Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 Comments: Excellent euhedral crystals to 5 cm Habit: hexagonal, tabular Colour: metallic gray Quality for species: Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) Abundance at site: Rare Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 5 Albite 3 Muscovite 3 Pyrite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Molybdenite data Locality Data: Click here to view Feldspar Corp. pegmatite quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (15 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 670512 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:670512:1 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
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Feldspar Corp. pegmatite quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA