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Marcasite from
Kerguillo quarry, Guilers, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kerguillo quarry, Guilers, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196415
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196415:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
42.7km (26.5 miles) ⓘGoyen, Audierne, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘBestrée, Pointe du Raz, Plogoff, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
44.5km (27.6 miles) ⓘPors Tarz, Primelin, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
44.8km (27.9 miles) ⓘPointe de Castel, Primelin, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘBrignéoc'h, Esquibien, Audierne, Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘStérec island, Plouezoc'h, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France
60.6km (37.7 miles) ⓘPoullaba vein, Locmaria-Berrien, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
62.0km (38.5 miles) ⓘMénez Goaillou pegmatite quarries, Coray, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
62.1km (38.6 miles) ⓘPont-Guen, Plougasnou, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘLa Vieille mine, Poullaouen, Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France
References
Saget, P., J.P., Tissier (1989) Minéralogie descriptive de Kerguillo, près Brest [Descriptive mineralogy of Kerguillo, near Brest]. Le Cahier des Micromonteurs 25(3), 3-10
 
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