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Quartz from Ireland (island)

Ireland
 
  • Connacht
    • Galway County
      • Bohaun
Lusty, P. A., Naden, J., Bouch, J. J., McKervey, J. A., & McFarlane, J. A. (2011). Atypical gold mineralization in an orogenic settingβ€”the Bohaun Deposit, western Irish Caledonides. Economic Geology, 106(3), 359-380.
Dr. Stephen Moreton (Personnal Collection)
      • Connemara
Reynolds, N. et al (1990) Mineral localities in the Dalradian and associaed rocks of Connemara, County Galway. Geol. Surv. Irel. report series RS 90/2
        • Carna
Stephen Moreton (personal communication)
        • Carrowroe South
Barry Flannery (personal observation 16-2-2017)
Barry Flannery (personal observation 16-2-2017)
        • Clifden
        • Cornamona
Mineral localities in the Dalradian and associated igneous rocks of Connemara, County Galway by N Reynolds
Geological Survey of Ireland.
Mineral localities in the Dalradian and associated igneous rocks of Connemara, County Galway by N Reynolds
Geological Survey of Ireland.
Mineral localities in the Dalradian and associated igneous rocks of Connemara, County Galway by N Reynolds
Geological Survey of Ireland.
        • Costelloe
Menuge, J.F., Feely, M., and O'Reilly, C. (1997): Mineralium Deposita 32, 34-43.
          • Shannapheasteen
e-rocks.com (n.d.) https://e-rocks.com/blogs/1/connemara-blue
        • Glinsk
Barry Flannery (personal observation 16-2-2017)
Barry Flannery (personal observation 16-2-2017)
        • Gorumna Island
Barry Flannery (personal observations 13-02-2017)
        • Kinvarra
(1997) Mineral Localities in the Galway Bay Area - Cian O'Raghallaigh, Martin Feely, Peadar McArdle...[et al]
S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
        • Lettermullan Island
Barry Flannery (personal observation 16-2-2017)
        • Maam Cross
Dr Richard Unitt Collection
        • Oughterard
Barry Flannery Collection
          • Glan Mines
Cornwall
Barry Flannery Collection
Barry Flannery Collection
          • Glengowla
[var. Rock Crystal] specimen in R.W. Barstow collection
Barry Flannery Collection
        • Spiddal
Cornwall
Mineral localities in the Galway bay area Cian O'Raghallaigh, Martin Feely, Peadar McArdle...[et al]
Stephen Moreton (personal communication)
        • Toombeola
drive.google.com (n.d.) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cnwdeUXwDsGdYD_bdtDzjBkZ79i82FZY/view?usp=sharing
      • Killimor
Sangameshwar, S. R., & Barnes, H. L. (1983). Supergene processes in zinc-lead-silver sulfide ores in carbonates. Economic Geology, 78(7), 1379-1397.
Morrissey, C. J. (1970) The Mineralogy, Structure and Origin of the Lead-zinc-copper Residual Orebody at Tynagh, County Gamay, Ireland (Doctoral dissertation, Imperial College of Science and Technology London).
de Haller, series of article in Bull. Soc. Genevoise de MinΓ©ralogie in the 1980s.
      • Renville
O’Reilly, C., Feely, M., McArdle, P., Mc Dermot, C. Geoghegan, M. & Keary, R. (1997). Mineral localities in the Galway Bay Area. Geol. Surv. Ireland. Special Report Series. RS/97/1(Mineral Resources) ISSN0790-0279, 70p. & 1:150,000 Geological and Mineral Localities Map of the Galway Bay Area.
    • Leitrim County
      • Manorhamilton
Barry Flannery (personal observation 29-12-2016)
    • Mayo County
      • Castlebar
Moreton, S. (2008) The minerals of Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Journal of the Russell Society, vol. 11, 71-72.
      • Cregganbaun
Chapman, R. J., Leake, R. C., & Moles, N. R. (2000). The use of microchemical analysis of alluvial gold grains in mineral exploration: experiences in Britain and Ireland. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 71(3), 241-268.
      • Croagh Patrick
Wolfe, M., Oddy, M., Starkey, R. (2008) Mineral News. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 29, 4-22
Barry Flannery Collection
Aftalion, M., & Max, M. D. (1987). U-Pb zircon geochronology from the Precambrian Annagh Division gneisses and the Termon granite, NW County Mayo, Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(3), 401-406.
