Henry Minot's Photo Gallery
4E8-LGRFluorapatite Ca5(PO4)3F
Nevel Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USADimensions: 7 cm x 5.5 cm x 5 cm
Numerous greyish-purple fluorapatite crystals almost completely covering one face of an albite matrix. Collected ca. 1970. Henry Minot photo & collection.
EJP-3HQMoraesite Be2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USADimensions: 2.6 cm x 1.6 cm x 1.0 cm
White moraesite on matrix. Henry Minot photo & collection.
TNV-QMJGoyazite SrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USADimensions: 3.3 cm x 1.5 cm x 0.9 cm
Yellow goyazite crystals covering a feldspar matrix. Henry Minot photo & collection.
URE-3PKHydroxylherderite CaBe(PO4)(OH) , Albite Na(AlSi3O8) , Cookeite (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USADimensions: 3 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.4 cm
Field of View: 4.5 mm
Brownish yellow hydroxylherderite crystals with white albite and some colorless to yellow cookeite. The "dots" coating the hydroxylherderite crystals are tiny fluorapatites along with some cookeite. Henry Minot photo & collection.
Q1H-K2LCopper Cu , Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 , Pyrite FeS2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cape Rosier Mine, Brooksville, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USADimensions: 3.6 cm x 2.1 cm x 1.8 cm
Field of View: 5.5 mm
Copper with some chalcopyrite, a few small pyrite cubes, some light green malachite, and some sky blue aurichalcite crystals, on matrix. Henry Minot photo & collection.
X13-Q6FAnatase TiO2
Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USADimensions: 2.6 cm x 1.7 cm x 1.6 cm
Field of View: 12 mm
Numerous black anatase crystals on matrix. Henry Minot photo & collection.
82V-KJKWurtzite (Zn,Fe)S , Quartz SiO2
Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USADimensions: 1 cm x 1 cm x 0.7 cm
A small specimen from an old collection labeled as "Wurtzite with Quartz", however note that there is doubt that there is real wurtzite at this location or even anywhere else in Connecticut. Henry Minot photo & collection.
JDH-2C0Uralolite Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5H2O
Turner Mine, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USADimensions: 2.4 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.5 cm
Field of View: 1.5 mm
Uralolite in a tiny vug. EDS analyzed by Al Falster at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (similar material). Henry Minot photo & collection.
2R5-7DPSmithsonite ZnCO3 , Quartz SiO2
Cape Rosier Mine, Brooksville, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USADimensions: 1.6 cm x 1.6 cm x 1.5 cm
Field of View: 5 mm
White smithsonite crystals in and around a small vug in quartz. Henry Minot photo & collection.
AE7-4D8Artinite Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O , Diopside CaMgSi2O6
Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USADimensions: 2.7 cm x 1.8 cm x 1.7 cm
Field of View: 8 mm
White artinite on green diopside. Henry Minot photo & collection.