| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Strontianite |
| Formula: | SrCO3 |
| Habit: | tufts and druses of acicular crystals up to 4 mm in length. |
| Colour: | snow-white to translucent |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD
XRF |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Strontianite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 574746 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:574746:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5c474621-bd6d-43f7-bc74-ec1bb6132ca0 |
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 | | Journal (volume) | | overgrowths of white botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection;...64 NOTE - The minerals of Mcmeen Quarry, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland Stephen Moreton 71 Barium zeolites...zeolites and calcioancylite-(Ce) from Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Highland, Scotland Neil Hubbard, David Green...REVIEW - Andrew Tindle: Minerals of Britain and Ireland Bob Howie 91 Journal of the Russell Society (2008)...minerals and localities throughout Britain and Ireland. These are illustrated with over 100 colour photographs |
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Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland