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Chalcopyrite from
Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
00175350017366799818969.jpg
Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
02448200017272014789107.jpg
Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
03625090017366799819778.jpg
Chalcopyrite, etc.

Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Siderite6
Quartz6
Triphylite5
Pyrite3
Tavorite2
Covellite2
Hureaulite2
Vivianite2
Bornite2
Barbosalite2
Malachite2
Wolfeite2
Rockbridgeite2
Ludlamite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249596
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249596:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘPalermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCharles Davis Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘKeyes Mica Quarries, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘPattuck Quarry, Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘThetford Lead Mine, Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘThetford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘWoodstock Silver Mine, Woodstock, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘElizabeth Mine, South Strafford, Strafford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
37.4km (23.3 miles) ⓘEly Mine, South Vershire, Vershire, Orange County, Vermont, USA
46.6km (29.0 miles) ⓘCroydon Mine, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Rocks & Minerals (Sept/Oct 1981).
Cameron, Eugene N., Larrabee, David M., McNair, Andrew H., Page, James J., Stewart, Glen W., Shainin, Vincent E. (1954) Pegmatite Investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, W.B. Simmons, James W. Nizamoff, and R.W. Whitmore (2012) Falsterite, A New Zinc-Bearing Secondary Phosphate From The Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire. 39th Rochester Symposium abstracts.
Kampf, A. R., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., Whitmore, R. W. (2013) Nizamoffite, Mn2+Zn2(PO4)2(H2O)4, the Mn analogue of hopeite from the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire. American Mineralogist, 98 (10) 1893-1898 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4491
 
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