Input interpretation
ferrimolybdite (mineral)
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General properties
alternate names | molybdic acid | molybdic ocher formula | Fe^(3+)_2(MoO_4)_3·8(H_2O) discovery year | 1914
Basic properties
density | 2.99 g/cm^3 transparency | transparent | translucent birefringence | 0.21 luster | adamantine | silky | earthy Mohs hardness | 2.75 streak | light yellow magnetism | nonmagnetic color | yellow | canary yellow | sulfur yellow fracture | uneven molar mass | 717.6 g/mol (grams per mole)
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Mineral identifiers
Strunz ID | VI/G.02-30 Dana ID | 49.2.1.1
Crystallographic properties
crystal system | orthorhombic crystal class | 2/m2/m2/m unit cell volume | 3074 Å^3 (cubic ångströms) molecules per unit cell | 8 molecules per cell 2V angle | 37 π/360 radians≈37/2° (degrees) refractive indices | 1.75 | 1.76 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 dispersion | r < v | strong unit cell lengths | 6.665 Å (ångströms) | 15.42 Å (ångströms) | 29.9 Å (ångströms) unit cell angles | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees) | 90° (degrees)