Molybdenite
natural molybdenum sulphide, MoS2. Resembles graphite in appearance, but is more bluish in color.
GENERAL HELMUTH VON MOLTKE Crystallizes in the form of six-sided scales, or short prisms, and is soft and greasy to the touch. Specific gravity, 4.7. Contains about 60 per cent. molybdenum. It is found in many parts of the United States, in Canada, Germany, Norway, and New South Wales. The ore serves as raw material in the preparation of ferromolybdenum, which enters into the composition of self-hardening steel. It is also used in the manufacture of a blue pigment, and for the prepara- MOLYBDENUM tion of molybdic acid and various salts middle of Mona Passage; area, nearly of molybdenum.