| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Molybdenite |
| Formula: | MoS2 |
| Comments: | Excellent euhedral crystals to 5 cm |
| Habit: | hexagonal, tabular |
| Colour: | metallic gray |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ5 photos of Molybdenite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ3 photos of Molybdenite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ2 photos of Molybdenite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | ⓘ1 photo of Molybdenite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Unnamed quarry SE of Middletown (molybdenite locality), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (15 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 670512 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:670512:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 392aa1bf-baee-4659-80c0-b04463c65084 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite |
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| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘCarr Brook Waterfall, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.7km (5.4 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.1km (5.6 miles) | ⓘHill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘQuarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.9 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (5.9 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.5km (6.5 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.6km (6.6 miles) | ⓘArnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Unnamed quarry SE of Middletown, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA