Palermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA

Massive arrojadite from the Palermo #2 pegmatite. Franklin Mineral Museum specimen no. 4583. Label is about 5 cm across. P. Cristofono photo.

© 2007 Peter Cristofono

13.8 x 9.4 x 5.4 cm. Aquamarine crystals from any locality (about 10-12) in Grafton County are very rare and are essentially unavailable. This 4.5 cm, blue-green aquamarine crystal in cabinet-sized matrix is from the personal stash of one of the owners of the well-known Palermo # 2 Mine, Robert Whitmore. Nearly half of the textbook, hexagonal ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Manganese oxide dendrites on quartz. View is 8 mm across. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field collected 2009.

© 2009 Peter Cristofono

7.5 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm. Heterosite is a member of the Triphylite Group and Heterosite-Purpurite Series. The species of this series are secondary minerals formed by oxidation of iron and or manganese with the simultaneous leaching of lithium from primary phosphates (precursors). This is a huge and rare, equant, orthorhombic crystal with moderate lustre ...

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4 mm doubly terminated, rust-covered apatite crystal in black schorl. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field collected 2009.

© 2009 Peter Cristofono

3.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm The Groton area is one of the United States' most notable pegmatite localities. It should be noted that North Groton is a locality name found on many mineral labels (including the one with this piece) is actually a village within the town of Groton which is close to many of the mines/quarries. This piece features intense navy ...

© Brian Kosnar - Mineral Classics

13.8 x 9.4 x 5.4 cm. Aquamarine crystals from any locality (about 10-12) in Grafton County are very rare and are essentially unavailable. This 4.5 cm, blue-green aquamarine crystal in cabinet-sized matrix is from the personal stash of one of the owners of the well-known Palermo # 2 Mine, Robert Whitmore. Nearly half of the textbook, hexagonal ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

4.8 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm. Whitmoreite, beraunite and rockbridgeite are rare hydrated iron phosphates found in complex zoned granitic pegmatites. This rich specimen is from very near to the Type Locality of whitmoreite (Palermo #1 Mine) and is from the collection of the species' namesake, Robert Whitmore. Gemmy and lustrous, reddish-brown whitmoreite ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Small cross-section of a brown hagendorfite crystal embedded in quartz matrix containing chalcopyrite altering to azurite. S419-438 N5949N I have the following information on this specimen: ex. Buford Nichols (no label), ex Excalibur Mineral (label), ex. Paul Moore (no label), ex. Dakota Matrix Minerals (label). In Mineralogical Magazine v43 ...

© 2016, JGW

Brownish-black "biotite" in greasy, greenish-gray triphylite. Field collected 2014.

© 2014 Peter Cristofono

8.1 x 6.5 x 3.0 cm. This striking, large, doubly terminated, blue-green, floater aquamarine crystal is from the personal stash of one of the owners of the well-known Palermo # 2 Mine, Robert Whitmore. Much of the center portion of the textbook, hexagonal crystal is extremely gemmy, the rest is translucent and the entire crystal is highly lustrous ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Phosphoferrite (brown) with ludlamite (green) from the micromount collection of the late J. W. Grandy and mounted by him Nov. 20, 1981.

3.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm The Groton area is one of the United States' most notable pegmatite localities. It should be noted that North Groton is a locality name found on many mineral labels (including the one with this piece) is actually a village within the town of Groton which is close to many of the mines/quarries. This piece features intense navy ...

© Brian Kosnar - Mineral Classics

Large scepter quartz crystal surrounded by smaller quartz crystals, with yellow cookeite. Former Bob Whitmore collection.

© 2020 Harold Moritz

Submillimeter deep orange Jahnsite Group crystal on medium orange siderite from Palermo Suite of Palermo suite formerly in micromount collection of the late J. W. Grandy, collected in August 1969, and mounted Feb. 12, 1982. The adjacent white crystal showing visual resemblance to whitlockite, is not accounted for on label.

Rare blue!! crystal of fluor apatite, radiation 0.16/0.18 µSv/h. Uraninite dendrites are not visible on the picture. (see e.g. Robinson et al., Minerals of the Grenville Province, Schiffer publications, 2019). Ex. Steve Garza’s collection via Alan Goldstein. Canon 5D mk III, LAOWA 25 mm f =2.8 Macro, 2.5 x. Stacking with Helicon and ...

© Hans van t Zelfde

Large scepter quartz crystal surrounded by smaller quartz crystals, with yellow cookeite. Former Bob Whitmore collection.

© 2020 Harold Moritz

Circular brown to black radiation burns in quartz.

© Vandall King

Light green Ludlamite Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 50 mm 1:4,0 reversed Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin

© Giovanni Scapin 2023

Photo by Peter Cristofono, August 2009.

© 2009 Peter Cristofono