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Pyrite from
Wheelabrator/Shrewsbury Ash Monofill Facility, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheelabrator/Shrewsbury Ash Monofill Facility, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:825546
Long-form Identifier:1:3:825546:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
6.8km (4.2 miles) Worcester Coal Mine, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Millstone Hill Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) Ballard Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Tatnuck Hill quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) Interstate Route 495/State Route 62 interchange (I-495 exit #26), Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) Quabbin Aqueduct Shaft #2 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Pandolf-Perkins Quarry, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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