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Molybdenite & Bayleyite On Garnet

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Molybdenite & Bayleyite On Garnet

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Description
Locality: 
Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm
Description

Glossy, metallic-gray molybdenite on/in massive brown garnet (hessonite?) with pale yellowish microcrystaline crusts of bayleyite (visual ID - no guarantee; not pictured).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

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

Bayleyite

Formula: 
Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O
Strunz: 
5.ED.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Hillside Mine (Happy Jack MS 920 claim; Camp MS 919 claim; Seven Stars MS 916 claim), Bozarth Mesa, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

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