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
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://www.mindat.org/
http://webmineral.com/data
https://www.mineralatlas.eu/
© Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya
September 18, 2017
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