Dolomite from
Black Ball Head Pipe, West Cork, Cork County, Munster, Ireland

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Classification
Locality type:	Pipe
Species:	Dolomite
Formula:	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Black Ball Head Pipe, West Cork, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1385508
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1385508:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite

1.1km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Cahermore Pipe and Dike, West Cork, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
20.1km (12.5 miles)	ⓘ Dhurode Mine (Carrigacat Mine), Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
38.1km (23.7 miles)	ⓘ Ballycummisk Mine, Audley Mines, Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
51.5km (32.0 miles)	ⓘ McCarthy's Quarry, Skibbereen, Cork County, Munster, Ireland
58.8km (36.5 miles)	ⓘ Ross Island, Lough Leane, Killarney, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland
79.5km (49.4 miles)	ⓘ Ballyegan Quarry, Castleisland, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland
References
Kinahan, G. H. 1856. The igneous rocks of the Bearhaven District. Journal of the Geological Society, Dublin, 154-162. Coe, K. (1966). Intrusive tuffs of west Cork, Ireland. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 122(1-4), 1-24. Pracht, M., & Kinnaird, J. A. (1995). Mineral chemistry of megacrysts and ultramafic nodules from an undersaturated pipe at Black Ball Head, County Cork. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 47-58. Pracht, M., & Timmerman, M. J. (2004). A Late Namurian (318Ma) Age for Kaersutite Megacrysts from the Black Ball Head Diatreme: An Age Limit for the Variscan Deformation in South-West Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 33-43. Quinn, D., Meere, P. A., & Wartho, J. A. (2005). A chronology of foreland deformation: Ultra-violet laser 40Ar/39Ar dating of syn/late-orogenic intrusions from the Variscides of southwest Ireland. Journal of Structural Geology, 27(8), 1413-1425. Brady, A. E. (2010). The role of carbonate in diatreme-related magmatism. Unpublished PhD thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.

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Dolomite from Black Ball Head Pipe, West Cork, Cork County, Munster, Ireland

Dolomite from
Black Ball Head Pipe, West Cork, Cork County, Munster, Ireland