 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | geochemistry of uranium in the Gortdrum stratiform copper deposit, Ireland M. J. Duane Present address:...Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Abstract. The Gortdrum Cu-Ag-As-Sb-Hg-U orebody occurs in...transcurrent fault system in Southern County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. The deposit comprises a linear...base-metal deposits is Ireland, such as Navan, Tynagh, Silvermines, Gortdrum, Ballinalack, Keel and Mallow... Fig. 1. Map of Ireland with main deposits and prospects. The CuAg deposits Gortdrum (Go), Aherlow (Ah) |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulphide mineral containing copper and mercury, from Ireland G. M. STEEO Department of Mineral Exploitation...dolomitized limestones from the Gortdrum Orebody of County Tipperary, Ireland. It has an empiricalformula...9~ and the VHNlo hardness range 186 to 230. THE Gortdrum orebody lies in basal Carboniferous sedimentary...sulphides are uncommon. Very small amounts of cinnabar are present, mainly as smears on fracture surfaces...ferroan dolomite-baryte vein containing disseminated cinnabar occurred. Three samples from this vein were studied |  | Silva, Andressa A., Cordeiro, Pedro, Johnson, Sean C., Lagoeiro, Leonardo E., Corcoran, Loretta, Simonetti, Antonio, Meere, Patrick A., Unitt, Richard, Colaço, Laisa Stingelin, Santos, Anderson M. (2021) The Carbonate-Hosted Tullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Ireland. Minerals, 11 (6) 560 doi:10.3390/min11060560 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carbonate-Hosted Tullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Ireland Andressa A. Silva 1, * , Pedro Cordeiro 2 , Sean...Carbonate-Hosted Tullacondra Cu-Ag Deposit, Mallow, Ireland. Minerals 2021, 11, 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; sean.johnson@icrag-centre.org Boliden Mineral...Distillery Fields, North Mall, T23 N73K Cork, Ireland; p.meere@ucc.ie (P.A.M.); r.unitt@ucc.ie (R.U.)...carbonate-hosted Cu-Ag resource mined out in the 70 s, the Gortdrum deposit [5], and other underexplored deposits |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 24.10 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Gortdrum deposit, Ireland. 4.58 (100), 3.38 (70), 2.88 (50), 2.78...39.6 21.0 (3) Total 99.11 99.5 (1) Gortdrum deposit, Ireland; by electron microprobe, average of four...chalcocite, cinnabar, ferroan dolomite, barite. From the Gortdrum deposit, near Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland...Ireland [TL]. For the type locality, the Gortdrum deposit, Ireland. Type Material: The Natural History...sulphide mineral containing copper and mercury, from Ireland. Mineral. Mag., 47, 35–36. (2) (1984) Amer. Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S...Figure 3. CALEDONITE (0.25mm) on LINARITE: Red Gill mine Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.S.W. Braithwaite Collection...the rare ban·um zeoliteham1otomeat Pen-y-Cl1111 Mine is thoughtto be only the third locali!J•forthe mineral...recorded from the Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Gwynedd (Smith & Bannister, 1944}and Cwm Orog Mine, Llangynog, Powys (Russell...\fachynlleth, and was for a rime the most productive lead mine in what was then Montgomeryshire. Discovered around |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens found by the late Arthur Kingsbury (I9O6-68). County references are to the old boundaries, throughout...and arsenides near the south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis...tennantite in limestone, at Gortdrum mine, Oola, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. BM(NH) specimens, collected...ochreous, at West Turf Pits mine, Grassington Moor, Yorkshire. Also, at Treore mine, St. Teath, Cornwall. A...Ganophyllite Some of the ganophyllite at Benallt mine, Rhiw, Caernarvonshire (W. Campbell Smith et al |  | | Catalog/List | | Santa Fe. New Mexico. Hansonberg District Socorro County New Mexico £25 3 DANBURITE single ,sharp, chesil...cavities up to one inch size. near Little Lake, Inyo County California large 2x3 £17 Ix2 £7 I 2. EPIDOTE good...with micros of blue Kinoite in places £4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA 16. MAGNETITE , black lustrous octahedral...short-wave FLUORESCENT white . Yellow Pine rine, Clark County Nevada USA 2x 1.5 £8 N'~is..j CALCITE excellent...pale green-grey covering, about 2x3 area, Hawkswood Mine Cornwall FLUORESCENT green Short wave £ 18 I- |  | | Catalog/List | | Has two good cavities . near Little Lake, Inyo County California Ix2 £7 I4. EPfDOTE good display piece...with micros of blue Kinoite in places £4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA J 7. MAGNETITE , black lustrous octahedral...short-wave FLUORESCENT white . Yellow Pine mine, Clark County Nevada USA 2x1.5 £8 22. CALCITE white crystallised...green-grey covering , about 2x3 area, 1-lawkswood Mine Cornwall FLUORESCENT green Short wave £ 18 24. QUARTZ...green crust over 2x2.5 inch matrix. (Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary, S. Ireland. (has a cut base) £15 30. MELANOPHLOGITE |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN IRELAND ■■— <.d ■/A-- 'W .. 