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Molybdenite : MoS2

Photo Copyright © 2003 R.O. Meyer  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Locality: Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA
A superb, lustrous, 1.0 mm Molybdenite crystal, exhibiting horizontally striated pyramidal faces. The specimen was collected by, measured by, and is in the collection of, Robert Boggs. It was collected circa 1985 from the milepost 164.5 area. About six specimens were recovered from one end of a 200 pound boulder. This is the finest specimen from the find. Robert O. Meyer photograph.

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