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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

molybdénite

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(Min.)

A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.

See also: molybdénite

Molybdenite

molybdenite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural molybdenites)

(mineralogy) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide Mo S₂, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.

mineral