Moolooite Mineral Data

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General Moolooite Information

Chemical Formula:

Cu++(C2O4)·n(H2O) (n < 1)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 160.57 gm

Copper 39.57 % Cu 44.56 % Cu₂O

Hydrogen 0.63 % H 5.61 % H₂O

Carbon 14.96 % C 44.85 % C₂O₃

Oxygen 44.84 % O

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100.00 % 95.02 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Cu(C₂O₄)·0.5(H₂O)

Environment:

Outcrop of copper sulfide veins.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1986

Locality:

Bunbury Well, Mooloo Downs, WA, Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the locality.

Moolooite Image

Images:

Moolooite

Comments: Light bluish moolooite encrustation.
Location: Ibergstausee, Stempeda, S?dharz, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.9 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Moolooite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.9502:1:0.4547

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.35, b = 5.63, c = 2.56, Z = 1; V = 77.11 Den(Calc)= 3.46

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.88(1), 2.5(0.3), 2.33(0.18),

Physical Properties of Moolooite

Color:

Blue, Green.

Density:

3.43

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Luster:

Earthy (Dull)

Streak:

light blue

Optical Properties of Moolooite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.797 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.781 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2197,KPDmeas= 0.2216,KC= 0.1233

Optical Data:

Biaxial (?), a=1.57, g=1.95, bire=0.3800

Calculated Properties of Moolooite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.36 gm/cc
note: r_Moolooite=3.46 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00186
Boson Index = 0.99814

Photoelectric:

PE_Moolooite= 17.33 barns/electron
U=PE_Moolooite x r_electron= 58.24 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Moolooite is Not Radioactive

Moolooite Classification

Dana Class:

50.1.6.1 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.1)(Oxalates)

(50.1.6)Dana Group

50.1.6.1 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

IX/A.01-90 IX - Organic compunds

IX/A - Oxalates. Salts from organic acids. [C2O4]2- arranged after increasing cation size

IX/A.01 - Whewellite - Wheatleyite series

IX/A.01-05 Natroxalate! Na2C2O4 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/A.01-10 Whewellite Ca(C2O4)·(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

IX/A.01-20 Weddellite Ca(C2O4)·2(H2O) I 4/m 4/m

IX/A.01-25 Caoxite! Ca(C2O4)·3(H2O) P1 1

IX/A.01-28 Novgorodovaite! Ca2(C2O4)Cl2·2(H2O) I2/m 2/m

IX/A.01-30 Oxammite (NH4)2(C2O4)·(H2O) P 2₁2₁2 2 2 2

IX/A.01-40 Glushinskite Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-50 Humboldtine Fe(C2O4)·2(H2O) I2/a 2/m

IX/A.01-55 Lindbergite! Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-60 Minguzzite K3Fe(C2O4)3·3(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

IX/A.01-70 Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(Al,Fe)(C2O4)3·8(H2O) Unk Trig

IX/A.01-80 Stepanovite NaMgFe(C2O4)3·8-9(H2O) Unk Trig

IX/A.01-90 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho

IX/A.01-100 Wheatleyite Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2(H2O) P1 1

IX/A.01-110 Coskrenite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-120 Levinsonite-(Y)! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) P 2/n 2/m

IX/A.01-130 Zugshunstite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

Other Moolooite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

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Moolooite

Cu++(C2O4)·n(H2O) (n < 1)
Dana No: 50.1.6.1 Strunz No: IX/A.01-90
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