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Silvermines (Ireland) Specimens Wanted!

Last Updated: 27th May 2010

Mogul Mine specimens wanted!


Due to the importance of the Mogul Mine, Silvermines locality in the field of Irish mineralogy, I am particularly interested in acquiring or simply seeing specimens from the locality. I am willing to buy or trade for these specimens and please do not hesitate to contact me at barryflannery@gmail.com if you have any specimens for sale or trade, or even to just show me, as I would be most grateful!

I'm especially interested in acquiring the bournonite figured on page 104 of the March-April 1999 issue of the Mineralogical Record (Vol.30, No.2).A photograph of the specimen can be found here; http://www.aditnow.co.uk/photo/Personal-Album-1490-Image-39001/

An example of the minerals found in the Mogul Mine

Large rhombs of dolomite and a single cube-octahedron of galena

Ruby crystals of sphalerite with minor galena

Group of cubo-octahedral galena crystals on dolomite

Group of dulled cubo-octahedral galena crystals on dolomite

Mirror bright cubo-octahedral of galena on pyrite

Mirror bright cubo-octahedral galena crystals embedded in a pyrite matrix

Galena and sphalerite crystals on matrix

Single cube-octahedron of galena on pyrite



I am also interested in any information or accounts regarding the mineralogy of the mine or first hand references of what was found, for example the collecting trips of the late Richard Barstow in the early 1980's. Other potentially interesting sources of information would be former mine employees or geologist's who might recall seeing the in-situ mineralization. This is of great importance to me and I'm extremely keen to hear such information or accounts.

Thank you!

Barry Flannery
barryflannery@gmail.com




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Comments

You mean, something like this?


Silvermines Galena. Not Available :-)


Jolyon Ralph
12th Oct 2007 10:28pm

Moorland Minerals
You may have already seen these ones at another show - but in case you haven't here is what Moorland Minerals (minus Stephen who is recovering from a nasty collecting accident) had available:

Jolyon Ralph
14th Oct 2007 2:13am
hello Barry....like this? cheers, joe freilich gemcrystals@aol.com


http://www.mindat.org/photo-191256.html

Joseph Freilich
21st Oct 2008 2:46am
hi barry

couple of rocks from my collection


http://www.mindat.org/photo-243134.html & http://www.mindat.org/photo-243136.html

cheers

ian

Ian Jones
27th Jul 2009 10:35am
Barry,

This one isn't available either :)


Bournonite from Silvermines


Jolyon Ralph
27th Jul 2009 11:05am

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