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Name: Molybdenum RRUFF ID: R100216 Ideal Chemistry: Mo Locality: Mining concentrate Source: Mike Carducci, Climax Molybdenum Technology Center Owner: RRUFF Description: Black unconsolidated powder Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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| RRUFF ID: | R100216.1 | |||||||
| Sample Description: | Powder | |||||||
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a: 3.14728(3)Å b: 3.14728(3)Å c: 3.14728(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 31.1750(9)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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| REFERENCES for Molybdenum | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Kirwan R (1796) Chapter XIX. Molybdenite, in Elements of Mineralogy, Volume 2 P. Elmsly London 319-323 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 181-184 [view file] |
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Farges F, Siewart R, Ponader C W, Brown G E, Pichavant M, Behrens H (2006) Structural environments around molybdenum in silicate glasses and melts. II. Effect of temperature, pressure, H2O, halogens and sulfur, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 755-773 [view file] |
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Farges F, Siewert R, Brown G E, Guesdon A, Morin G (2006) Structural environments around molybdenum in silicate glasses and melts. I. Influence of composition and oxygen fugacity on the local structure of moybdenum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 731-753 [view file] |
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Mokhov A V, Gornostaeava T A, Kartashov P M, Asadulin E E, Bogatidov O A (2014) Nanocrystals of native molybdenum, iron, and titanium in the impact glasses of the lunar regolith, New Data on Minerals, 49, 14-22 |
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