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where in Ireland can i dig for quartz amethyst or citrine ?

  • 14-06-2019 10:38am
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    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭


    Where could i dig for any type of common crystal in Ireland preferably near to carlow ?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Curious as to why you want these rocks?

    My father dug a road up the mountain many years ago and cut through a vein of Quartz, enormous quantities.

    Actually have had geologists taking samples of the quartz looking for gold in pyrite.


  • Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭wsa30h


    its a hobby where did your father cut through the quartz vein ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    It's in North Sligo. Well I suppose the vein is deep down in the earth but the road he made, in places is just a sheet of quartz peddles with the occasion big rock. On neighbors land further up the mountain I have seen a few enormous quartz boulders.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    It's in North Sligo. Well I suppose the vein is deep down in the earth but the road he made, in places is just a sheet of quartz peddles with the occasion big rock. On neighbors land further up the mountain I have seen a few enormous quartz boulders.


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