He named this new element molybdenum after the mineral molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Molybdenum] Reference
The most important ore source of molybdenum is the mineral molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Molybdenum] Reference
Geologically, molybdenite forms in high-temperature environments such as in igneous rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Molybdenum] Reference
Some molybdenite forms when igneous bodies contact rock and metamorphose, or change, the rock. From Wordnik.com. [Molybdenum] Reference
Closeups of cobaltite, top, a rare ore of cobalt, and molybdenite, bottom, the main ore of molybdenum. From Wordnik.com. [LME to Broaden Metals Reach] Reference
The United States produces significant quantities of molybdenite from mines in Colorado, New Mexico, and Idaho. From Wordnik.com. [Molybdenum] Reference
In 1778, Swedish chemist Carl William Scheele was studying, what he thought was lead, in the mineral molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Molybdenum] Reference
Rhenium does not form minerals of its own, but it does occur as a trace element in columbite, tantalite and molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Rhenium] Reference
Specifically, it is obtained from the processing of the mineral molybdenite (a molybdenum ore) that is found in porphyry copper deposits. From Wordnik.com. [Rhenium] Reference
Molybdenum was extracted from the granite in Baltschieder during the second world war, from a unique occurrence where molybdenum is present in granite as molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
Peru to process the molybdenite currently stockpiled at the. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Phoenix Secures Facility in Peru to Process Molybdenite Stockpiles at Porvenir; Anticipated Production Targets 1st Quarter 2011 - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
The larger part of the world's production is from the molybdenite ores. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
In molybdenite deposits secondary concentration has not been important. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
The Red Hill Zone hosts two distinct molybdenite bearing zones referred to as the Shallow and Deep. From Wordnik.com. [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference
Wulfenite is rather common in the upper oxidized zone of deposits which contain lead minerals and molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
It should be noted that molybdenite and chalcopyrite mineralisation was observed in other skarn and breccia zones. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Aside from silicate hosts (biotite and hornblende), uraninite is intergrown with pyrrhotite, molybdenite, and zircon. From Wordnik.com. [Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed] Reference
Mineralisation occurs in garnet-rich calc-silicate skarn with sulphide minerals including chalcopyrite, bornite and molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Within the QFP Unit outcrop, coarsely disseminated and globular molybdenite appears to be best developed along the geological contacts. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
In the core of the deposit, there is a higher-grade molybdenum zone where molybdenite occurs within and adjacent to the felsic intrusion. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
In the core of the deposit, there is a higher grade molybdenum zone where molybdenite occurs within and adjacent to the felsic intrusion. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA] Reference
Fifteen years passed before mineralogists correctly identified the mineral as molybdenite, a disulfide of molybdenum and the only known ore of that metal. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Detailed mapping of other molybdenite zones on the west and east side of Alike Lake, follow-up soil sampling, and ground radiometric surveying is also in progress. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
He can no more contribute to the development of the national wealth than can a billion tons of molybdenite in the heart of Ungava, a thousand miles from a railway. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and Immigration] Reference
The drill hole exhibited strong quartz-sulfide stockworks with chalcopyrite and molybdenite mineralization in both diorite intrusive and the host clastic sediments. From Wordnik.com. [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference
Mineralisation comprises pervasively disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite, along with native copper, fine-grained molybdenite, and minor galena, sphalerite and magnetite. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
35 molybdenite. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
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