1 Edited by CJ. Andrew... ■Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland The front cover photograph shows a general view...from the 1 : 1.000,000 map Mineral Deposits of Ireland, 1984. by M. L. Browne and C. G. R. Reid, produced... Geology and Genesis of Mineral Deposits in Ireland Edited by C. J. Andrew, R. W. A. Crowe, S. Finlay...be ordered from: GGMDI c/o Geological Survey of Ireland Beggars Bush Haddington Rd. Dublin 4 Phone: 609511 |  | | Journal (issue) | | The owners of the area encompassing the Carrock Mine have confirmed that they will enforce the same conditions...minerals Currently it is the accepted practice that mine~a-ls found by Collectors collecting with permissi~n...catalogues lo date. Later study at Penberthy Croll mine has produced further specimens of this rare Cu-M...shows a small amount of red material which must be cinnabar around the edges of weathered sphalerite. Mike...specimen of woodwardite (2119) from South Caradon mine. He did not collect it himself but obtained it from |  | Hazen, R. M., Golden, J., Downs, R. T., Hystad, G., Grew, E. S., Azzolini, D., Sverjensky, D. A. (2012) Mercury (Hg) mineral evolution: A mineralogical record of supercontinent assembly, changing ocean geochemistry, and the emerging terrestrial biosphere. American Mineralogist, 97 (7) 1013-1042 doi:10.2138/am.2012.3922 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ma. Since the first terrestrial appearance of cinnabar more than 3 billion years ago, mercury minerals...effectively sequestered as insoluble nanoparticles of cinnabar (HgS) or tiemannite (HgSe) during the period of...biosphere at ~400 Ma. Keywords: Ocean geochemistry, cinnabar, tiemannite, biosphere, supercontinent cycle,...contain linear S–Hg–S configurations, for example in cinnabar, which has infinite helical chains (–S–Hg–S–)∞...(see Table 2 for key) Oldest (Ma) Youngest (Ma) Cinnabar HgS >2000 known localities: AU02, AU04, AT02, |  | | 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) | | (Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...pseudomorphous after analcime, 245 INDEX Geevor mine, neotocite, 279 and M26 Luxulyan, luxullianite (in...apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, francevillite, I72 Stamps |  | | Catalog/List | | Order Only Minerals principally from FRANCE and IRELAND. All the min~rals were collected by me personally... with some minor Malachite. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x l l 2p. 1 x 2 30p. 2 x 2 60p...with the Bornite. There is little matrix. (Gortdrum, Tipperary, Eire) 1 x 2 1 Op. 2 x 2 20p. lb. 60p. to...fine lustre. Selected pieces. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x 2 Z0p. 2 x 2 40p. 2 x 4 80p....with pretty iridescence; green, reddish, etc. (County Cork, Eire) 1 x 1 5p. 1 x 2 1 Op. 2 x 2 20p. lb |  | Bindi, Luca, Paar, Werner H., Leblhuber, Peter (2018) Gortdrumite, Cu24Fe2Hg9S23, from Leogang, Salzburg, Austria: crystal structure and revision of the chemical formula. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (4) 853-861 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.065 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the ores coming from the Gortdrum orebody of County Tipperary, Ireland. By means of X-ray powder diffraction...Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 LUCA BINDI ET AL. Evain et al. 2006), we...originate from the mercury zone with abundant cinnabar, mercury and moschellandsbergite. Gortdrumite...material for study. The associated minerals are cinnabar, chalcocite, and possibly cerussite and malachite...coordination) is 2.386 Å, comparable to those found in cinnabar (i.e. 2.368 Å; Auvray and Genet, 1973). In addition |  | | Catalog/List | | massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with |  | | Catalog/List | | 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...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE |  | | Catalog/List | | ___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye...- -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ), The Inishdawros metaperidotite, Connemara, Ireland, 69 AHMED (Z.), Chromite from Sakhakot-Qila, Pakistan...St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar,...Island, Sweden, titanomagnetite, 265 Amalgam, Tipperary, I7O Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India, magnetite, 463...breakdown product of staurolite from Donegal, 237 Auburn mine, Michigan, stilpnomelane, 36I and M37 Augite, Turkey...anal., opt., sp. gr., X-ray, I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 |  | | Journal (issue) | | stream sediment survey of the area around Carrock Mine (Appleton and Wadge, 1976) shows three, roughly...resembles the quartz in the tungsten veins at Carrock mine, being very coarse and greasy with few cavities...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria. Mineral Reconnaissance Programme. Report...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John van Voorst, London . ix, 483pp. [facsimile...the Lake District of Cumbria including Wanthwaite mine (Young., 1987); Nether Row Brow (Young et ai, 1992) |  | | Catalog/List | | £10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with...£8 2x3 £12 236 1129 • ALMAN DINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained solid grainlike |  | | Catalog/List | | - 2tx2". £2; Specimen B ltxl". £1. Char Kounhi Mine, Iran. Rich, lustrous, turquoise blue crystals scattered...Limonite. 3x2". £3. -2- BISMUTHINITE. Fowey ~onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Rich grey elongated thick...ma tr ix 4x3x2t". £8. 10. BOUnNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, ~ornwall. An intergrown mass of lustrous...Itxlt". £2. 12. ~£CITE. 13. CALCITE. Millclose Mine, Nr. MJtlock, Derbys. Two large whitish s alenohedral...Fluorite cubes. 4~x4". £4. 14. CASSITERITE. Pell Mine, St. gnes, Cornwall. Bright, lustrous, black terminated |  | | Book | | This book describes the island of Ireland as a physical whole. Ireland has a peculiar significance in modern...In the early part of the Palaeozoic, north-west Ireland belonged with the New World and the remainder of...Telephone: 01242 714600 A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND Gweedore, County Donegal in September, looking towards...Photograph by M. C. F. Proctor A GEOLOGY OF IRELAND Edited by C. H. HOLLAND COLLEGE OF ST. PAUL AMD...Wilson Formerly: Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast; presently: Institute of Geological Sciences |
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Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland