| Locality type: | Deposit |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Comments: | Honey blende crystals in vuggy quartz conglomerate is occasionally found. |
| Colour: | Honey |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Dolomite | β11 photos of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β10 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Galena | β3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Pyrite | β3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Baryte | β1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Garrycam deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Longford County, Leinster, Ireland |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (14 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 10393 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:10393:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9ec136e6-5295-447c-a69a-bd185178f40c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 46.4km (28.8 miles) | βB.D. Flood Quarry, Carricknaveddan, Stradone, Cavan County, Ulster, Ireland |
| 67.1km (41.7 miles) | βTara Deep deposit, Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland |
| 67.2km (41.8 miles) | βNavan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland |
| 68.1km (42.3 miles) | βTynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 72.1km (44.8 miles) | βHarberton Bridge Fe-βZn-βPb deposit, Kildare County, Leinster, Ireland |
| 81.5km (50.6 miles) | βAbbeytown Mine & Quarry, Ballysadare, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 86.0km (53.5 miles) | βClontibret Mine, Clontibret, Clontibret mining district, Monaghan Municipal District, Monaghan County, Ulster, Ireland |
| 91.0km (56.5 miles) | βM6 Road Cut, Doughiska, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 92.8km (57.7 miles) | βCarrowloughan, Drumard, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 93.5km (58.1 miles) | βRenville (Rinville) Mine, Renville, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland |
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Garrycam deposit, Keel, Ballymahon, Longford County, Leinster, Ireland