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Allihies Copper Mines, County Cork

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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, barite.

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

Rockhounding locality: copper mine dumps

Historic Beara copper mines documented for chalcopyrite, quartz and secondary copper minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open shafts, unstable ground, cliffs

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