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Bonmahon (Knockmahon), County Waterford

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Ordovician volcanics, copper veins

Historic copper coast of Waterford; geopark protection.

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