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Pyrite from
Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:150475
Long-form Identifier:1:3:150475:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Honzan adit, Besshi mine (Bessi mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘIkadazu deposit, Tosa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘIkadazu mine (Ikadatsu mine), Ikadazu, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘMotoyasu mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘIchinokawa Mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
14.9km (9.2 miles) ⓘShirataki Mine, Okawa-mura, Tosa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘSazare mine, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘKunimiyama mine, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘShingu mine, Shingu, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘRyoke granite pegmatites, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
46.2km (28.7 miles) ⓘMinawa mine, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
References
Rocks & Minerals: 21: 568-569.
加瀬克雄. (1977). Sulfide minerals and their assemblages of the Besshi deposit. Studies on sulfide minerals in metamorphosed ores of the Besshi and Hitachi copper deposits. 1. 鉱山地質, 27(146), 355-365.
 
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