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Sphalerite and Quartz from Moll Doyle Mine, Zinc Stope, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

 
Sphalerite and Quartz from Moll Doyle Mine, Zinc Stope, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

Sphalerite and Quartz from Moll Doyle Mine, Zinc Stope, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Sphalerite and Quartz from Moll Doyle Mine, Zinc Stope, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland

DESCRIPTION:No. 59320
Mineral:Sphalerite and Quartz
Locality:Moll Doyle Mine, Zinc Stope, Glendasan, County Wicklow, Ireland
Description:Lustrous translucent dark red-brown sphalerite crystals to 5 mm on translucent gray druzy quartz. The sphalerite crystals exhibit yellow translucency in the thin edges. The bottom has calcite and an unknown mineral that fluoresce two colors under SW UV. Collected in September 2003
Overall Size:4.5x3.2x1.5 cm
Crystals:0.1-5.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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