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Molybdenite & Ferrimolybdite

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Molybdenite & Ferrimolybdite

Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 7 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A lot of molybdenite crystals up to 5 mm with yellow ferrimolybdenite on matrix .This specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1979 / 1980 . It is the biggest known specimen of molybdenite / ferrimolybdenite from this locality . Comes with the original label of the mineralogist of the expedition.Molybdenite from this locality is probably lacking in most collections.

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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