# Moolooite

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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Moolooite
| image       = Moolooite-91983.jpg
| imagesize   = 260px
| caption     = Blue massive moolooite (field of view 12 mm)
| category    = Oxalate mineral
| formula     = {{chem2|Cu(C2O4) · 0.4H2O}}
| IMAsymbol   = Moo<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| strunz      = 10.AB.15
| system      = [Orthorhombic](/source/Orthorhombic)
| class       = Dipyramidal (mmm) <br/>[H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol): (2/m 2/m 2/m)
| symmetry    = ''Pnnm''
| color       =  green
| gravity     = 3.43 (calculated)
| density     = 2.6
| references  = <ref>[https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Moolooite Mineralienatlas]</ref>
}}

'''Moolooite''' is a rare blue-green [mineral](/source/mineral) with the formula Cu(C<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)·n(H<sub>2</sub>O) (n<1) ([copper(II) oxalate](/source/copper(II)_oxalate) hydrate).  It was discovered in Bunbury Well, Mooloo Downs station, [Murchison](/source/Murchison_(Western_Australia)), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) in 1986.<ref name=clarke-williams>{{cite journal |last1=Clarke |first1=R.M. |last2=Williams |first2=I.R.|title=Moolooite, a naturally occurring hydrated copper oxalate from Western Australia|journal=Mineralogical Magazine |volume=50 |year=1986 |pages=295–298 |url=http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/mm/vol50/MM50_295.pdf |issue=356 |doi=10.1180/minmag.1986.050.356.15|bibcode=1986MinM...50..295C|s2cid=54527532 }}</ref> It has an [orthorhombic](/source/orthorhombic) crystalline structure, and is formed by the interaction of [bird](/source/bird) [guano](/source/guano) with weathering copper [sulfide](/source/sulfide)s.

A second occurrence is reported from the [Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines](/source/Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines) silver mining district of [Vosges Mountains](/source/Vosges_Mountains), [France](/source/France).<ref name=clarke-williams/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Copper(II) minerals
Category:Oxalate minerals
Category:Orthorhombic minerals
Category:Minerals in space group 58
Category:Minerals described in 1986

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