Locality type: | Hill |
Classification |
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Species: | Molybdenite |
Formula: | MoS2 |
Comments: | One roughly 1 cm crystal was seen in a pegmatite below a flowing stream bed but could not be recovered. |
Colour: | metallic gray |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdenite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 665433 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:665433:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | e5c24624-23f5-44ae-9f1a-c27e399a709e |
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite |
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0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘHill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘArnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘGulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘLong Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘNemo's Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘLong Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘShailor Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quarry SE of Middletown (molybdenite locality), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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