| Locality type: | Prospect |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Pyrite |
| Formula: | FeS2 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Grains associated with bismuthinite and commonly weathered to goethite and reacted with bismuthinite to produce secondary bismutoferrite. |
| Habit: | anhedral |
| Colour: | brassy |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Bismutite | 2 |
| Quartz | 2 |
| Bismuthinite | 2 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Case Prospect No. 4, Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1689355 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1689355:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite |
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| 0.1km (0.0 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.8 miles) | ⓘGotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.3 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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