Powellite [ CaMoO4 ]
Images of Powellite
Material properties
| Formula | CaMoO4 |
| Abbreviation | Pwl |
| Classifications | Minerals containing Mo[VI]O4, Calcium molybdate, Scheelite (group) |
| Luminescence emitters | 1T1, 1T2, MoO4, Triplet-singlet, Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (1), SXES (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1891 |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Crystal symmetry | Tetragonal, Point group 4/m, Space group I41/a (#88) |
| Tags | Mineral, Molybdate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Ca | 1 |
| O | 4 |
| Mo | 1 |
| Total: | 6 |
References for Powellite
|
Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Griffith 1974 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hamblen 2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| CSIRO CL spectra 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tarashchan 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Specimens of Powellite
| Name | Owner | Materials | Phase purity | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SepSp-1 Sepiolite | CSIRO | Powellite (1.2%), Quartz, Sepiolite | 1.2 | 0 | — | |
| CaMoO4 Hyper2-25 | CSIRO | K feldspar, Powellite | — | 1 | SXES | |
| Powellite | Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech | Powellite | — | 0 | — |
