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Molybdenite & Betpakdalite-CaCa

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Molybdenite & Betpakdalite-CaCa

Collected in 1990

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Description
Locality: 
Sadisdorf, Schmiedeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 6 × 2 cm
Weight: 
152.00gr
Description

Lustrous grey molybdenite crystals on matrix with yellow coatings of betpakdalite-CaCa.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5

Betpakdalite-CaCa

Formula: 
[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo86+As25+Fe33+O36(OH)]
Strunz: 
7/C.33-30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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