A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Molybdenite in quartz |
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| Description | This sample, 7 cm across, contains silvery metallic molybdenite (MoS2) in quartz. Molybdenite, which typically occurs as soft silver or lead-gray foliated masses or scales, is an important ore or molybdenum. It resembles graphite, but molybdenite generally has a more metallic luster and a more silvery color. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-09. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #66. |
| Key words | molybdenite, quartz |
| Tech details | 487 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1076 |
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