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Greenockite from
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Greenockite
Formula:CdS
Comments:powdery impregnations and deposits
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Greenockite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294808:9
GUID (UUID V4):d9c7a18a-e004-4299-9001-9180dc75ade2
Nearest other occurrences of Greenockite
50.6km (31.4 miles) Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...exploration of metalliferous deposits in the Republic of Ireland. Indeed, about half the entries in the list below...(1986) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin
Report (issue)
5.818 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Hector-Calumet mine, Galena Hill, Canada. 3.36 (100), 2.058 (80), 1...Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group: Dimorphous with greenockite. Sphalerite group. Occurrence: As coatings...Sphalerite, siderite, greenockite. Distribution: In Canada, in the Hector-Calumet mine, Keno-Galena Hill...area, Yukon Territory [TL], and in the Strathcona mine, Sudbury, Ontario. In the USA, near Hanover, Grant...Los Blancos mine, Sierra de Cartagena, Murcia Province, Spain. From Ragada, Greece. At Tynagh, near Killimor
Journal (issue)
., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...D. Freier S.K. Howell TK Meikle 7--------- GREENOCKITE from 8ISHOPTON DIARY OF EVENTS ---------- 8...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED... 11 -3- Encyclopaedia londinensis, 1817. GREENOCKITE from BISHOPTON The type locality - a review T...Tassie Place, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 3EB Greenockite was first described in 1840, from its occurrence
Journal (issue)
mineral & lapidary society SMLS Field Trip To Ireland Journal 210 - November/December 2007 SUSSEX...We plan to visit a range of quarries, mines and mine dumps. There is the possibility of underground collecting...collecting at two locations ( Nizna Slana - mercury mine and Vysna Boca - sulphosalts of Cu and Bi ). Signing...l FIELD TRIP TO IRELAND May 2007 Introduction. The decision to collect in Ireland in May 2007 was made...2007 field trip programme. SMLS had never been to Ireland and it seemed like a good idea at the time! In-house
Journal (issue)
index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localsubsurface waters,and at 25øC for the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco...AND H. L. BARNES agh,CountyGalway,Ireland, andthe Cerrode Pasco mine (Matagentedeposit),Peru.Studiesof...ground water at Burgin mine Loveringand Morris (1965) have examinedthe The Burgin Mine, East Tintic District...Consequently,in carbonateterrains,as at the Burgin mine where carbonatedissolutionis evident, the pH under...constantand the calculatedactivity of Pco•of the mine water equalto 10-a'saand 10-øJ, HzCOaat 10-]'94
Catalog/List
Lizardite Mineral with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite General Stock Sylvinite Superb Dioptase crystals...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5
Book
Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
Journal (issue)
NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Green• Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM...societies, and topographic mineralogy in Britain and Ireland. We describe and illu trate (in four separate articles)...first two articles, "' hich describe Scotland and Ireland, appear here in issue 21, while the remainder will...aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...many exciting new discoveries, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, where even now large tracts of land
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
efor the genesis of the Tynagh basemetal v. 66, p. 901-918. deposit,Ireland: ECON.GEOL.,v. 76, p. 27-55...The Northgate base-metal deposit at Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland--A discussion:ECON. GEOL., v. 61, ...movesthrougha geologicsystem.The picturecanbe CdS, greenockite simplifiedconsiderably at thispointby groupingsul-
Catalog/List
refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland...Waterbank mine Waterbank mine Milltownquany Waterbank mine Wh.Fortune Lyme Regis Dry GIii mine Roughtongill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of cad­ mium sulfides (greenockite or hawleyite). The abundance of greenockite in the supergene alteration...galena/sphalerite pairs (Vlasov, 1966). Cadmium sulfide (greenockite) is a common mineral in the supergene alteration...usually absent from hypogene zinc mineralization. Greenockite usually is accompanied by zinc carbon­ ate (smithsonite)...hexagonal β-ZnS (wurtzite) and hexag­ onal β-CdS (greenockite). The rare cubic α-CdS (hawleyite) (Weiner and...which is the most abundant natural phase, and greenockite are used. Substituting sphalerite by wurtzite
Journal (issue)
Pennian Magnesian Limestone at Raisby, Cox hoe, County Durham , England 75 B. YounR Wavellite and variscite...Braithwaite and JI. Wilson 87 Rosiaite from Bwlch mine, Deganwy, Conwy, Wales C; Ryback and J G. Francis... D.I. Green and G. Ry back Raspite from Carrock mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England: a first British...Neall and D.I. Green Vesignieite from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, a first Scottish...94 Botallackite, including good crystals, from Ireland R.S W Braithwaite and Jf. Wilson 96 Journal of
Report (volume)
