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What does molybdenite mean?

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  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS2, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.
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The skarns also contain hornblende, calcite, pyroxene, tremolite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, galena, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, garnet, and pyrite.
At the Redskin mine, molybdenite is found in small cylindrical greisen pipes in the Redskin Granite.
At Azegour, Morocco, uraninite occurs in tactite with molybdenite, chalcopyrite, barite, pyrite, hematite, and garnet.
In the deposits of New South Wales they are found associated with molybdenite in quartz gangue, in pipe-like deposits in granite.
Molybdenum never occurs as the free element in nature, but is most commonly found in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite.
Willman reported astrophyllite, biotite, molybdenite, and riebeckite associated with smoky quartz and microcline on Mount Kineo at North Cheyenne Canyon.

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