N R050209 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Molybdenite R050209

Name: Molybdenite
RRUFF ID: R050209
Ideal Chemistry: MoS₂
Locality: Boss Mountain mine, Hendrix Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Lloyd Twaites
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Foiliated gray colored, represents the 2H polytype
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Molybdenite (3) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050209.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Mo_1.00S_2.00
Reference File:	[ View PDF ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, 780 nm Raman overwhelmed by fluorescence

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RRUFF ID:

R050209

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample, 780 nm Raman overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050209.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050209.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050209.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 3.1592(2)Å b: 3.1592(2)Å c: 12.3019(7)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 120.° Volume: 106.337(10)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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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REFERENCES for Molybdenite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Kirwan R (1796) Chapter XIX. Molybdenite, in Elements of Mineralogy, Volume 2 P. Elmsly London 319-323 [view file]
Brongniart A (1807) 3^e Genre. Molybdène. Esp. Molybdène sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Volume 2 Deterville Paris 91-93 [view file]
Semiletov S A (1961) The crystalline structure of rhombohedral MoS₂, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 6, 428-431 [view file]
Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]
Traill R J (1963) A rhombohedral polytype of molybdenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 524-526 [view file]
Mandarino J A, Gait R I (1970) Shorter communications: Molybdenite polytypes in the Royal Ontario Museum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 723-729 [view file]
Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]
Arne D C, Bierlein F P, Morgan J W, Stein H J (2001) Re-Os dating of sulfides associated with gold mineralization in central Victoria, Australia, Economic Geology, 96, 1455-1459
Grabezhev A I, Voudouris P C (2014) Rhenium distribution in molybdenite from the Vosnesensk porphyry Cu ± (Mo,Au) deposit (Southern Urals, Russia), The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 671-685
Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75
Plotinskaya O Y, Abramova V D, Groznova E O, Tessalina S G, Seltmann R, Spratt J (2018) Trace-element geochemistry of molybdenite from porphyry Cu deposits of the Birgilda-Tomino ore cluster (South Urals, Russia), Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S281-S306
Plotinskaya O Y, Shilovskikh V V, Najorka J, Kovalchuk E V, Seltmann R, Spratt J (2019) Grain-scale distribution of molybdenite polytypes versus rhenium contents: μXRD and EBSD data, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 639-644
Belogub E V, Shilovskikh V V, Rassomakhin M A, Plotinskaya O Y, Savichev A N, Filippova K A, Kirichenko S, Spratt J, Seltmann R (2022) Scroll-like and platy molybdenite-3R from the Ufaley metamorphic block, South Urals: EBSD, XRD, SEM, EPMA and ICP-MS study, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 422-435
Yang Y, He H, Tan W, Tao Q, Yao J, Xian H, Li S, Xi J, Zhu J, Xu H (2022) Incorporation of incompatible trace elements into molybdenite: Layered PbS precipitates within molybdenite, American Mineralogist, 107, 54-64

REFERENCES for Molybdenite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

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

Brongniart A (1807) 3^e Genre. Molybdène. Esp. Molybdène sulfuré, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Volume 2 Deterville Paris 91-93 [view file]

Semiletov S A (1961) The crystalline structure of rhombohedral MoS₂, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 6, 428-431 [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]

Traill R J (1963) A rhombohedral polytype of molybdenite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 7, 524-526 [view file]

Mandarino J A, Gait R I (1970) Shorter communications: Molybdenite polytypes in the Royal Ontario Museum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 10, 723-729 [view file]

Bailey S W (1977) Report of the I.M.A-I.U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 62, 411-415 [view file]

Arne D C, Bierlein F P, Morgan J W, Stein H J (2001) Re-Os dating of sulfides associated with gold mineralization in central Victoria, Australia, Economic Geology, 96, 1455-1459

Grabezhev A I, Voudouris P C (2014) Rhenium distribution in molybdenite from the Vosnesensk porphyry Cu ± (Mo,Au) deposit (Southern Urals, Russia), The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 671-685

Kolitsch U, Rieck B, Brandstätter F, Schreiber F, Fabritz K, Blaß G, Gröbner J (2014) Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion (I), Mineralien Welt, 1, 60-75

Plotinskaya O Y, Abramova V D, Groznova E O, Tessalina S G, Seltmann R, Spratt J (2018) Trace-element geochemistry of molybdenite from porphyry Cu deposits of the Birgilda-Tomino ore cluster (South Urals, Russia), Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S281-S306

Plotinskaya O Y, Shilovskikh V V, Najorka J, Kovalchuk E V, Seltmann R, Spratt J (2019) Grain-scale distribution of molybdenite polytypes versus rhenium contents: μXRD and EBSD data, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 639-644

Belogub E V, Shilovskikh V V, Rassomakhin M A, Plotinskaya O Y, Savichev A N, Filippova K A, Kirichenko S, Spratt J, Seltmann R (2022) Scroll-like and platy molybdenite-3R from the Ufaley metamorphic block, South Urals: EBSD, XRD, SEM, EPMA and ICP-MS study, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 422-435

Yang Y, He H, Tan W, Tao Q, Yao J, Xian H, Li S, Xi J, Zhu J, Xu H (2022) Incorporation of incompatible trace elements into molybdenite: Layered PbS precipitates within molybdenite, American Mineralogist, 107, 54-64