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Ferrimolybdite & Molybdite

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Ferrimolybdite & Molybdite

German GANOVEX expedition

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Description
Locality: 
Unconformity Valley, Morozumi Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Molybdite and yellow ferrimolybdite rich on matrix.
This specimen are found during the german antarctica expedition GANOVEX III.
Specimen from this location probably lacking in most collections.

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...

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

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