| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Smithsonite |
| Formula: | ZnCO3 |
| Comments: | Very difficult to find nowadays, several specimens in the Barry Flannery Collection show distinct tetrahedra albeit slightly rounded. Mammilations and botryoids are by far the most common although some botryoids/mammilations show tetrahedra under magnification and even microscopic spheres... |
| Habit: | Botryoidal, Tetrahedral. |
| Colour: | Yellow,Orange to Green |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Fluorite | ⓘ38 photos of Smithsonite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Anglesite | ⓘ9 photos of Smithsonite associated with Anglesite at this locality. |
| Hydrozincite | ⓘ2 photos of Smithsonite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Smithsonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (62 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 10211 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:10211:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c572f5be-871e-49e3-8804-4ee6e394aa0b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Smithsonite |
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| 6.0km (3.8 miles) | ⓘCrossard Quarry, Corofin, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 21.4km (13.3 miles) | ⓘBallyvergin Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 24.5km (15.2 miles) | ⓘKilbricken Mine (Kilbreckan Mine), Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
| 31.0km (19.3 miles) | ⓘM6 Road Cut, Doughiska, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 50.6km (31.4 miles) | ⓘTynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 60.5km (37.6 miles) | ⓘMogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
| 62.4km (38.8 miles) | ⓘKnockanroe mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
| 62.8km (39.0 miles) | ⓘBallygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
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Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland