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Ore mineral

Molybdenite

Soft enough to mark paper. Also a dry lubricant, and now a two-dimensional semiconductor under study.

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Soft enough to mark paper. Also a dry lubricant, and now a two-dimensional semiconductor under study.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Molybdenum	Only significant ore	—

Molybdenum

A silvery metal added to steel so it keeps its strength at high temperature and under pressure.

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