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Ferrimolybdite

Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I

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Description
Locality: 
Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Bright yellow ferrimolybdite with minor metallic grey molybdenite on quartz.

The specimen was found during the first german Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I in 1979/80.

Comes with a  - copy -  of the original label.

Ex collection Dipl. Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - the mineralogist from this expedition.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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