tom Mortimer collection no. 1637 (mindatnh.org)] |
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Rosasite ? | |
| | Habit: | Micro-crusts, sometimes sub-botryoidal to botryoidal, more rarely as crudely tabular micro-crystals. | | Colour: | Bright, vivid, sky-blue with a waxy luster. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Mascot Mine "Unknown #7" - Once thought to be habits of the posnjakite found here, but SEM-EDS shows both Cu and Zn in significant quantities, suggesting the likelihood of it being rosasite - or possibly even claraite. It will take XRD analysis to determine the species. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; B. Janules collection; et.al.] |
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Roscherite | | Ca | | (Mn | | ,Fe | | ) | | Be | | [(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] · 6H | | O |
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Rosenbuschite | |
| | Reference: | [Woolley, A.R. (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World] |
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Rutherfordine | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Rutile | |
| | Habit: | Acicular micro-needles including muscovite and biotite. | | Colour: | Silvery-black | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Identified by Cox (1970). They are not present in all mica samples at the site. The needles in biotite can be difficult to see due to the dark color of the sheets - it takes very thin sheets with underlighting under a 'scope. | | Reference: | [] |
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Safflorite | |
| | Description: | Unbelievable cobalt mineral for this locality. Listed by Morrill (1960) for no specific locality in Grafton and incorrectly claimed for this locality. This is a mineral not found in granite pegmatite anywhere in the world. | | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Samarskite-(Y) ? | | (Y,Fe | | ,Fe | | ,U,Th,Ca) | | (Nb,Ta) | | O | | |
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| | Description: | Are there data in this reference? | | Reference: | [Nashua Mineral Socociety Display Catalog, 1995] |
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Samuelsonite (TL) | | (Ca,Ba)Ca | | Fe | | Mn | | Al | | [(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] |
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Sapphirine | |
| | Reference: | [Schumacher and Robinson, 1987: Journal of Petrology 28 (6):1033-1073 ] |
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Sarcopside | |
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'Scapolite' | |
| | Habit: | good crystals rare | | Colour: | white | | Description: | Common in Bedford boulders. | | Reference: | [P Cristofono collection.] |
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Scheelite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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Schoepite | |
| | Description: | Mineral A of Frondel (1956). "Mineral A is particularly abundant at the Ruggles locality, where it is one of the chief constituents of the orange gummite pseudomorphs after dendritic aggregates of uraninite crystals for which the locality is noted... It occurs as microcrystalline aggregates of a bright-orange to orange-yellow or golden-yellow color. ... The luster varies from dull and earthy to weakly vitreous in hard, translucent aggregates." | | Reference: | [Clifford Frondel (1956) Mineral Composition of Gummite, American Mineralogist 41:539-568.] |
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Schoonerite (TL) | |
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Schorl | | [Na][Fe | | ][Al | | ][(OH) | | |OH|(BO | | ) | | |Si | | O | | ] |
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Schulenbergite | | (Cu,Zn) | | [(OH) | | |(SO | | ,CO | | ) | | ] · 3H | | O |
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| | Habit: | Crusts, foliated sheets, crude hemispheres, and crude rosettes of extremely tiny acicular needles | | Colour: | Very pale sky-blue to slightly greenish-blue, with a pearly to somewhat waxy luster. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Indentified by SEM and XRD at the Denever USGS lab (Gene Foord), the UNO lab (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster), and Excaliber Minerals (Tony Nickershir).
Schulenbergite can be confused with aurichalcite here; but the acicular natue of aurichalcite crusts and mats of needles is obvious - while the schulenbergite specimens appear either platy or grainy at magnifications of under approx. 120X (or greater?) The acicular nature of the schulenbergite was only revealed by SEM imaging. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; B. Janules collection; A. Smith collection; et.al.] |
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Scorodite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min.:64:504.] |
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Scorzalite | |
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Sekaninaite | |
| | Reference: | [Harvard Mineralogical Museum, no. 118875] |
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'Sericite' | |
| | Reference: | [Page & Larrabee, 1962. Beryl Resources of NH (USGS Prof. Paper 353)] |
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'Serpentine Group' | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:245] |
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Serpierite | |
| | Habit: | Lath-like micro-crystals with jagged terminations, in clusters exhibiting both parallel growth and jackstraws. | | Colour: | Bright medium blue. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Identified by SEM-EDS at the UNO lab (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster) and visual observations.
