Raman spectra of chillagite, wulfenite, stolzite, scheelite and wolframite were obtained at 298 and 77 K using a Raman microprobe in combination with a thermal stage. Chillagite is a solid solution of wulfenite and stolzite. The spectra of these molybdate minerals are orientation dependent. The band at 695 cm −1 is interpreted as an antisymmetric bridging mode associated with the tungstate chain. The bands at 790 and 881 cm −1 are associated with the antisymmetric and symmetric A g modes of terminal WO 2 whereas the origin of the 806 cm −1 band remains unclear. The n 4 .E g / band was absent for scheelite. The bands at 353 and 401 cm −1 are assigned as either deformation modes or as r(B g ) and d.A g / modes of terminal WO 2 . The band at 462cm −1 has an equivalent band in the infrared at 455 cm −1 assigned as d as .A u / of the .W 2 O 4 / n chain. The band at 508 cm −1 is assigned as n sym .B g / of the .W 2 O 4 / n chain.