Molybdenite, 1297


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Description

Sample of white fine-grained massive albite (plagioclase feldspar) with several small, hexagonal bright gray, metallic, foliated crystals of molybdenite. Tiny reddish dodecahedral garnets are also present.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Maine, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists