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Ferrimolybdite & Molybdenite

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Ferrimolybdite & Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Maurers Mine, Kingsgate, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Small pockets of yellow fibrous crystals of ferrimolybdite occur throughout the white quartz matrix together with molybdenite, from which it is forming as an alteration product. Scarce material from this locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrimolybdite

Formula: 
Fe2(MoO4)3·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.GB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Alekseevskii Mine, Lake Iktul', Karysh River Basin, Khakassia Republic (Khakassy Republic; Khakassiya Republic), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

Molybdenite

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