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Mindat Short Description
Molybdenite is the most important ore of the metal molybdenum. Molybdenite is currently being researched as a possible replacement semiconductor for silicon in transistors in electronic chips.
Two polytypes are known: molybdenite-2H (very common) an...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Kirwan R (1796) Chapter XIX. Molybdenite, in Elements of Mineralogy, Volume 2, P. Elmsly (London) 319-323
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
MoS2
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Mo4+S2-2
