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Pyrite from
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Formation:Secondary
Comments:Drusy crystals in fractures commonly with stilbite.
Habit:cubic
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stilbite Subgroupⓘ6 photos of Pyrite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Chabazite-Ca1 photo of Pyrite associated with Chabazite-Ca at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1101530
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1101530:9
GUID (UUID V4):f7ceb37f-a52e-41ce-a346-01d769b5f21a
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Blue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Progress Lane construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Unnamed quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘBlue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘState Route 8 exit 29, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘTurkey Hill, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘProgress Lane construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘInterstate 84 interchange 26, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘO and G quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘWaterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
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CARMEL AND SOUTHIJOTON QUADRAM3LES, CONNECTICUT by Crawford E. Fritts New data concerning the geologic structure...approximately 111-square miles in south-central Connecticut were obtained in the course of detailed geologic...mirror-image of metamorphic zones in Dutchess County, New York. However, garnet appeared before biotite...map area, because the ratio MgO/FeO is low. / / Waterbury Gneiss and the intrusive Woodtick Gneiss are parts...Precambrian age, which forms the core of the i Waterbury dome. This structure is near the southern end
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VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...map; adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the
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