Molybdomenite from
El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Molybdomenite | |
| Formula: | PbSeO3 | |
| Comments: | PXRD-analysed by G. Schnorrer (see https://www.mindat.org/mesg-805693.html; Schnorrer-Köhler, Günther, Grundmann, Günter, Lehrberger, Gerhard (1990) The El Dragón Mine, Potosí, Bolivia. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (2) 133-146). Some molybdomenite from El Dragon was found to be paramolybdomenite (Pekov et al., 2025). Paramolybdomenite from El Dragon is described as "thin-bladed crystals. Associated minerals are Co-bearing krut’aite–penroseite, chalcomenite, and dolomite. Molybdomenite- P21/c is pale yellow in transmitted light and has a greasy luster. It is brittle and has a Mohs hardness of 3. " (P21/c polytype is now known as paramolybdemenite); in Zhang, Jingnan; Yang, Hexiong; Gibbs, Ronald B. (2024) Molybdomenite-P21/c, Polymorphous with Molybdomenite and the Natural Analogue of Synthetic α-PbSe4+O3, from the El Dragón Mine, Potosí, Bolivia. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 62 (4). 643-652" | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Kruťaite | 12 | |
| Olsacherite | 8 | |
| Clausthalite | 6 | |
| Chalcomenite | 5 | |
| Native Selenium | 5 | |
| Klockmannite | 5 | |
| Goethite | 4 | |
| Chalcopyrite | 3 | |
| Petříčekite | 3 | |
| Watkinsonite | 2 | |
| Quartz | 2 | |
| Covellite | 2 | |
| Malachite | 1 | |
| Penroseite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdomenite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (9 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 41520 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:41520:2 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Grundmann, Günter, Förster, Hans-Jürgen (2017) Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia. Minerals, 7 (5) 68 doi:10.3390/min7050068 Yang, Hexiong; Gu, Xiangping; Scott, Michael M.; Jenkins, Robert A.; Gibbs, Ronald B.; Mcglasson, James A.; Downs, Robert T. (2023) Petermegawite, Al6(Se4+O3)3[SiO3(OH)](OH)9⋅10H2O, a New Al-Bearing Selenite Mineral, from the El Dragón Mine, Potosí, Bolivia. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61 (5). 987-998 doi:10.3749/2300004 | ||
El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia