| Locality type: | Mountain |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Habit: | Octahedral |
| Colour: | Colourless with deep purple apexes. |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Analysis Reference: | Trevor Boyd Collection |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pigeon Rock Mountain, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 863963 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:863963:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1a61bfeb-08a7-42c9-aa7f-6fc49638045c |
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| 5.5km (3.4 miles) | ⓘAughrim Quarry, Aughrim Hill, Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK |
| 8.6km (5.4 miles) | ⓘDiamond Rocks, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘLindsay's Leap, Newcastle, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK |
| 93.0km (57.8 miles) | ⓘUpper Old Foxdale Mine, Foxdale, Patrick, Glenfaba, Isle of Man |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Geology of North-East Ireland account of the geology of North-East Ireland, which lies within the region...Geological Survey of Ireland, contributions have been made by C. H. Emeleus (Mourne granites), A. E. Griffith...(Fig. I). In the south they consist of the worn-down stumps of the Caledonian orogene of Ordovician and...(and their western continuation in the Sperrin Mountains) and the Old Red Sandstone of Cushendun-Cushendall... 71, PART 4. 1960 28 GEOLOGY OF NORTH-EAST IRELAND 430 ~Rot hlin (i Isla nd t . . '''Iyol''. |  | | Journal (volume) | | fergusonite and gadolinite in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland Norman R. Moles and Andrew G. Tindle...Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard...Goethite pseudomorphs after marcasite from the Northern Pennine Orefield Brian Young and Trevor F. Bridges...professional mineralogists and geologists both in the UK and overseas. One of the main aims of the Society...and let us have your feedback. Forty years ago the UK still had an active metalliferous mining industry |  | | Book | | LIBRARY j s i~sc_::. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF' IRELAND Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with...org/details/historicalgeolog0000jkch HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF IRELAND BY J. K. CHARLESWORTH C. B.E., D .Sc., PH.D....been attempted for Ireland since Cole and Hallissy's Handbook of the Geology of Ireland of 1924: the author's...author's Geology of Ireland: An Introduction ( r 953) had in mind the elementary student or the general...improve our knowledge of the various systems in Ireland. Many problems, however, await their final solution |
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