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Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Penlee Quarry, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
97.00gr
Description

Rich vein of molybdenite with chalcopyrite/sulphides in quartz vein

Good specimens of this sulphide are uncommon in W Cornwall

Classic material from this now inaccessible stone quarry (Penzance)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

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

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