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Pyrite from
Cordierite locality (Bigelow Pond), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cordierite locality (Bigelow Pond), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:772853
Long-form Identifier:1:3:772853:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.5km (2.8 miles) Interstate 84 (I-84; I-86; State Route 15; Wilbur Cross Highway), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Sturbridge Graphite Mine (Tantiusques Mine; Winthrop Lead Mine), Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Becker Quarry, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Diamond Ledge (West Stafford quartz locality; Stafford Springs quartz locality), Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Baryte locality, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) Burgundy Hill Quarry, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) Mansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) Wauregan Quarry, Wauregan, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
34.4km (21.4 miles) Durfee Hill Gold mine, Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
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