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Pyrite from
Moorhütte Clay Pit, Volkmarode, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moorhütte Clay Pit, Volkmarode, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94736
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94736:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘEhmen, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
17.1km (10.7 miles) ⓘKonrad Mine, Bleckenstedt, Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘBülten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘHoheneggelsen Clay Pit, Söhlde, Hildesheim District, Lower Saxony, Germany
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘLignite mine, Büddenstedt, Helmstedt, Helmstedt District, Lower Saxony, Germany
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘArpke Clay Pit, Lehrte, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany
42.1km (26.1 miles) ⓘAlgermissen clay pit, Algermissen, Hildesheim District, Lower Saxony, Germany
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘHolzmühlental quarry, Flechtingen, Flechtingen, Börde, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘHeimberg quarry, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘRammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
References
Weiß, Stefan (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas Deutschland West. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany. 320pp.
 
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