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Molybdite & Molybdenite

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Molybdite & Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Hurum, Viken, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Outstanding yellow crystals of molybdite associated to platy silvery metallic molydenite on a contrasting matrix.

Two molybdenum minerals in a single specimen !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdite

Formula: 
MoO3
Strunz: 
4.EA.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Quartz vein outcrops, Knöttel area (Knötel; Knödel; Knödlberg), Krupka (Graupen), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Molybdenite

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

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