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Mooreite

A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered
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Mg9◻2Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2O
Colour:
Colourless, light tan; colourless in transmitted light.
Lustre:
Sub-Vitreous, Pearly
Hardness:
3
Specific Gravity:
2.47
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Name:
Named in 1929 by Lawson H. Bauer and Harry Berman in honor of Gideon Emmet Moore [August 21, 1842 New York, New York, USA - April 13, 1895 New York, New York, USA], American chemist, originally an assayer at Virginia City, Nevada, USA and worked mostly with the Passaic Zinc Company (1872-1895), and who early investigated the minerals of Sterling Hill and Franklin, New Jersey. He named brushite, chalcophanite, cryptokallite, hetaerolite, and the first natural occurrence of metacinnabarite.
Type Locality:
ⓘSterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
This page provides mineralogical data about Mooreite.


Unique Identifiers
IMA Formula:
Mg15(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2O
First published:
1929
Type description reference:
Bauer, L. H., Berman, Harry (1929) Mooreite, a new mineral, and fluoborite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey.American Mineralogist, 14 (5) 165-172

Classification of Mooreite

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
D : Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O
D : With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th ed.:
31.1.3.1

31 : HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
1 : (AB)m(XO4)pZq·xH2O, where m:p > 6:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:
25.9.10

25 : Sulphates
9 : Sulphates of Mn

Mineral SymbolsJolyon RalphUnited Kingdom

Physical Properties of Mooreite
Transparency:
Transparent
Comment:
Pearly on cleavage
Colour:
Colourless, light tan; colourless in transmitted light.
Streak:
White to colorless
Hardness:
3 onMohs scale
Tenacity:
Flexible
Cleavage:
Perfect
On {010}, perfect.
Fracture:
Micaceous
Density:
2.47 g/cm3 (Measured)    2.54 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Mooreite
Surface Relief:
Moderate
Dispersion:
weak
Optical Extinction:
X=b, Z^c =44°

Chemistry of Mooreite

Crystallography of MooreiteSterling Hill, New Jersey, USA 2380
Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.
Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
10.1 Å(80)
5.08 Å(100)
3.45 Å(50)
2.67 Å(40)
2.38 Å(80)
1.732 Å(50)
1.619 Å(60)
1.546 Å(30)
Comments:
ICDD 43-696; Note: Mooreite and torreyite differ in structure, although they are chemically similar.

Geological Environment
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Fracture fillings in calcite-willemite-franklinite ore
Reference:
Bauer, L. H., Berman, Harry (1929) Mooreite, a new mineral, and fluoborite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey.American Mineralogist, 14 (5) 165-172

Other Language Names for Mooreite

Common AssociatesMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.05FelsőbányaiteAl4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2OMon. 2 :P217.DD.07LlantenesiteCu6Al[SeO4](OH)12Cl · 3H2OTrig. 3m :P31c7.DD.10LangiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2OMon.m7.DD.10FehriteMgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.10PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2OMon.m :Pm7.DD.10WroewolfeiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2OMon.m :Pm7.DD.10GobeliniteCoCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/m7.DD.15KobyasheviteCu5(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OTric.1 :P17.DD.15SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2OTrig. 3m :P31c7.DD.15Unnamed (Dimorph of Devilline)CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.20KtenasiteZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 6H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.25ChristeliteCu2Zn3(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OTric.1 :P17.DD.30EdwardsiteCu3Cd2(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.30NiedermayriteCdCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2/m :P21/m7.DD.30SerpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :B2/b7.DD.30CampigliaiteMn2+Cu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2OMon. 2 :B27.DD.30OrthoserpieriteCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OOrth.mm2 :Pca217.DD.30DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.35ShigaiteMn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OTrig.3 :R37.DD.35Zincaluminite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2O7.DD.35ZincowoodwarditeZn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.7.DD.35NatroglaucoceriniteZn6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OHex.7.DD.35Hydrowoodwardite(Cu1-xAlx)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35Honessite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2[SO4]x/2 · nH2OTrig.7.DD.35Carrboydite(Ni1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35Glaucocerinite(Zn1-xAlx)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35WermlanditeMg7Al2(OH)18[Ca(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2OTrig.3m(32/m) :P3c17.DD.35NikischeriteFe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OTrig.3 :R37.DD.35Hydrohonessite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.35WoodwarditeCu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 · nH2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35MotukoreaiteMg6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2 · 6H2OTrig.3m(32/m) :R3m7.DD.35Mountkeithite[(Mg1-xFe3+x)(OH)2][SO4]x/2 · nH2OHex.7.DD.40Lawsonbauerite(Mn2+,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.40Torreyite(Mg,Mn2+)7◻2Mn2+2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 · 8H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.40IsseliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10(H2O)4 · H2OOrth.mm2 :Pmn217.DD.45Hodgesmithite(Cu,Zn)6Zn(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 3 :P37.DD.47LahnsteiniteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 3H2OTric. 1 :P17.DD.50NamuwiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6 · 4H2OTrig.3 :P37.DD.50Minohlite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 8H2OHex.7.DD.52LauraniiteCu6Cd2(SO4)2(OH)12 · 5H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.55BechereriteZn7Cu(OH)13[(SiO(OH)3(SO4)]Trig. 3 :P37.DD.60Ramsbeckite(Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2OMon. 2/m7.DD.65VonbezingiteCa6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12 · 2H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.70RedgilliteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · H2OMon. 2/m :P21/b7.DD.75NickelalumiteNiAl4(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)3Mon. 2/m7.DD.75KyrgyzstaniteZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2/m7.DD.75ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 · 3H2OMon. 2 :P217.DD.80Schulenbergite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 37.DD.80UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn(Zn,Cu)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10 · 3H2OTrig. 3 :P37.DD.80ThérèsemagnaniteNaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl · 6H2OTrig.3 :P37.DD.80GuarinoiteZn6(SO4)(OH)10 · 5H2OHex.7.DD.85MontetrisaiteCu6(SO4)(OH)10 · 2H2OOrth.mm2 :Cmc21

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    • References for MooreiteⓘAuguste Victoria coal mineWeiß (1990)
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    Palache (1935)+5 other referencesPeter Chin
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