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Molybdenite from
Main Crater, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan


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Molybdenite

Main Crater, Iodake, Satsuma-Ioujima, Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
08260230017369659926069.jpg
Molybdenite

Main Crater, Iodake, Satsuma-Ioujima, Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
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Molybdenite

Main Crater, Iodake, Satsuma-Ioujima, Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Locality type:Crater
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:Tiny, sub-millimeter sized, shiny flakes. Often embedded in silicified rocks around high-temperature fumaroles, but also as a sublimate in high-temperature fumaroles. Finely dispersed black powder in sulfate-crusts of high-temperature fumaroles.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tugarinovite1
Aphthitalite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Main Crater, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893394:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Africano, F., Van Rompaey, G., Bernard, A., Le Guern, F (2002) Deposition of trace elements from high temperature gases of Satsuma-Iwojima volcano. Earth Planets and Space, 54 (3). 275-286 doi:10.1186/BF03353027
Africano, F., Van Rompaey, G., Bernard, A., Le Guern, F. (2002) Deposition of trace elements from high temperature gases of Satsuma-Iwojima volcano. Earth, Planets and Space, 54 (3) 275-286 doi:10.1186/bf03353027
 
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