Tom Bennett's Photo Gallery
43U-8N5Microcline (Var: Amazonite) K(AlSi3O8) , Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO2
Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USADimensions: 5 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm
Something you might find at the smokey quartz site
Found 2011
2LF-NLQSerpentine Subgroup D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 9 cm x 6 cm x 5 cm
Serpentine and possible malachite ?
Found 2012
C8E-1AHSerpentine Subgroup D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 11 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm
Serpentine
Found 2012
D0M-7TTDolomite CaMg(CO3)2
Phoenixville tunnel, Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 3.5 cm x 2.0 cm x 0.75 cm
An example of Dolomite from the Black Rock Tunnel
Found 2011
83J-PEDPyrite FeS2
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm x 0.50 cm
This is a example of Pyrite you might find surface picking
Found 2011
YFP-6M6Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl , Cerussite PbCO3 , Quartz SiO2
Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm x 1 cm
Something you might find at the old site(s)
Found between 2010 and 2012
A62-C4TPyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl , Wulfenite Pb(MoO4)
Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm x .50 cm
My 1st Wulfenite - Spring 2013
F5V-LU6Quartz SiO2 , Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 1.24 inches x 1 inches x .50 inches
A good example of what the old site still gives up.
Collected Fall 2011
WG1-54WQuartz SiO2
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 4.5 inches x 4.5 inches x 3 inches
Found spring 2012
Welcome sign
Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USASign at the parking area of the Moat Mountain site - Spring 2011