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Molybdenite

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Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Wolfram Camp, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.9 × 4 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of molybdenite from Australia. The beige to slightly brownish matrix is penetrated from bottom to top in silvery lustrous veines of this most important molybdene mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

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