profiles of drillcore, Churchill prospect, Fay mine, and Nicklaw mine areas....................................White Creek, N.Y., to data for similar deposits in Ireland..................................................sulfides are more like those of Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Ireland than those of MVT or Appalachian-type Zn deposits...fault - sawteeth on upper plate Contact Base-metal mine, occurrence, or prospect GEOLOGIC SETIING Nassau...of the area including the Fay mine, Churchill Prospect, and Nicklaw mine between 1981 and 1982; they drilled
Catalog/List
crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate
Catalog/List
S0x20mm area. 70x50x35mm. £38. 3) ANGLESJTE. Parys Mine, Anglesey, Wales. Brown cellular gossan matrix showing...label. 60x30xl2mm. £18. 6) AZCRITE, Tynagh Mine, Co Gallway, Ireland. A cavity in veinstone shows a 20x20mm...banded matrix. 80x70x40mm. £85. 8) CALCITE. Clasgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Calcitic matrix, the... £45. 9) CALCITE, PYRITE and QUARTZ. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A limestone/fluorite matrix...10) CASSITERlTE (Pebble Conglomerate). Relistian Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. A 50mm rounded chloritic pebble
Catalog/List
Minerals in this list; Aenigmatite,Atacamite from Ireland,Austinite, grey Calcite,pure Chrysoberyl,Coronadite...Coronadite, Cylindrite, Ferrocolumbite,Florencite Ce, Greenockite,Harkerite,pure Kornerupine,Ludwigite,Native Bismuth...polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite from Ireland . Five new rocks. This catalogue cancels No 79...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall...ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___
Catalog/List
black masses i n green A c t i n o l i t e (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan Sweden) lx1 £1.10 010ALMANDINE F...mass. (Tushar Mts, near Marysville, P i l u t e County Utah, USA) lx1 £ 1 . 6 0 • 0 11 THAUSITE Mg Phosphate...Muscovite red micaeous masses on matrix (Praborna Mine,St Marcel, Val d ' Aosta I t a l y ) lx1 70p 1 x...crystalline masses in matrix (Mullaghderg,County Donegal, Ireland) 1x2 £2 022 ANGLESITE P b Sulphate rich...i c h fawn massive. Xrayed material. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan , Sweden) lx1 £1.50 1 x 2 £3 2 x 2 £6
Catalog/List
pure d~rk brownmetallic (Herbb E2 Hine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lem E6 • , * 0 • 1 • 068...Attractive blue masses in and on pink BÅRYTES.(BlairLogie Mine, n~ar Stirling, Scotland) lxl El. 50 202 COPPER...other Cu minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure...black masses somesllghtly banded.(RayHine, Pinal County Arizona USA) lx2 E2.50 2x2 ES 2x3 E7. 50 513 BROCHANTITE...on matrix.Monument 1 i1ine, ~avajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl E3,50 lx2 E1.00 153 CLINOTYROtITE
Catalog/List
SILICATE) black masses i n Actinolite. (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) lx1 £ 1 . 1 0 218ALMANDINE...orange mass. (Tushar Mts. near Marysville Pilute County, Utah USA) lx1 £1.60 014 ALURGITE.variety of Muscovite...g h t l y crystalline i n matrix. (Mullaghderg County Donegal I r e l a n d ) lx1 £ 1 l x 2 £2 022ANGLESITE...025AHRERITE-RUTNAHORITE rich fawn massive.(Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan Sweden).Looks rarer but i s only a dolomite...with. possible micros i n breccia. (Shanagolden County Limerick) lx1 E3 1 x 2 £5 107 CAFARSITE small
Journal (volume)
and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David...material from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves...between 4 and 5 levels on Tryphena Lode, Pendarves Mine, Cornwall. The field of view is 2.7 mm across. Jean...2 mm across, on deep blue azurite from Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Jean Spence collection. Photo John Chapman...specimen from Cononley Mine near Skipton in North Yorkshire. Cononley, the largest lead mine in the Craven Basin
Catalog/List
fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10...masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7
Catalog/List
Musou.i11 label. £68. Jo BOULANGERITE. TrGsungers Mine, Endollion, Cormrnll- ··A 20x20rrm area of quartz... J . . • • • > CHllliCOSIDEl"HTE. PhoGnix Mine, Linkinhornc, Corrnol"lll. .i\ shallow 30x25mm c::-ivity...£.70. l?LUORJ1'E ;\ND SPHhLEiUTE. Loclcrir'lJ:: Mine , R]r,: Z':.J.ston . I:::-2von . A x m"\ss of fH...r-liras to 3mm. 25x25x l 5mm. £30 , 3-J . GREENOCKITE , Bishopton , l�2Ilfr:..::,rshir.::: , Scotlcmo.... m:i.,"{ , .rn , LEPIDOCROCITE . GrnvGl Hi 11 Mine, Pcrr-.mporth , Corrnr.:-,11 . SO lid limonite/go::
Catalog/List
fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U...Na Al Silicate Pure creamy coloured masses (Tanco Mine, Bernie Lake, Manitoba, Canada) lx2ins £4 2x2ins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
This form of pollution may arise from mine wastes (acid mine drainage) Sulfides such as covellite (CuS)...group Wurtzite structure α-ZnS wurtzite CdS greenockite Nickel arsenide group NiAs structure NiAs niccolite...leaching of arsenopyrite in the presence of common acid mine drainage bacteria (e.g. Leptospirillum ferrooxidans)...arsenopyrite (FeAsS) reacted in the presence of the acid mine drainage bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans,... Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag Sullivan, BC, Canada Tynagh, Ireland py, gn, sph Zn, Pb, Cd, Ga, Ge Missouri
 
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