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Ixer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.

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Original EntryIxer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.
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Full ReferenceIxer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.
Plain TextIxer, R.A. 2004. Catalogue of Petrographic Descriptions for Rock and Ore Samples, Ross Island Mine. In: O'Brien, W. ed. Ross Island - Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 768pp.

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Ross Island, Lough Leane, Killarney, Kerry County, Munster, Irelandβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Anatase, β“˜ Arsenopyrite, β“˜ Breithauptite, β“˜ Brochantite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Cerussite, β“˜ Chalcedony, β“˜ Chalcocite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chromite, β“˜ Cobaltite, β“˜ Covellite, β“˜ Cubanite, β“˜ Cuprite, β“˜ Delafossite, β“˜ Digenite, β“˜ Djurleite, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Enargite, β“˜ Fayalite, β“˜ Franklinite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Goethite, β“˜ Graphite, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Ilmenite, β“˜ Leucoxene, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ LΓΆllingite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Marcasite, β“˜ Molybdenite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Native Copper, β“˜ Native Silver, β“˜ Olivenite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyrolusite, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rutile, β“˜ Sericite, β“˜ Sphalerite, β“˜ Spionkopite, β“˜ Stromeyerite, β“˜ Tenorite, β“˜ Tourmaline, β“˜ Yarrowite, β“˜ Zircon

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Weaver, T., F.R.S. (1830-1835) Geological relations of the south of Ireland (contains a description, plan, and section of the Ross Island mine according to Russell, 1927.)
James Mitchell Museum, National University of Ireland, Galway collection.
Nex, Paul A. M., Kinnaird, Judith A., Ixer, Robert A. (2003) Localized ductile thrusting north of the Variscan Front, Ross Island, southwest Ireland. Geological Journal, 38 (1) 15-29 doi:10.1002/gj.918
Brady, A. E. (2010). The role of carbonate in diatreme-related magmatism. Unpublished PhD thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Ixer, R. A. (2004) The Petrography of the Zinc-Lead-Copper Ores at Crow Island, Klllarney, Ireland. Uk Journal of Mines and Minerals 24, 29-46
Russell, Arthur (1927) Notice of an occurrence of niccolite and ullmannite at the Settlingstones Mine, Fourstones, Northumberland; and of serpierite at Ross Island Mine, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 21 (119) 383-387 doi:10.1180/minmag.1927.021.119.03
PHILLIPS, W. E. ADRIAN (1973) The pre-Silurian rocks of Clare Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland, and the age of the metamorphism of the Dalradian Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society, 129 (6) 585-606 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.129.6.0585
Poirot, Ceisha (2002) Volcanic Hazard Assessment of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies, University of Canterbury.
Miller, C.E. (1972) Minerals of Rhode Island. O.D. Hermes, ed. Department of Geology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
Mitchell, W.I. (Ed.) (2004) The geology of Northern Ireland - our national foundation. 2nd edition. Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast.
Mattson, Peter H. - Ed. (1977) West Indies Island Arcs - Benchmark Papers in Geology No. 33. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc.
 
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