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Siderite from
Ballycummisk Mine, Audley Mines, Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Comments:Generally found as earthy-brown oxidised material in quartz. Occasionally well formed saddle-shaped crystals and rhombs are found albeit oxidised to a brown colour.
Habit:Rhombohedral
Colour:Brown-White-Clear
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ballycummisk Mine, Audley Mines, Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:307462
Long-form Identifier:1:3:307462:6
GUID (UUID V4):e3d1e7bc-2c99-43e6-b537-e71c42a772b9
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
14.0km (8.7 miles) Rooska Mine, Sheeps Head Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
19.6km (12.2 miles) Dhurode Mine (Carrigacat Mine), Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
22.2km (13.8 miles) Brow Head Mine (Mullavoge Mine), Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
40.8km (25.3 miles) Mountain Mine, Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from gold-bearing deposits, Britain and Ireland John Parnell a , Sam Spinksb and Nigel Blameyc...samples from goldbearing deposits in Britain and Ireland are anomalously rich in methane. Chalcopyrite samples...Neoproterozoic basement (Caledonides greenschist), Munster Basin (Variscides greenschist) and the Carboniferous...Neoproterozoic is methane-rich, but in the low-gold Munster Basin it is methane-poor. These gas data from opaque...This was tested using deposits from Britain and Ireland (Figure 1) by assessing if the compositions of
Catalog/List
CATALOGUE 107, NEW MINERALS 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood .Mine, Cornwall Greenish , good coating on matrix, green...II: ■ GISMONDINE Green road Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim Chalk')' white areas on Basalt. ½ inch £4...Zeolite 169 ■■ GONNARDITE Hillsport, Island Magee, County Antrim, N.lrelan Quite rich white radiating mass...gelatin capsule .J £5 207 ■■ KESTERITE Cligga Mine Cornwall Metallic mass in matrix, quite rich Ix...£12 Mg OH Cl 385 ■■ MIARGYRITE Mc Laughlin Mine, Napa County California black areas in quartz with red
Journal (issue)
JO· AUTUMN'" WINTER 1991 u K journal of mines & minerals CONTENTS issue no. I O·autumn-winter...D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S...S.K. Howell ------28 ------STE-MARIE-AUX-MINES 1991 D.M. Schofield EDITORIAL M.P. Cooper· D.!. Grem...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (0909) 476906 l'KJournal of Mines & 1\lincr~lsNo. 10 -\- 1991 GUEST EDITORIAL The...C'i.rcnJ rhc1r \\Jffll ~rtidc\. I· K Journal of Mines & Mineral, No. 10 -2- rhJnk, UJ all the mcmhc"
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)
imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on...linearmagnification is 40x. BernieDaycollection. UKJourn:il of Mines & Mincnls No. 24 -3- MINERAL NEWS Compiled by...found with corroded pale blue beryl. The Strontian Mines on Loch Sunart arc well known for the zeolites harrnotome...the clement strontium. Quartz i uncommon at the mines and well-crystallised specimens are virtually unknown
Catalog/List
lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a...lxl£2 2x3£6 3x4£8 feldspar ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 5...2x3£15 Gamet ½" £3 ALTHAUSITE ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Modum, Buskerud,Norway 975 44 Brown-purple
Journal (volume)
and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David...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...2.2 mm across, on deep blue azurite from Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Jean Spence collection. Photo John...specimen from Cononley Mine near Skipton in North Yorkshire. Cononley, the largest lead mine in the Craven Basin
Journal (issue)
to 22nvn from 3 ---- - - ----- Cook's Kitchen mine, Cornwall. Spedmen In the collection of the Royal...SOCIETY Peter Moore • John Pearce 10 FORCE CRAG MINE Dtlf.!idGreen • DavidMcCa/lum • Mike Wood 15 MINERAL...through the appropriate channels. YSTRAD EINION MINE John Mason • Steve Rust 37 BOOK REVIEWS 45 CLASSIFIED...Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY...DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL BRITISH MINERAL
Book
being discovered at a far greater rate than are mines, new information is forthcoming and new theories...his Roman Mines in Europe (1935), refers to the problem of poor evidence for ancient mines and suggests...disciplines. If this is true for ancient Greek and Roman mines it is still more valid for prehistoric workings...the work is to describe and discuss prehistoric mines and to consider the areas from which early man obtained...Tyler also helped me with his views on the copper mines of Gt Ormes Head in North Wales. I would also like
Book
Quarry. 45 Spoil heaps associated with the old tin mines of Cornwall, 52 A crinoidal limestone from the Peak...(Liassic) shaks. 6S 22. The renuins of the Glencricff Mine at Wanlockhc:id. 77 23. A galena specimen. 79 24...:achesof England. 116 .io. A beach on the Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales, 119 .JI. A gravel pit near Wormit...reference to Wales and Ireland. The former is, of course, renow11ed for its gold mines and, like Scotland...geological formations in Brit:1i11; while Northern Ireland ha the great tourist attraction of the Giant's
Book
A. Hatch, Mineralogist, United States Bureau of Mines, Norris Tennessee, and W. D. George, Chief, High...largescaleoperation was at the turquoise deposits on the Sinai Peninsula, at least as early as 3400 B.C. Flint, a kind...many men and using expensive equipment. The gold mines in the Johannesburg area have 350,000 workers in...sent organized parties into the Sudan, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Arabian Desert to find and recover turquoise...eighteenth century in the study of ores in the mines of Saxony. 19 The MineralKi11gdo111 Prospecting
Report (issue)
• • • • 4. Work for the Government of Northern Ireland • • • • • 5. Overseas and Mineral Surveys • • •...and Islands • D. Geological Survey of Northern Ireland • ♦ II. Sectional Reports A. B. c. Palaeontological...one-inch geological maps of Norther11 . . . . Ireland . .. . . Fig. 3 Key to letters used on National...Geological Survey in founding the Royal School of Mines is well kno,,vn and close relations l1ave al,vays...and Islands Unit - Geological Survey of Northern Ireland - Edinburgh Drawing Office - Special Services
 
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