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Marcasite from
Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Comments:Noted as concretionary masses resulting from supergene alteration of pyrrhotite (Hitchen, 1935).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:697858
Long-form Identifier:1:3:697858:7
GUID (UUID V4):b917921b-ec32-4c13-bb1a-88ac490e39b7
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
23.7km (14.7 miles) Old lime quarries, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
39.8km (24.8 miles) Monadnock Mountain, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) Dracut Nickel Mine (Nickel Mine Hill), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
76.7km (47.6 miles) Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
87.1km (54.1 miles) Davis Pyrite Mine, Rowe, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
93.6km (58.1 miles) Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines; Taconic Manganese Mines), Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
95.0km (59.0 miles) Cranston Graphite mine, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
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