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Molybdenite & Ferrimolybdite

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Molybdenite & Ferrimolybdite

German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1979 / 80 .

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Description
Locality: 
Unconformity Valley, Morozumi Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Grey metallic foliated molybdenite crystals and yellow-green ferrimolybdite on/in matrix.

This specimen was found during the first German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1979 / 80 .

Different habit in comparison to the specimens found at Lilli Marleen Camp.

Good and specimen from this locality.

Ex collection Dipl. Min Ulrich Vetter, Hannover

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

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

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...

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