Palermo No. 1 Mine

The mine is the type locality for 15 species, and the site produces over 150 species in total.

The minerals from this site are primarily of interest to micromount and systematic mineral collectors, but the site is primarily worked for gem beryl specimens.

The site may also be known as the Hartford Mine, the GE Mine, or the Palermo Mine.

It was worked as the Hartford Mine between 1878-1888, the Palermo Mine between 1888 and 1898, the GE mine between 1898 and 1945, and the Palermo mine between 1945-now.

Specimens labelled simply as the Palermo mine are a little problematic, because there are dozens of ‘Palermo prospects’ and at least three ‘Palermo mines’. It is possible but certainly not guaranteed that they are all from Palermo No. 1.

The mine can be accessed, but it seems permission is only granted to mineral collecting clubs in the area.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-3942.html
• https://www.capitalmineralclub.org/newsletters/oct2001nl/page4.html
• https://www.mindatnh.org/Palermo%20Gallery.html

We may have specimens from specific locales around New Hampshire including:

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

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