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Pyrrhotite from
State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Comments:Small anhedral grains in matrix.
Habit:anhedral grains
Colour:reddish bronze
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:860442
Long-form Identifier:1:3:860442:2
GUID (UUID V4):368e8063-a7a8-4f83-8be5-05f779922574
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
7.7km (4.8 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) State Routes 8 and 222 interchange, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) West Torrington nickel mines (Coe Copper Mine; Hodges Mine; Barber Mine; Torrington Nickel Mine), Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Reynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) State Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Green's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
32.1km (19.9 miles) Interstate 84 and state Route 172 interchange, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
33.0km (20.5 miles) Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
39.2km (24.3 miles) Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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