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Molybdenite

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Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Onganja Mine, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.6 × 1.1 cm
Description

Molybdenite crystal

Reference: Moore, J.M. (2010) Comparative study of the Onganja copper mine, Namibia: A link between Neoproterozoic mesothermal Cu(-Au) mineralization in Namibia and Zambia. South African Journal of Geology, Vol. 113, No. 4, pp. 445-460.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

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