Winchester, J. A., & Max, M. D. (1987). A displaced and metamorphosed peralkaline granite related to the late Proterozoic Labrador and Gardar suites: the Doolough Granite of County Mayo, northwest Ireland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 24(4), 631-642.
      • Erris Head
Ryback, George, Nawaz, R., Farley, E. (1988) Seventh supplementary list of British Isles minerals (Irish) Mineralogical Magazine, 52 (365) 267-274
Max, M.D., Treloar, P.J., Winchester, J.A. and Oppenheim, M.J. (1983) Cr Mica from the Precambrian Erris Complex, NW Mayo, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 47, nΒ° 344, pp. 359-364.
S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
Moreton, S., & Jackson, B. (1992). Annabergite and Wroewolfeite: two minerals new to Ireland. Irish journal of earth sciences, 177-180.
    • Sligo County
      • Aughamore
Barry Flannery Collection
      • Ballysadare
Stephen Moreton
S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
  • Leinster
    • Carlow County
Barros, Renata, David Kaeter, Julian F. Menuge, Thomas Fegan, and John Harrop. (2022) "Rare Element Enrichment in Lithium Pegmatite Exomorphic Halos and Implications for Exploration: Evidence from the Leinster Albite-Spodumene Pegmatite Belt, Southeast Ireland" Minerals 12, no. 8: 981. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080981
Whitworth, M. P. (1992). Petrogenetic implications of garnets associated with lithium pegmatites from SE Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, 56(382), 75-83.
Ryback, George, Nawaz, R., Farley, E. (1988) Seventh supplementary list of British Isles minerals (Irish) Mineralogical Magazine, 52 (365) 267-274
Steiger, R. and von Knorring, O. (1974) J. Earth Sci. (Leeds) 8, 433-443.
Richard Unitt Collection.
    • Dublin County
Field observation by Stephen Callaghan
      • Killiney
Green, D.I. (1998) Phosgenite: a first Irish occurrence from Killiney, Co. Dublin. U.K. Journal of Mines & Minerals, No. 19, p. 12.
      • Loughshinny
Kevin L. Shelton, James P. Hendry, Jay M. Gregg, Jon P. Truesdale, Ian D. Somerville (2019) Fluid circulation and fault-and fracture-related diagenesis in Mississippian Syn-rift carbonate rocks on the Northeast Margin of the Metalliferous Dublin Basin, Ireland. Journal of Sedimentary Research 89: 508-536.
    • Kilkenny County
Spinks, S. (2020) Gold in Irish Coal: Palaeo-Concentration from Metalliferous Groundwaters. Minerals 10, 635.
Bullock, L.A.
Parnell, J.
Armstrong, J.G.
Perez, M.
      • Johnstown
Balassone, G., Rossi, M., Boni, M., Stanley, G., and McDermott, P. (2008) Ore Geology Reviews 33, 168-186.
John R. Sullivan et al (2005) A Technical Review of the Galmoy Mine and Prospecting Licences Held by Arcon in the Irish Midlands-republic of Ireland for Lundin Mining Corporation
    • Longford County
      • Ballymahon
        • Keel
Barry Flannery (Personal Collection)
    • Meath County
      • Navan (An Uaimh)
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Peace, W. M., Wallace, M. W., Holdstock, M. P., & Ashton, J. H. (2003). Ore textures within the U lens of the Navan Zn-Pb deposit, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, 38(5), 568-584.
Kucha, H., & Wieczorek, A. (1984). Sulfideβ€”carbonate relationships in the Navan (Tara) Zn-Pb deposit, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, 19(3), 208-216.
Yesares, L., Menuge, J. F., Blakeman, R. J., Ashton, J. H., Boyce, A. J., Coller, D., ... & Farrelly, I. (2021). Pyritic mineralization halo above the Tara Deep Zn-Pb deposit, Navan, Ireland: Evidence for sub-seafloor exhalative hydrothermal processes?. Ore Geology Reviews, 104415.
