| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Commonly found as prismatic needle crystals lining vugs in associated with dolomite and calcite.
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| Habit: | Prismatic |
| Colour: | Colourless |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Dolomite | ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Aughamore Quarry (Maye Quarry; "Achenmore Quarry"), Aughamore, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 315079 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:315079:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 287335f2-6519-40f1-bd2b-0ef4eaeb990f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 4.9km (3.0 miles) | ⓘAbbeytown Mine & Quarry, Ballysadare, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘBenbulben Barite Mine, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 17.6km (11.0 miles) | ⓘTwigspark Mine, Manorhamilton, Leitrim County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 66.1km (41.1 miles) | ⓘBlue Stack Mountains, Donegal County, Ulster, Ireland |
| 67.5km (41.9 miles) | ⓘMoneen Quarry, Castlebar, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland |
| 68.4km (42.5 miles) | ⓘGweebarra River, Lettamackaward, Donegal County, Ulster, Ireland |
| 77.2km (48.0 miles) | ⓘMaghery, Dunglow, Donegal County, Ulster, Ireland |
| 79.8km (49.6 miles) | ⓘCavanacaw (Kearney trench; Kearney gold structure), Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK |
| 80.6km (50.1 miles) | ⓘGarrycam deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Longford County, Leinster, Ireland |
| 87.6km (54.4 miles) | ⓘB.D. Flood Quarry, Carricknaveddan, Stradone, Cavan County, Ulster, Ireland |
| References |
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Aughamore Quarry, Aughamore, Sligo County, Connacht, Ireland