| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | Locality is now a show mine open to the public. Visitors may look, but not collect! A small shop sells mineral specimens. |
| Habit: | Octahedral |
| Colour: | Colourless, very pale purple, very pale greenish |
| Luminescent properties: | None |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | ⓘ10 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Glengowla East Mine, Glengowla, Oughterard, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 106284 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:106284:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3ceb42a1-35d1-463d-9843-4549b2b0757d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘCurraghduff, Glan Mines, Oughterard, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 9.9km (6.1 miles) | ⓘLarkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘArdragh Quarry, Maam Cross, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘWalsh's Quarry, Maam Cross, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘBovroughaun Quarry, Bovroughaun, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 14.1km (8.8 miles) | ⓘLettermuckoo Quarry (Tess Quarry; Lough Naskeha Quarry), Kinvarra, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘLaughil Quarry, Moycullen, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘKilroe West Mine, Spiddal, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 20.6km (12.8 miles) | ⓘCloughmore North Quarry, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 21.3km (13.2 miles) | ⓘRossaveel Quarries, Rossaveel, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
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 | | Journal (volume) | | Journal of the Topographic Mineralogy of Britain and Ireland EDITOR David I. Green 61 Nowell Lane, Leeds, West...included by an unknown black sulphide, from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. Don Edwards specimen and painting...2019 EDITORIAL 2 5 PAPERS Enargite from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Steve A. Rust 6 10 Manganite...McMullen 30 37 Fluorite and associated minerals from Lettermuckoo Quarry, Connemara, Co. Galway Stephen Moreton...Barium-rich muscovite and hyalophane from Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd Tom F. Cotterell, David |  | | Journal (issue) | | logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...COVER: Fluorite, pale green octahedron (7 cm across) with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine...mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell specimen (BM 1964R,4904) in the Natural History...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead Farm quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Avon |
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Glengowla East Mine, Glengowla, Oughterard, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland