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Molybdenite

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Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

the Box has a diameter of 3.2cm and is 1.8cm high.The individual crystals are between 0.6-0.9cm width and about 0.2-0.3cm thick.

The Hirase mine was the most famous mine in Japan for Molybdenite crystals.

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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