A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Molybdenite from Hida, Japan |
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| Description | This small sample (4 cm across) contains silvery molybdenite and tarnished yellow-brown chalcopyrite. Molybdenite, MoS2 (molybdenum sulfide), is a very soft metallic mineral that often comes in sheets like a mica. It may be confused with graphite because they both have a grayish color and shiny luster. Molybdenite, however, tends to be more metallic and graphite does not form as flexible books having a mica-like characteristic. Molydenite is very soft and has a greasy feel. It is prized as an ore mineral of molybdenum. This specimen is 9 cm across. |
| Location | Japan. Near Hida. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #63. |
| Key words | molybdenite, Japan |
| Tech details | 675 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1061 |
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