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Molybdite

Year of discovery: 1963 (Knöttel, Czech), 2006 (Japan)

Locality list: 2 localities of molybdite

• MoO₃
• [Mo⁶⁺][O₃]^6-

• Class: Oxide

• [] => 2H₂O: Sidwillite

• Color: Colorless, Greenish yellow
• Streak: White
• Luster: Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {100} (1 plane), Distinct on {001} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 3-4
• Density: 4.7

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pbnm
• Lattice: a=4.0, b=13.9, c=3.7