Molybdenite
This nice sample of Molybdenite comes from Canada Quebec Moly Hill Mine Malartic. Molybdenite consists of lead gray, metallic shiny, opaque, foliate and thinly tabular, imperfect crystals reaching a size of up to 1,5 cm, which grow into a pad of milky quartz.
| Origin | North America » Canada » Quebec » Moly Hill Mine Malartic |
| Size category | Miniature (4-7 cm) |
| Size | 5,6 x 4,1 x 4 cm |
| Weight | 87 g |
| The biggest crystal | 1,5 x 1,5 x 0,15 cm |
Molybdenite
Molybdenite is molybdenum sulfide, MoS2. Its name comes from the Greek mólybdos - containing lead. It is the most important molybdenum red. Creates hexagonal flexible flakes and tiles. It is lead-bluish gray, strongly shiny, resembling graphite. Occurs mainly on rock cracks, in greisen, on hydrothermal veins, in pegmatites, but also in sediments