| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Molybdenite |
| Formula: | MoS2 |
| Habit: | Pyramidal crystals with c pinacoids |
| Colour: | Metallic gray |
| Luminescent properties: | Not fluorescent in UV |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Biotite | 3 |
| Fluorapatite | 1 |
| Magnetite | 1 |
| Fluorite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 71873 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:71873:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Molybdenite in this Region |
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| Copper Mine shaft, Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite |
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| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘCopper Mine shaft, Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘSterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | ⓘGooseberry Mine, Balls Hill Iron Mines, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘBuckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘLime Crest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘEastern Concrete Materials Inc. Quarry (Raia Quarry; Cofrancisco Quarry; Hamburg Quarry), Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘMcAfee Quarry, McAfee, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘHude Mine (Stanhope Mine), Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey, USA |
| 22.0km (13.7 miles) | ⓘRiverdale Plaza, Riverdale, Morris County, New Jersey, USA |
| 26.0km (16.2 miles) | ⓘAtlas Quarry (Empire Quarry), Pine Island, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA |
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Edison Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA