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Molybdenite Rough Stone - Per Kilo

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Product Code: RRI-MOLYB

Molybdenite is a very soft metallic mineral. It can be easily confused with graphite, but not with many other minerals. Graphite has a darker black-silver color and a black-gray to brown-gray streak, whereas molybdenite has a bluish-silver colour and streak. Unfortunately, the difference is so slight that it is recommended that the two minerals be seen side by side. Their respective streaks should also be observed side by side to appreciate the differences. If larger samples, free of host rock, are available, then the greater density of molybdenite can be used for identification. Molybdenite' ... Read more

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