Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Calcite |
Formula: | CaCO3 |
Comments: | Occasionally found as massive material associated with limestone bedrock.
Rare specimens of large nail-head crystals (4cm+) coated in smithsonite have been found albeit severely weathered. |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 554804 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:554804:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | cccf816f-f972-4186-a74c-fcbda5a47af9 |
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘMogouhy Mine (Sladoo Mine; Castletown Mine), Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
6.0km (3.8 miles) | ⓘCrossard Quarry, Corofin, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘGleann na Manach (Kilweelran), Ballyvaughan, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
16.7km (10.4 miles) | ⓘCaherglassaun Mine, Gort, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
17.9km (11.1 miles) | ⓘLeac na Naomh, Craggah, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
18.1km (11.2 miles) | ⓘCrumlin Mine, Roadford, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
19.7km (12.2 miles) | ⓘSpancil Hill Mine (Tullyvoghan), Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
19.9km (12.4 miles) | ⓘDoolin Fluorspar Mine, Lisdoonvarna, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
21.4km (13.3 miles) | ⓘBallyvergin Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland |
22.2km (13.8 miles) | ⓘBallymaquiff Quarry, Ballymaquiff, Ardrahan, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
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| | Book | The Geology of the Burren region, Co. Clare, Ireland The Geology of the Burren region, Co. Clare,... Ireland by Dr. Maria E. McNamara & Dr. Ronán W. Hennessy 2 First Edition Published...Published by The Burren Connect Project, Clare County Council, Ennistymon, County Clare. This publication...Hennessy Sources of Map Data: Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi License number 2010/zised...Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2010 The Geology of | | | Journal (issue) | 28 28 FOREWORD Indexes provide ready access to the information contained in books and journals, but...20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and 2000. Information about the minerals...can be found in the locality index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then...avoid the confusion engendered by the repeated late twentieth century boundary changes in the British...British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act of 1974 are adopted almost exclusively | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | crystals, also pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very...very good. This locality was mentioned in the JulyAugust, 1949, issue of R & M (p. 358). "Two other localities...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph. "I am taking the liberty of...specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake Mead, and being the same identical | | | Journal (issue) | e. UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin, 40 mm tall, from Egremont, Cumbria. John...specimen to the British Museum in 1901 for £ 1. It was traded by the Museum to Richard Barstow in the 1970s...twins shown at the 1999 Munich Show. It is illustrated in Calcite: The Mineral with the Most Forms (Extralapis...FOREWOrtD INTRODUCTION EARLY YEARS JN CORN\VALL The t 'K ]ormwl ef I'l'fi11esmu/ Minerals publishes articles...MUSEUMS EDITOR END OFAN David I. Green THE SHow MusT ERA Go ON THE COLLECTION ADVERTISING Peter J. Briscoe | | | Book | Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George...Costas Xenophontos 8. The Nortlrn·est Highlands of Scotland Con Gillen 9. The Inner Hebrides of Scotland...Scotland Con Gillen 11. The Gulf of Corinth Mike Leeder. Julian Andrews. Richard Collier. Rob Gawthorpe....A1ow11Pelee and the desrruction ~ 5 im-Pierre. Jfartinique Al\\yn Scarth Monitoring the Earth: physical...Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6 w·~s.k~ | | | Book | I-Z Published by the Mineralogical Record, Inc., Tucson, Arizona Copyright~ 2016 The Mineralogical Record...or made available on the Internet without the express written permission of the Mineralogical Record...publication. The Mineralogical Record, Inc. does not endorse, warrant or guarantee the validity, authenticity...Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known...known to collectors around 1990 for the superb specimens of a series of rare-earth species found as small |
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