Mineral phase
IMA name
Tugarinovite
Type
Class
non-silicate mineral
Compound type
oxide
Chemical composition
Formula
$MoO_2$
Chemical formula
MoO2
Elemental formula
Mo O2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Mo$ Molybdenum element 1 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 2 constituent element main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\geq \mid Mo-O-$ 6
Oxides comments
MnO2

Strunz

Class
oxides - hydroxides - arsenites (04)
Division
metal:oxygen = 1:2 and similar (04.D)
Family
with medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra (04.DB)
Code
04.DB.05

Dana

Major class
oxides and hydroxides (III)
Class
simple oxides (04)
Type
with a cation charge of 4+ (A++++O2) (04.04)
Group
-Tugarinovite- group (04.04.15)
Code
04.04.15.01
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Crystal class
prismatic
Crystal class symbol
2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup
P2(1)/m
Molar mass
127.94 $g/mol$
State NTP
solid
Refringence type
biaxial
Refringence sign
unknown
Pure color
violet
Color
violet brown
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
resinous
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