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Cacoxenite from
Shanagolden, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Cacoxenite
Formula:Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Comments:Excellent specimens of cacoxenite in the form of golden yellow fibrous radiating 1mm and bunches of needles form on quartz pebble conglomerates.
Habit:Fibrous spheres
Colour:Yellow
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cacoxenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shanagolden, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2540
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2540:9
GUID (UUID V4):f1c25974-752d-4b02-bd18-aa83b30a0d50
Localities for Cacoxenite in this Region
Fort Lismeenagh (Ballycormick), Shanagolden, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
areas Ix! £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £15 .830 ■■ CACOXENITE Shnnagolden, Co limerick, S.Irelnnd golden acicular micro...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...OH Cl 385 ■■ MIARGYRITE Mc Laughlin Mine, Napa County California black areas in quartz with red Pyrargyrite...Si0/2 - -- -- - -----378 ■■ WAVELLITE Shanagolden, County Limerick, S,lreland White crystalline mass in
Report (issue)
Cacoxenite Crystal Data: HexagonaL Point Group: 6/m. Crystals, may be crudely hexagonal, acicular along...Rochefort-en- Terre, Morbihan. From Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, Ireland. At Kiruna, Sweden. In the USA, from...edition), v. II, 997-999. (2) Fisher, D.J. (1966) Cacoxenite from Arkansas. Amer. MineraL, 51, 1811-1814....and J. Shen (1983) X-ray structural study of cacoxenite, a mineral phosphate. Nature, 306, 356-358.
Catalog/List
covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue coating on , Arizona U.S.A) Cl92 ANDRADITE...Arkansas, Cl96 CACOXENITE golden micros and masses on (Ballycormick near Shanagolden, County U.K.journal...yellow-grey lxl f3.SO Cove, brecciated matrix. Limerick, Ireland) 10 1991. fibrous vein section No 3 Mine...Mine, Red Canyon rich yellow masses on County, Nevad2 U.S.A) 2x2 f8 coverage (Liberty (West on matrix...(from 50/50 Au/Ag to 70/30 Au/Ag) County, Nevada U.S.A.) ~4.80 C:208 FASSAITE s Om e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5AB, Northern Ireland AND E I L E E N FARLEY Geological Section, National Museum of Ireland, 7-9 Merrion...occurrences in Ireland more recent than the Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland of Greg and...known from the British Isles, about 360 occur in Ireland. Forty of these Irish minerals are listed here...exploration of metalliferous deposits in the Republic of Ireland. Indeed, about half the entries in the list below...(1986) Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one...one in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Several important wavellite occurrences are in Pennsylvania (Gordon
Journal (issue)
pits in Cornwall and some nice green balls from Ireland, but where else? Wavellite became more and more...than 1000 confirmed species) found in Britain and Ireland. It will include notes on discredited species,...had specimens of all the minerals found in the county. Peter was initially under the impression it was...in southwest England, south Wales and southern Ireland in the recent past, and specimens from the type...suite of uncommon phosphate minerals including cacoxenite, crandallite and variscite, also contributes
Journal (issue)
found well-crystallised jarosite, beraunite, cacoxenite, dufrenite, scorodite, strengite and vivianite...minerals not found by the authors (beraunite, cacoxenite, dufrenite, manganite, 3 rockbridgeite and...plumbogummite in cellular quartz and resemble cacoxenite, however, EDAX analysis (0 Green, personal communication)...Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland. John van Voorst, London . ix, 483pp. [facsimile...has been identified at Muckross mine, Co. Kerry, Ireland (Moreton et al., 1999), and Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland that are not included in Greg and...minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins d'information)...]Similarly from the Avoniel borehole, Belfast, N. Ireland; microprobe analyses (Parnell, 1988a).] Carbonate-cyanotrichite...Pinkish globular aggregates on yellowish fibrous cacoxenite in goethite, Stowe's shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne...and as pale purple globules with goethite and cacoxenite from Burdell Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria (NHM
Catalog/List
