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Molybdenite

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Molybdenite

Ex. Dr. Eugen Hussak (1856-1911)
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Serra do Mar, Ribeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

Old specimen of grey laminar crystals of molybdenite on a matrix with quartz, sulphides and hematite (?). The corresponding label reads that the specimen was #115 in the collection of Austrian Professor Dr. Eugen Hussak (1856-1911), well known for is works in the mineralogy of Brazil.

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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