    • Wexford County
      • Enniscorthy
Dr Richard Unitt (unpublished find)
    • Wicklow County
      • Arklow
Stephen Moreton Collection
      • Aughrim
O'Reilly, C., Gallagher, V., and Feely, M. (1997): Mineralium Deposita 32, 569-580.
McConnell, B. J., Stillman, C. J., & Hertogen, J. (1991). An Ordovician basalt to peralkaline rhyolite fractionation series from Avoca, Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society, 148(4), 711-718.
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Sheppard, W.A., (2007) Avoca Mine, a Volcanic Hosted Massive Sulphide Deposit in the Southwest of the European Caledonides. LiaMin Rpt 171.07, 10/10/2007 SGA Field Guide
King, Robert Joseph, Evans, A. M., 1964. An occurrence of morenosite in Ireland, Mineralogical Magazine, 33 (267), p. 1110-1113
      • Blessington
        • Kilbride
      • Croghan Kinshela Mountain
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 627-634
Ixer, R. A., McArdle, P., & Stanley, C. J. (1990). Primary gold mineralization within metamorphosed iron ores, Southeast Ireland. Geol. Surv. Ire. Bull, 4, 221-6.
      • Glendalough
D Jordan collection
S. Callaghan, observation during field trip
      • Glendasan
Charlie Smith Collection
S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
      • Glenmalure
S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
Phillips, William (1823) An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy (3rd ed.)
      • Lough Dan
        • Brown Mountain
David Jordan (1999), unpublished undergraduate mapping thesis, Trinity College Dublin.
Moreton, S. & Green, D.I. (2007) β€œThe mineralogy of the Wicklow lead mines”, Journal of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, No. 7, p.19-32.
      • Newtonmountkennedy
Embrey, Peter G. (1978) Fourth supplementary list of British minerals. Mineralogical Magazine, 42 (322) 169-177 doi:10.1180/minmag.1978.042.322.01
Oppenheim, M.J., BrΓΌck, P.M., Elsdon, R., Synge, F.M., Weaver, A. and Warren, W.P. (1977) Eskolaite, Cr2O3, from County Wicklow, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 41, nΒ° 319, 402-403.
  • Munster
    • Clare County
      • The Burren
        • Carran
Barry Flannery personal observations
Barry Flannery Collection
        • Corofin
GSI Open File
Barry Flannery personal observations
    • Cork County
      • Blackrock
[var. Amethyst] Greg, Robert Philips, Lettsom, William G. (1858) Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John Van Voorst, London.
      • Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines
        • Allihies
Barry Flannery (personal observation 2006)
Barry Flannery (personal observation 2006)
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
      • Crosshaven
Dr Richard Unitt (observation)
      • Glandore
Dr Richard Unitt Collection
      • Mallow
[var. Cotterite] Cork University Museum
      • Mizen Peninsula
        • Aughadown/Leighcloon
Barry Flannery (Personal Observation)
        • Ballydehob
          • Audley Mines
Barry Flannery (Personal Communication)
Barry Flannery Collection
        • Letter
Dr. Richard Unitt & Barry Flannery
        • Schull
          • Coosheen
Cornwall
          • Glaun
Barry Flannery Collection
Monika Kertowska Collection
      • Rosscarbery
Barry Flannery Collection
      • Sheeps Head Peninsula
Barry Flannery Collection
Barry Flannery Collection
      • Skibbereen
Duffy, T.J. (1932) Report on West Cork Copper mines
Duffy, T.J. (1932) Report on West Cork Copper mines
Barry Flannery (Personal Observation)
      • Tracton
        • Minane Bridge
Stephen Moreton (Pers. Comm.)
    • Kerry County
      • Castleisland
S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
      • Kenmare
        • Kenmare Mines
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
      • Killarney
        • Lough Leane
Ixer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.
Ixer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.
    • Limerick County
      • Shanagolden
[var. Smoky Quartz]
    • Tipperary County
      • Monard
Duane, M. J. (1988). Genesis, mineralogy and geochemistry of uranium in the Gortdrum stratiform copper deposit, Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, 23(1), 50-57.
      • Moyne
Bergakademie Freiberg, special exhibition, 2019.
      • Silvermines District
Balassone, G., Rossi, M., Boni, M., Stanley, G., and McDermott, P. (2008) Ore Geology Reviews 33, 168-186.
