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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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Willman reported astrophyllite, biotite, molybdenite, and riebeckite associated with smoky quartz and microcline on Mount Kineo at North Cheyenne Canyon.
At the Redskin mine, molybdenite is found in small cylindrical greisen pipes in the Redskin Granite.
In the deposits of New South Wales they are found associated with molybdenite in quartz gangue, in pipe-like deposits in granite.
At Azegour, Morocco, uraninite occurs in tactite with molybdenite, chalcopyrite, barite, pyrite, hematite, and garnet.
When it rises through fractures in the surrounding solid rocks, these metals are precipitated, normally as the minerals chalcopyrite, bornite, and molybdenite.
The researchers have revealed that molybdenite, or MoS2, is a very effective semiconductor.

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