| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Molybdenite |
| Formula: | MoS2 |
| Comments: | crystal 23 mm collected by Fred Schuster during construction |
| Habit: | tabular, subhedral |
| Colour: | silvery gray |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | 1 |
| Microcline | 1 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 741086 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:741086:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite |
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| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘMansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.1km (15.0 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.6km (16.5 miles) | ⓘKnob Hill Quarry, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.5km (17.7 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.7km (17.9 miles) | ⓘGas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.0km (18.0 miles) | ⓘRoute 11 road cuts, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.0km (18.0 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.2km (18.2 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.3km (18.2 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.3km (18.8 miles) | ⓘCarr Brook Waterfall, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA