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Pyrite from
Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:43331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43331:4
GUID (UUID V4):1ed45f29-7c39-48e0-a173-221d406045d8
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
31.1km (19.3 miles) Coille-Bhraghad mine, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
39.7km (24.7 miles) Gold and Copper trial, Carr Brae, Dornie, Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
39.9km (24.8 miles) Faire Donn, Letterfearn, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
45.2km (28.1 miles) Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
46.3km (28.8 miles) Rhuba a'Mhill, Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
56.2km (34.9 miles) Borrow Pit, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
58.7km (36.4 miles) Trearne Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
59.2km (36.8 miles) Maol nan Damh, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
60.5km (37.6 miles) Cononish Gold mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK
61.0km (37.9 miles) Coire Buidhe, Glen Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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