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Title:
Molybdenite
Object name(s):
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
Brief description:
Tabular molybdenite crystals with a bluish-grey colour and a greasy feel. Opaque with a metallic lustre and a bright blue-grey streak. Molybdenite is embedded on a block of cloudy quartz associated with hydrothermal veins.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Inscription content:
310
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
Object number:
GE11719
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/478b8d06-7e0b-3823-86b0-c5ff54dac616

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/478b8d06-7e0b-3823-86b0-c5ff54dac616, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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