Molybdenum minerals

Class: Non-Ferrous MetalsGroup: Rare MetalsSubgroup: Rare Refractory MetalsMetal: Molybdenum (Mo)

We know more than 45 minerals that contain molybdenum.

Molybdenum is contained in the following mineral:

  • Molybdenite

  • Powellite

  • Wulfenite

CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS CONTAINING MOLYBDENUM:

NATIVE ELEMENTS and ALLOYS: Monipite, Hexamolybdenum

SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS: Molybdenite, Jordisite, Drysdallite, Tarkianite, Hemusite, Maikainite, Dzhezkazganite (11.9 %)

HALIDES: Parkinsonite, Mosesite

OXIDES: Molybdite, Tugarinovite, Ilsemannite, Iseite, Kamiokite, Sidwillite, Bamfordite, Mourite, Vajdakite, Iriginite, Biehlite, Umohoite, Deloryite, Koechlinite

SULFATES, CHROMATES, MOLYBDATES, WOLFRAMATES: Powellite, Mendozavilite, Ferrimolybdite, Obradovicite, Cupromolybdite, Lindgrenite, Sedovite, Paramendozavilite, Moluranite, Wulfenite, Szenicsite, Molybdofornacite, Cousinite, Calcurmolite, Vergasovaite, Chiluite, Tengchongite, Tancaite-(Ce), Nuragheite, Ichnusaite

PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES: Melkovite, Natrobetpakdalite, Betpakdalite, Schlegelite

SELECTION OF METHODS FOR SEPARATING OF MOLYBDENUM MINERALS

During the processing of minerals containing molybdenum, plants use the following types of separation:

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org

  2. https://www.mindat.org/

  3. http://webmineral.com/data

  4. https://www.mineralatlas.eu/

© Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

September 18, 2017

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