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Molybdenite from
US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
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
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite1
Microcline1
Quartz1
Data
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
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:741086
Long-form Identifier:1:3:741086:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
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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