- Source: Moolooite
Moolooite is a rare blue-green mineral with the formula Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O) (n<1) (copper(II) oxalate hydrate). It was discovered in Bunbury Well, Mooloo Downs station, Murchison, Western Australia in 1986. It has an orthorhombic crystalline structure, and is formed by the interaction of bird guano with weathering copper sulfides.
A second occurrence is reported from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines silver mining district of Vosges Mountains, France.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Moolooite
- List of minerals
- Copper(II) oxalate
- List of mineral symbols
- Organic mineral
- Classification of organic minerals
- Transition metal oxalate complex
- List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (M)
- Lecideaceae
