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Ireland, Munster

Silvermines, County Tipperary

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: Sphalerite, galena.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Carboniferous Limestone, zinc-lead-baryte deposits

Major Irish base-metal district.

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