A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Molybdenite from Molly Hill, La Motte, Quebec, Canada |
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| Description | Molybdenite (MoS2) often occurs as flaky aggregates, with crystals that are thin and hexagonal. Sometimes (this sample) the molybdenum flakes lie along veins. The veins in this specimen are hosted by granite - a typical occurrence for molybdenite. Molybdenite, a soft metallic mineral, is a primary ore of molybdenum. It can be confused with graphite but graphite has a darker black-silver color and a black-gray to brown-gray streak. Molybdenite has a bluish-silver color and streak. This specimen i 7 cm across. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Quebec. Near La Mottee. Molly Hill. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | molybdenite, Quebec, Canada |
| Tech details | 505 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1068 |
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