Andrew, Colin J. (2024) The Ballynoe Stratiform Barite Deposit, Silvermines, County Tipperary, Ireland. Minerals, 14 (5) doi:10.3390/min14050498
Barry Flannery Collection and Stephen Moreton (Pers. Comm.)
Econ Geol (1987) 82:371-394
Mineralogical Magazine 1959 32 : 128-139.
Dr Richard Unitt Collection
Moreton, Stephen (1999) The Silvermines District, County Tipperary, Ireland. The Mineralogical Record, 30 (2) 99-106
Barry Flannery (Personal Observation)
        • Shallee Mountain
Econ Geol (1987) 82:371-394
Mineralogical Magazine 1959 32 : 128-139.
    • Waterford County
      • Bonmahon (Bunmahon)
        • Knockmahon
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 540-626
Moreton, S. (1991) J. Russell Soc., 4(1), p. 36-7
  • Ulster
    • Cavan County
      • Stradone
        • Carricknaveddan
Barry Flannery (personal observation June 22nd 2006)
    • Donegal County
R Lawson & S Moreton Communication
      • Dunglow
[var. Rose Quartz]
      • Lettamackaward
John and Robert Lawson (2015)
    • Monaghan County
      • Ballybay-Clones Municipal District
        • Calliagh
O'Reilly, J. P. (1889). On the Occurrence of Idocrase in the County Monaghan. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1889-1901), 1, 446-450.
Barry Flannery Collection
Barry Flannery (personal observation June 22nd 2006)
      • Monaghan Municipal District
        • Clontibret mining district
          • Annayalla
Barry Flannery (personal observations 23rd June 2006)
          • Clontibret
MORRIS, J. (1984) . The Metallic Mineral Deposits of the Lower Palaeozoic Longford-Down Inlier, in the Republic of Ireland, p. 46-54
UK
 
  • Northern Ireland
    • Co. Antrim
      • Ballymena
P Haas collection
      • Cushendall
Trevor Boyd specimen, now in Gerhard Niklasch's collection
      • Cushendun
Trevor Boyd Collection
      • Islandmagee
        • Port Muck
Moles, N. R. (2018). Andradite and magnetite in contact-metamorphosed Chalk near Portmuck, Islandmagee, County Antrim. Journal of the Russell Society, 21, 21-26.
      • Larne
Tilley, C.E., Alderman, A.R. (1934) Progressive metasomatism in the flint nodules of the Scawt Hill contact-zone. Mineralogical Magazine: 23: 513-518.
      • Templepatrick
Walker, G.P.L. (1960) The amygdale minerals in the Tertiary lavas of Ireland. IV. The crystal habit of calcite. Mineralogical magazine, 32 (251) 609-618
    • Co. Tyrone
      • Omagh
Birtel, S., Wunderlich, I., & Gutzmer, J. (2013). Tracking ore mineral characteristics from mine to concentrate: The fate of electrum at the Cavanacaw gold deposit, Northern Ireland. In 12th SGA Biennial Meeting, August (pp. 12-15).
Economic Geology Vol. 95, 2000, pp. 1389–1416
Economic Geology Vol. 95, 2000, pp. 1389–1416
    • County Down
      • Conlig
Moles & Nawaz (1996) Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 15:145-153
      • Kilkeel
        • Aughrim Hill
Moreton, S., Green, D. I., Tindle, A.G. (2012) An Unusual Mineral Assemblage from the Aureole of the Mourne Granite Complex at Aughrim Quarry, Kilkeel, Co. Down. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 30, 61-66
      • Mourne Mountains
        • Newcastle
[var. Smoky Quartz] Green, David I., Bell, R., Moreton, S. (2005) Drusy cavity minerals including the first Irish danalite from Lindsay’s Leap, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 25, 25-30
[var. Smoky Quartz] S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
[var. Smoky Quartz] Field observation by Stephen Callaghan
[var. Smoky Quartz] Olivier MΓ©vel specimen
Trevor Boyd Collection
        • Spelga
[var. Smoky Quartz] Green, D.I., Moreton, S. (2001) Twenty years in minerals: Ireland. UK Journal of Mines and Minerals 21, Rockbottom Publications. 29-36
 
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