Molybdenum

molybdenum

koechlinite

powellite

wulfenite

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Formula: Mo
Element, does not exist in the native state. When present in compounds, molybdenum exists mostly in the oxidation state Mo4+ or Mo6+ (ChC).
Abundance in the Earth’s crust: 1.2 parts per million by weight, 0.2 parts per million by moles (ChC).


Molybdenum-bearing minerals include:

Sulphides - the sulphide anion is S2-
hemusite
jordisite
molybdenite

Phosphides - the phosphide ion is P3-
nickolayite

Oxides - the oxide anion is O2-
biehlite
ilsemannite
kingsgateite
koechlinite
mambertiite
molybdite
raydemarkite
sardignaite
sidwillite
tianhuixinite
virgilluethite

Chlorides - the chloride anion is Cl-
parkinsonite

Molybdates - the molybdate anion is (Mo6+O4)2-
calcurmolite
cupromolybdite
ferrimolybdite
huenite
lindgrenite
markascherite
mendozavilite-NaFe
powellite
szenicsite
umohoite
wulfenite

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