Complete Definition of "molybdenite"

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Etymology
From Greek molybdos "lead",<ref>Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997</ref> μολ�βδο�.

Noun
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#mineralogy a mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS?<sub>2</sub>, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel

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