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Locality Name:
Lough Leane, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland


mindat Locality ID: 286572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lough Leane, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ross Island

Latitude: 52°2'4"N
Longitude: 9°32'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.034444444444,-9.5366666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCobaltite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteFeldsparLöllingite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTyroliteWurtziteZircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Franklinite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1679508803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21679502162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1679502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1679509052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6167950919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21679505509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41679505516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb167950175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61679501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16795027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6167950359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1679504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1679505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216795027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41679503902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS167950966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1679503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1679504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3167950802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1679502970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2167950144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1679501027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16167950300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21679509895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4167950910
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)167950371
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O416795052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16795024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1679507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1679502812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316795014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61679501066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31679505433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O167950593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2167950987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2167950762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416795014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216795012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21679505674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21679505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216795017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)167950492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216795039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21679503106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81679509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216795061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21679505614
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O167950292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1679505186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1679502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16795021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2816795073
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS167950332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131679501803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1679501101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131679505317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O167950245
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S816795070
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1679505251


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