Moolooite

Moolooite is a rare blue-green mineral with the formula Cu⁺⁺(C₂O₄)·n(H₂O) (n<1) (making it a hydrated copper oxalate). It was discovered by Richard M Clarke and Ian R Williams in Bunbury Well, Mooloo Downs station, Murchison, Western Australia in 1986.^[1] 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.^[1]

References

Boyd-Graber, Jordan. A Field Guide to Australian Minerals. (2004)

1. ^ ^{a b} Clarke, R.M., Williams I.R. (1986). "Moolooite, a naturally occurring hydrated copper oxalate from Western Australia". Mineralogical Magazine 50 (356): 295–298. doi:10.1180/minmag.1986.050.356.15. 

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