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Molybdenum R100216


 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.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R100216
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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Raman Data (RAW) View Graph
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100216.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: 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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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Cell Refinement Data
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REFERENCES for Molybdenum

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Kirwan R (1796) Chapter XIX. Molybdenite, in Elements of Mineralogy, Volume 2 P. Elmsly London 319-323   [view file]

Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (2002) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 87, 181-184   [view file]

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]

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]

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