Hello everyone.
As you already know, I feel that I have a special relation with the super-rare mineral called Cotterite. It is because it was found in the town where I live, Mallow (Ireland), and because it`s super-rare ;)
Two weeks ago we visited the National Museum in Dublin where we had a chance to see many great specimens (there will be a separate post on it), including Cotterite.
The first one we saw is on display in the Museum of Natural History. It is smaller than the one we saw at UCC, but bigger than the third one (see below).
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| Cotterite on display in the Museum of Natural History, Dublin |
The above photo was taken through glass and therefore is not really good.
Then, thanks to staff members of the National Museum, we were able to see the second Cotterite, which is a part of the UCD collection.
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| UCD collection Cotterite |
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| UCD collection Cotterite |
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| UCD collection Cotterite |
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| UCD collection Cotterite |
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| UCD collection Cotterite |
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| I`m glad I know the name of Miss Cotter now :) |
This way we have now seen three of of only four Cotterites ever found. The fourth one is in Great Britain and this is currently my goal to see it one day, to have my "collection of Cotterites" complete ;)
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