drysdallite
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Drysdallite is a rare molybdenum selenium sulfide mineral with formula Mo(Se,S)2. It crystallizes in the hexagonal system as small pyramidal crystals or in cleavable masses. It is an opaque metallic mineral with a Mohs hardness of 1 to 1.5 and a specific gravity of 6.25. Like molybdenite it is pliable with perfect cleavage.
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.EA.30
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.EA.30
- chemical formula
- MoSe₂
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- Drysdallite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Dry
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.10
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Drysdallite is a rare molybdenum selenium sulfide mineral with formula Mo(Se,S)2. It crystallizes in the hexagonal system as small pyramidal crystals or in cleavable masses. It is an opaque metallic mineral with a Mohs hardness of 1 to 1.5 and a specific gravity of 6.25. Like molybdenite it is pliable with perfect cleavage.
It was first described in 1973 for an occurrence in an oxidized uranium deposit near Solwezi, Zambia. It was named for Alan Roy Drysdall, the director of the Zambian geological survey.