ANGLESITE Broken Hill, NSW. Australia Marysvale, Piule County, Utah 1152 15 Good coverage of small grey crystals...£6 ATACAMITE Cork,lrcland Doonecn Minc ,Alhhics,County 3 ANTIGORITE Snarum, Vikcrsund Norway 0 75 10 Thick...Jx2 £10 l xl £5 AUSTINITE Gold Hill Mine, Toocle County,Utah, USA ANTIGORITE Jeffery Mine, Quebcc,Canada...Bclstone Consols Mme, near Okchampton,Dcvor 502 County Bridge Quarry.Lizard ,Com\\all rich brown crystalline...Zcolitc l x2 £5 2x.2 £ 1 0 BAUXITE Tcmplepatrick,County Antrim,N.lreland 224 BROOKITE ) J 36 Prcntcg ,
Journal (issue)
D. Freier ------22 ------MICRO MINERALS FROM IRELAND BOARD 0.1. Green G. Ryback • S. JJ/oreto11 S... 10 MICROMINERALS f r o m IRELAND Part 1: The South-West (Munster) George Ryback, 42 Bell Road, Sittingboume...rnicrorninerals unlike. for example, Northern Ireland, with its zeolires in basalts and various crystallized...Collecting of both macro and micro-minerals in Ireland seems, however, to be on the increase, and undoubtedly...articles, we deal with the ancient province of Munster, occupying the south-western part of the country
Catalog/List
slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate...Hidalgoite_. rich matrix. (Gold Hill Hine,Tooel County, Utah, USA) lxl f2.50 lx2 ES .. 066 ASTROPHYLLITE...rich yellow masses with minor quartz.(Pershing County NevadaUSA) lXl El 057 BISMUTHINITE Bi/2 S/3 grey...ES 083 CACOXENITE Fe Phosphate golden veinlets with possible micros in breccia. • {Shanagolden,CountyLimerick)...Silicate light green films on silicaeous rock. (Pinal County, Arizona USA) lem El. 50 117 CUPROADAHITE Zn Cu
Catalog/List
matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te...pure dark brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins...matrix.(some + Micros! Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
Catalog/List
grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu...matrix.(some + Micros> Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl £3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
Catalog/List
orange mass. (Tushar Mts. near Marysville Pilute County, Utah USA) lxl El.60 OH ALURGI1'E.variety of M:iscovite...crystalline in matrix. (Mullaghderg CountyDonegal Ireland) lxl El lx2 E2 020 AHDRADITEGARNETrich yellow...rich yellow masses with minorquartz. (Pershing County,NevadaU.S.A) lxl 90p 057 BISHUTHINITE grey flakes...Basalt. (Eycott Cumbria) 2x2 60p 2x4 El.20 OJ3 CACOXENITE golden veinlets with possihle micros in breccia...CREASEYITE light green films on silicaeous rock.lPinal County Arizona U.S.A.) (Pb Cu Fe silicate) ½X½ f.1.80
Catalog/List
orange mass. (Tushar Mts. near Marysville Pilute County, Utah USA) lx1 £1.60 014 ALURGITE.variety of Muscovite...g h t l y crystalline i n matrix. (Mullaghderg County Donegal I r e l a n d ) lx1 £ 1 l x 2 £2 022ANGLESITE... 083 CACOXENITE golden veinlets with. possible micros i n breccia. (Shanagolden County Limerick) lx1...pure greenish Scorodite. (Gold H i l l Mine. Toole County Utah) 8nsl 50p 1 . 5 c m £1.20 081 CARPHOLITE...CELSIAN r i c h grey granular mass (Big Creek,Fresno County,California U.S.A) 4 X Is £ 2 . 2 0 From Scotland
Catalog/List
mass. (Tushar Mts, near Marysville, P i l u t e County Utah, USA) lx1 £ 1 . 6 0 • 0 11 THAUSITE Mg Phosphate...crystalline masses in matrix (Mullaghderg,County Donegal, Ireland) 1x2 £2 022 ANGLESITE P b Sulphate rich...Hidalgoite rich matrix. (Gold H i l l Mine,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lx1 £2.50 1 x 2 £5 223ARSENIC NATIVE...masses o f t h i s unusual clay mineral. (Coconino County, Arizona, USA) lx1 £1.80 1 x 2 £4.00 051 BERTH1ERITE...i c h yellow masses with minor quartz.(Pershing CoUnty Nevada USA) 1X1 £1 055 BINDHEIMITE Pb Sb Oxide
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
Book
and Lettsom's Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland for £5. Saturday 11 February 1978 - Cardiff, South...the even ing to talk about our future trip to Ireland, planned for May. 24 Sunday 8 April 1979 - Greystone...discuss some travel arrangements for our trip to Ireland next month. Dick had sorted out the minerals he...collection. Saturday 12 May 1979 - Republic of Ireland Drove up to Easton in Gordano, near Bristol, with...walls . 26 Mountain Mine, Alllhles, Co. Cork, Ireland. Before leaving for the night, we checked out
Journal (issue)
Neil Hubbard dated the 1st May 1978, Dick noted: IRELAND Tlie buildersare coming011quitequicklywith tl...territory. Eventually, his thoughts turned to Ireland. Dick's first trip appears to have been in 1976...Another stop was probably Shanagolden along the Shannon estuary in Co. Limerick ,,-here caco:,.._-enite...wasdescribeo byFrancis andRyback (1987). trhe cacoxenite findwasdescribed byRyback etal.,(1988). . ....many specimens were acquired that two trips to Ireland were needed to bring them back safely to ComwalI
 
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