AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Ireland > Corkite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 77296 |
Mineral: | Corkite |
Locality: | Glandore Mine, Aghatubrid Beg, County Cork, Ireland (Type Locality for Corkite) |
Description: | Many cavities lined blocky dark green-brown corkite crystals to 1.3 mm with rounded black cryptomelane microcrystals. Extremely uncommon specimen of corkite from the Type Locality where this mineral was first discovered and described. Analyzed by Dr. Stephen Moreton. Collected summer 2016 by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson |
Overall Size: | 4x3x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 1.3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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