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Cahermore Pipe and Dike, West Cork, Cork County, Munster, Irelandi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 36' 5'' North , 10° 0' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
51.60153,-10.00243
GeoHash:
G#: gc0vs3u2w
GRN:
N35W05
Type:
Pipe
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Castletownbere912 (2017)8.0km
Sneem258 (2017)27.2km
Waterville465 (2017)28.1km
Scarriff816 (2013)30.7km
Schull658 (2013)32.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
359930
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:359930:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Carbonatitic pipe and alkaline lamprophyre dike. The dolomite silicocarbonatite pipe (Brady & Moore 2012) with a main outcrop of 50 x 25 m.

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
KPotassium
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2

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Atlantic OceanOcean
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Ireland

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References

Brady, A. E., & Moore, K. R. (2012). A mantle-derived dolomite silicocarbonatite from the southwest coast of Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(2), 357-376.
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4p.357
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