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Erythrite from Muckross Mine, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

 
Erythrite from Muckross Mine, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

Erythrite from Muckross Mine, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

Erythrite from Muckross Mine, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

DESCRIPTION:No. 58023
Mineral:Erythrite
Locality:Muckross Mine, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Description:Velvety violet erythrite microcrystals in spherical aggregates to 0.8 mm on one face of heavy copper-rich matrix. Old locality described by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794), author of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Overall Size:5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:0.1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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