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Molybdenum vs Ovamboite - What's the difference?

molybdenum | ovamboite |

As nouns the difference between molybdenum and ovamboite

is that molybdenum is a metallic chemical element (symbol mo) with an atomic number of 42 while ovamboite is (mineralogy) an isometric-hextetrahedral gray mineral containing arsenic, copper, gallium, germanium, iron, molybdenum, sulfur, tin, tungsten, vanadium, and zinc.

molybdenum

English

(wikipedia molybdenum)

Noun

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  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42.
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    Derived terms

    * ferromolybdenum * moly * molybdate * molybdenated * molybdenian * molybdenum blue * molybdenum carbonyl * molybdenum chloride * molybdenum disulfide, molybdenum disulphide * molybdenum hexacarbonyl * molybdenum orange * molybdenum oxide * molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum sulphide * molybdenum trioxide * molybdian * molybdo-

    Related terms

    * molybdena * molybdenite * molybdic * molybdite * molybdous

    See also

    * powellite * wulfenite

    ovamboite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral gray mineral containing arsenic, copper, gallium, germanium, iron, molybdenum, sulfur, tin, tungsten, vanadium, and zinc.

    • References

    * Ovamboite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Ovamboite.shtml]