Moolooite Mineral Data

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.

Name Pronunciation:

Moolooite + Pronunciation

Moolooite Image

Images:

Moolooite

Comments: Light bluish moolooite encrustation.
Location: Ibergstausee, Stempeda, SÃ¼dharz, 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

Diaphaneity:

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
Ncalc = 1.42 - 1.43

Optical Data:

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

Calculated Properties of Moolooite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.36 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Moolooite =3.46 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0018617791
Boson Index = 0.9981382209

Photoelectric:

PE_Moolooite= 17.33 barns/electron
U=PE_Moolooite x rElectron Density= 58.24 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Moolooite is Not Radioactive

Moolooite Classification

Dana Class:

50.01.06.01 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.01)(Oxalates)

(50.01.06)Dana Group

50.01.06.01 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)•n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

10.AB.15 10 - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

10.A - Salts of Organic Acids

10.AB -Oxalates

10.AB.15 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)•n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho

Other Moolooite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Moolooite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Moolooite

Cu++(C2O4)•n(H2O) (n < 1)
Dana No: 50.01.06.01 Strunz No: 10.AB.15
Locality:

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