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molybdenite

[ muh-lib-duh-nahyt ]

noun

  1. a soft, graphitelike mineral, molybdenum sulfide, MoS 2 , occurring in foliated masses or scales: the principal ore of molybdenum.


molybdenite

/ mɒˈlɪbdɪˌnaɪt /

noun

  1. a soft grey mineral consisting of molybdenum sulphide in hexagonal crystalline form with rhenium as an impurity: the main source of molybdenum and rhenium. Formula: MoS 2
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molybdenite

/ mə-lĭbdə-nīt′ /

  1. A soft, lead-gray hexagonal mineral that is the principal ore of molybdenum. It occurs as sheetlike masses in pegmatites and in areas where contact metamorphism has taken place. Chemical formula: MoS 2 .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of molybdenite1

1790–1800; obsolete molybden(a) molybdenum + -ite 1
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Example Sentences

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Other localities are known; for instance, Brandy Gill in Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, where with molybdenite and apatite it is embedded in white quartz.

The larger part of the world's production is from the molybdenite ores.

Iron, copper, and arsenical pyrites, antimony, galena, molybdenite, zinc blende, and wolfram were treated in the above manner with similar results.

The labels apprise me of their contents: molybdenite of ammonia, chloride of antimony, permanganate of potash and ever so many other strange terms.

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