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Malachite from
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite28 photos of Malachite associated with Azurite at this locality.
Cerussite16 photos of Malachite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Baryte4 photos of Malachite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Malachite associated with Galena at this locality.
Hematite1 photo of Malachite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Wad1 photo of Malachite associated with Wad at this locality.
Linarite1 photo of Malachite associated with Linarite at this locality.
Mimetite1 photo of Malachite associated with Mimetite at this locality.
Tenorite1 photo of Malachite associated with Tenorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (23 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:109136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:109136:6
GUID (UUID V4):7414507e-264c-4d13-a97f-5e76fce4d93b
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
42.0km (26.1 miles) Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
42.1km (26.1 miles) Shallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
42.6km (26.5 miles) Gurtnadyne Mine (Gorteenahida), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
42.7km (26.5 miles) Ballynoe mine (Magcobar mine), Silvermines District, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
45.2km (28.1 miles) Ballyvergin Mine, Quin, Ennis, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
50.6km (31.4 miles) Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carran, The Burren, Clare County, Munster, Ireland
66.1km (41.1 miles) Lisheen mine, Moyne, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
72.8km (45.2 miles) Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland
73.5km (45.7 miles) Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
73.6km (45.8 miles) Inveran Mine, Spiddal, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. It is, however...sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997). In Arizona...from two localities. One is at Bisbee, Cochise County, where it has been identified widely throughout...vesicles in the Turtle Mountain area of Graham County (Bideaux, Williams, and Thomssen 1960). The most...microcrystals is the 3 Metals mine in the Weepah district of Esmeralda County. Utah boosts two specimen-quality
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 (issue)
., No 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135...J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain (Ind Ireland Van Voorsc, London. HEDDLE, M.F. (1887) On the...(Telephone 0872 223227). August 2nd: Visit to Dufron Mine, Dufton, near Appleby. Meet at Dufton Village municipal...01-4171-680). October 4th: Visit to Force Crag Mine, Keswick. Meet at Braithwaite Church, by Coledale
Journal (issue)
index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R
Catalog/List
crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire,Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...matrix , also some blue Cyanotrichite (Salsigne Mine, France) 2x2 £38 TOURMALINE pale blue clear terminated...crystal about 20mm high and 4m across. Santa Rosa Mine,ltambacuri, Minas Gerias, Brazil £12 GALENA octahedral...5mm size, with minor quartz and pyrite. ( Huaron Mine, cerro de Pasco,Peru) 2.5xl.5 £10 PECTOLITE white...crystals. 1 to 2cm (Poona · India) 2x2.5 £10 MALACHITE, dark green velvety area lxl inch on lx2 matrix
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
Catalog/List
Order Only Minerals principally from FRANCE and IRELAND. All the min~rals were collected by me personally...massive Barytes, with some minor Malachite. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x l l 2p. 1 x 2 30p...its fine lustre. Selected pieces. (Tynagh, Loughrea, County Galway, Eire) 1 x 2 Z0p. 2 x 2 40p. 2 x 4...with pretty iridescence; green, reddish, etc. (County Cork, Eire) 1 x 1 5p. 1 x 2 1 Op. 2 x 2 20p. lb...pieces with very few crystals showing. (Glandore, County Cork, Eire) approx, ½x ½75p. 1 x 1 £ 1. 30. 25
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland that are not included in Greg and...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins...Greigite. As a secondary mineral at Gravel Hill mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (C. Sparrow, pers. comm...schr6ckingerite and gypsum, on walls of a level in Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall (Elton and Hooper, 1992). Andradite...Dearman, 1966). Antimony Sb Trigonal From Pengenna mine, St. Kew, Cornwall; Hannaford, near Barnstaple,
Catalog/List
Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale. Lot 222 – Fluorite, chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope...green stock label. SW.17 Paratacamite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 365 330]. From Hazard Section... SW.18 Botallackite with connellite - Botallack Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. Collected 1985 [SW 365 330]...Corpus Christi Lode. SW.43 Botallackite - Levant Mine, St.Just, Cornwall. [SW 368 346]. 130 fathom level...Lode. Ex N.Carruth. SW.A8 Cassiterite - Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1986. Ex N.Hubbard. SW.G12
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. £58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...£40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite...specimen. 60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm
Report (issue)
Spangolite, chalcophyllite, chenevixite, goudeyite, malachite, azurite, brochantite, chrysocolla (Majuba Hill...Garonne mine, France); chrysocolla, brochantite, malachite, tyrolite, connellite (Gwaithyrafon mine, Wales)...from the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., and the Burrus mine, Pyramid district, Washoe...Nevada; the Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., and the Harquehala mine, Yuma Co., Arizona; the...Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France. From Neubulach, Wittichen, and in the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach
