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moolooite

Oxalate mineral

Also known as IMA1980-082

Instance of: mineral species
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (September 2019)
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Subclass of: oxalate mineral family

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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.

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IMA status and/or rank: approved mineral and/or valid name (A) ima number, broad sense: IMA1980-082
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1.Stated in The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013)
2.Stated in Moolooite, a naturally occurring hydrated copper oxalate from Western Australia
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Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 10.AB.15
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 10.AB.15
Crystal system: orthorhombic crystal system
IMA Mineral Symbol: Moo
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1.Stated in IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols
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Formula: Cu(C₂O₄)·nH₂O
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1.Stated in rruff
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3 identifiers linking moolooite across the web's reference databases

Freebase ID/m/04j291
IMA Number, broad senseIMA1980-082
Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["Mineral", "Moolooite"]

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