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Article: The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo.(Book Review)

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The Pegmatite Mines Known as Palermo by Robert W. Whitmore and Robert C. Lawrence Jr., with illustrations by Frederick C. Wilda. Friends of Palermo Mines; order from Natures Finest Creations (http://www. naturesfinestcreations.com, Frederick Wilda), P.O. Box 427, Hadley, MA 01035. 213 pages; 2004; $150 (hardbound).

Seldom have I greeted a book with such pleasure. Pegmatites and mineral histories are my personal passion, and this book combines both. Palermo is not only a specialized locality book on a phosphate-rich pegmatite in North Groton, New Hampshire, but it is also an art book with more than 130 specimen drawings. Moreover, the locality is still open to ...

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