Serpierite is rare at this site, but a number of samples have been found. The lath-like shape and jagged terminations distinguish them from other blue species here, particularly from linarite (which also is darker blue in color.) | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; B. Janules collection.] |
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Sicklerite | |
| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)
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Siderite | |
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Siderophyllite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals 80:4 pp242-261] |
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Sillimanite | |
| | Description: | Found in schist. | | Reference: | [] |
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Silver | |
| | Habit: | As micro-grains in galena; and as wire micro-crystals, straight, curved, coiled, and in arborescent (bush-like) clusters. | | Colour: | Dull silvery-grey to dark grey, often coated with a dark-brown to black crust encasing the wires. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | Identified by SEM-EDS at UNO lab (Jim Nazimoff & Al Falster), and by wet analysis and visual examination.
Wire crystals of native silver are difficult to find in among the typically dark brown to bluish-black Mn-O coated rocks in the mine dumps, it takes a concerted effort looking specifically for them - but quite a few finds have been made this way. Specimens in which the silver is encased in a dark-brown to black crust are the most difficult to spot. Specimens of wire crystals curled into coils or having the arborescent habit tend to be the most interesting. Sometimes clusters of the silver are accompanied by spheres of malachite, with the malachite perched on and/or pierced by the wires of silver. Sometimes the wires have thorn-like acanthite crystals on them - which have been noted to multiply and increase in size *after* being brought home. Wires that are dull pencil-lead grey in color and which are crumbly under the point of a pin are presumed to be native silver that has pseudomorphed into acanthite. Most often found in vugs of siderite crystals, but also fund in vugs of quartz crystals and in other associations. | | Reference: | [A. Plante collection; B. Janules collection; S, Andrews collection; et.al.] |
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Sinkankasite | |
| | Habit: | flattened 2-3 mm sprays acicular crystals | | Colour: | white | | Description: | previously described as gatumbaite by Segeler et al. Rocks & Minerals 56,197-214(1981) | | Reference: | [American Mineralogist (1984): 69: 380-382.] |
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Smithsonite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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'Soapstone' | |
| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. and D. E. Lange (1988): Four Occurrences of Dravite in Western New England (Rocks and Minerals 63:455).] |
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Sodalite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.43] |
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Sodalite
var: Hackmanite ? | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.55] |
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Soddyite | |
| | Description: | "[Soddyite] occurs abundantly at the Ruggles pegmatite..., as complete pseudomorphs after uraninite. These are yellow to straw-yellow in color, with a dense to almost pulverulent consistency, and are composed of minute shreds and fibers of soddyite admixed with small amounts of uranophane." | | Reference: | [Clifford Frondel (1956) Mineral Composition of Gummite, American Mineralogist 41:539-568.] |
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Souzalite | | (Mg,Fe | | ) | | (Al,Fe | | ) | | [(OH) | | |(PO | | ) | | ] | | · 2H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Spessartine | |
| | Reference: | [Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)
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Sphalerite | |
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Sphalerite
var: Cleiophane | |
| | Colour: | pale tints | | Description: | SEM-EDS analysis, 2009. Iron-free sphalerite, ZnS. | | Reference: | [P Cristofono collection] |
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Spinel | |
| | Reference: | [Schumacher and Robinson, 1987: Journal of Petrology 28 (6):1033-1073 ] |
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Spodumene | |
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Spodumene
var: Hiddenite ? | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.48] |
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Spodumene
var: Kunzite ? | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.48] |
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Staurolite | | (Fe | | ,Mg,Zn) | | Al | | [O | | |(OH,O) | | |(SiO | | ) | | ] |
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Stewartite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 730.] |
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'Stilbite' | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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Stilpnomelane | | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe | | ,Mg,Al,Fe | | ) | | (Si,Al) | | (O,OH) | | · nH | | O |
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Stolzite | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Display Cat., 1995] |
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Strengite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 702.] |
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Strunzite | |
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Sulphur ? | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of New Hampshire, part III.] |
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Synchysite-(Ce) | |
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'Synchysite Group' | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals (1990) 65:432-437] |
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Talc | |
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Talc
var: Steatite | |