Catalog/List
a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...zig-zag effect on one part, 360 level South Crofty Mine, Cornwall small 2x3 Seager collection £ 17 • GARTRELLITE
Catalog/List
Cornwall. A pure mass of tiny hexagonal crys1als and malachite coloured spherules. 30x:28x20mm. £65 6EPIDOTE...75x55x37mm. £38 10 NATIVE COPPER. Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. Attractive old patina and...NOY_2006_,___~s Heath __ 4AZURITE, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway. Ireland. Superbly rich miniature. 57x40x37mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localsubsurface waters,and at 25øC for the Tynagh mine, Ireland, and the Matagentedeposit,Cerro de Pasco...als,such asanglesite,cerussite, smithsonite, malachite,and azurite,or by more reducedproductsineludingsupergene...AND H. L. BARNES agh,CountyGalway,Ireland, andthe Cerrode Pasco mine (Matagentedeposit),Peru.Studiesof...ground water at Burgin mine Loveringand Morris (1965) have examinedthe The Burgin Mine, East Tintic District...Consequently,in carbonateterrains,as at the Burgin mine where carbonatedissolutionis evident, the pH under
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
Catalog/List
calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ■■ BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ■■ BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated
Catalog/List
missing) 50x50x34mm. £75 3 CASSITERITE 1n etvan,Wh«ry Mine, Penzance,ComwaJI Pohahed aectlon from thil femou•...night 5 FLUORITE,Eut St.ring, No.1 Level, Rogertey Mine, Froster1ey, Weardale Mined In 1995. Absolute treasure...to 7 MALACHITE and CERUSSITE, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Spheres and fans of malachite, stori...£124 6 NATIVE COPPER and CUPRITE, Phoenix United Mine, Unkinhome, Cornwall. Fine xtls of copper with xtls...65x54x11mm. £52 8 CASSITERITE and Schor1, Bunny Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Crystals to 6mm. 64x45x23mm
Catalog/List
Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety SELENITE...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE
Report (issue)
74 Sb0.26 )Σ=1.0 O4 ]2 (OH)13.6 . (2) Sa Duchessa mine, Italy; by electron microprobe, average of 11 analyses...marble (Forno, Italy). Association: Cuprite, malachite, azurite, kolwezite, partzite, parnauite, anglesite...chrysocolla (Sa Duchessa mine, Italy); cinnabar, tetrahedrite, azurite, malachite, fluorite (Forno, Italy)...At the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In Germany, from the Glücksrad mine, Oberschulenberg...in the Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest. From near Padern
Catalog/List
TEINITE one small blue spot on quartz with green Malachite lxl inch overall size, the Teinite is about 2mm... about 2x3 inch surface. Shesodonnel Co Clare Ireland £10 13. WELOGANITE single yellowish terminated...tabular twinned crystal about 1cm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 Na Be PO4 19...19. TITANITE variety "Greenovite" (Praboma Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) pink vein about 3mm wide and...CUBANITE crystal section 5mm overall size (Henderson# 2 mine, 3250 level, Chibugamu, Quebec Canada) £12 24. CUPRIAN
Report (issue)
Association: Mimetite, olivenite, azurite, malachite, tsumebite, cuprian adamite, duftite, keyite,... Namibia); beudantite, anglesite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, barite (Kayrakty, Kazakhstan). Distribution:...In England, in Cornwall, from the Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary; at Wheal Carpenter, near Gwinear; from... In the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In France, at the Cap Garonne mine, near le...the Mt. Malvern mine, near Clarendon, South Australia. In the USA, from the Killie mine, Spruce Mountain
Catalog/List
KemptM 8 July,Oxford Summer 1 SCHEELITE Xuebaoding Mine, Sichuan Province, China. Intensely orange partially...crystal. 58x48x44mm. £56 2 MALACHITE and cerussite, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Ireland. Rich mix with cerussites
Catalog/List
beforehand. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone...U.V. 70x60x25mm. £12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix. 30x2Qx20mm... 130x80x40mm. £65. 11, BORNITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Several shallow cavities in
Report (issue)
12 (SO4 )1.71 (OH)6.98 • 3.18H2 O. (2) Glücksrad mine, Germany; partial analysis. Polymorphism & Series:...mineral formed in the dump from a hydrothermal copper mine (Chessy, France); precipitated from vadose waters...gypsum, calcite (Chessy, France); chrysocolla, malachite (Copper Creek district, Arizona, USA). Distribution:...Lyon, Rhône, France. In the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. From Vezzani, Corsica, France...Glücksrad mine, near Oberschulenberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. From near the Childs-Aldwinkle mine, Copper
Report (issue)
scorodite, pharmacosiderite, brochantite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla. Distribution: At the Zapachitsa...from Kamsdorf and Saalfeld, Thuringia; at the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest; in the Richelsdorf...Mountains, Hesse; and elsewhere. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, and Triembach-au-Val, Haut-Rhin...Cornwall, England. In the Tynagh mine, near Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. In the USA, in Nevada, at...at the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing Co., in the Nickel mine, Table Mountain district,
 
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