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Tantalite ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Tantalite-(Fe) | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. 80:256 (2005)] |
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Tantalite-(Mn) | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:247] |
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Tapiolite-(Fe) | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p. 96.] |
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Taramite | | Na[CaNa][Fe | | AlFe | | ][(OH) | | |Al | | Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Journal of Petrology 30(3):627-666 (1989)] |
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Tavorite | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Tenorite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart, 1956. Geology of NH, Part III, p.73] |
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Thorite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Minerals (2005): 80: 244.] |
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Titanite | |
| | Reference: | [Janules, R. (Micromounters of NE Newsletter, 4/ 2005)] |
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Todorokite | | (Ca,K,Na,Mg,Ba,Mn)(Mn,Mg,Al) | | O | | ·3H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min. (Sept/Oct 1981)] |
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Topaz | |
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Torbernite | |
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'Tourmalinated Quartz' | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill, 1960. NH Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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'Tourmaline' | |
| | Reference: | [Nicolay & Stone (1967) Rocks & Minerals: A Guide For Collectors of the Eastern United States] |
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'Tourmaline
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Tremolite | |
| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.85-86; Rocks & Min.: 17:136-139.] |
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Triphylite | |
| | Reference: | [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: 667. Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Triplite | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Mineralogical Society Display Cat., 1995.] |
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Triploidite | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Turgite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:247] |
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Uraninite | |
| | Description: | Large quantities of uraninite and its alteration to other minerals have been found here. | | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Uranocircite | |
| | Reference: | [Januzzi, R.E. and Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities Of Connecticut and Southern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World.
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Uranophane | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Uranosilite | |
| | Reference: | [Rocks & Min 80:245] |
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Uranospinite | |
| | Reference: | [Morrill. P., 1960, New Hampshire Mines and Mineral Localities.] |
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Ushkovite | |
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Vandendriesscheite | |
| | Description: | "Vandendriesscheite occurs as dense microcrystalline aggregates. The color varies from yellow-orange, brownish orange, and orange to orange-red." | | Reference: | [Clifford Frondel (1956) Mineral Composition of Gummite, American Mineralogist 41:539-568.] |
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Vesuvianite | |
| | Reference: | [Fowler-Billings & Page. The Geology of the Cardigan and Rumney Quadrangles - NH, 1942.] |
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Vivianite | |
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Wardite | |
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Westerveldite | |
| | Reference: | [Am Min 88:1844–1852, (2003)] |
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'Whiteite' | |
| | Reference: | [Nashua Min. Soc. Display Cat., 1995] |
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Whiteite-(CaMnMg) | |
| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Whiteite-(MnFeMg) | | (Mn | | ,Ca)(Fe | | ,Mn | | )Mg | | Al | | (PO | | ) | | (OH) | | · 8H | | O |
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| | Reference: | [Whitmore & Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.95.] |
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Whitlockite (TL) | |
| | Type Locality: | Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA | | Reference: | [American Mineralogical Society, Program and Abstracts (1940) p. 7; 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: 686, 842, 953, 977; Rocks & Minerals: 16: 208-211.] |
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Whitmoreite (TL) | |
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Wöhlerite | | NaCa | | (Zr,Nb)[(O,OH,F) | | |Si | | O | | ] |
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| | Reference: | [Meyers & Stewart (1956). The Geology of NH: Part III Minerals and Mines. p.62] |
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Wolfeite (TL) | |
| | Type Locality: | Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA | | Reference: | [American Mineralogist (1949): 34: 692-705; 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: 855.] |
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Wolframite ? | |
| | Reference: | [No reference listed] |
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Wroewolfeite ? | |
| | Habit: | Crude arrowhead shaped (or "spearmint leaf" shaped) micro-crystals in clusters and flat radial sprays on matrix. | | Colour: | Pale green. | | Fluorescence: | none | | Description: | SEM-EDS analysis at Excalibur Minerals (Tony Nickershir) suggests wroewolfeite as the identity of this unknown from the site; but visual observations - color and shape - put this in doubt. XRD analysis is |
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