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|   |   | Name: Devilline RRUFF ID: R060126 Ideal Chemistry: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O Locality: Herrengrund, Hungary Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 300 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Greenish-blue pseudohexagonal crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Devilline (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R060126.9 | ||||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 20.827(4)Å    b: 6.131(1)Å    c: 22.184(3)Å alpha: 90° beta: 102.70(1)° gamma: 90° Volume: 2763(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||||
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| REFERENCES for Devilline | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] | |
| Pisani F (1864) Sur une nouvelle espèce minérale du Cornouailles, la devilline, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 59, 813-814 [view file] | |
| International Mineralogical Association (1971) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 102-105 [view file] | |
| Sabelli C, Zanazzi P F (1972) The crystal structure of devillite, Acta Crystallographica, B28, 1182-1189 | |
| International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] | |
| Mrázek Z, Řídkoil T, Ederová J (1983) New data for devillite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, 79-88 | |
| Brooke M F (1986) Devilline and other minerals from Wheal Friendship, Mary Tavy, Devon, U.K., Journal of the Russell Society, 1, 123-124 | |
| Krause W, Täuber H (1992) Zum Kenntnisstand der Minerale Serpierit, Orthoserpierit und Devillin, Aufschluss, 43, 1-25 | |
| Frost R L, Williams P A, Martens W, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2004) Raman spectroscopy of basic copper (II) and some complex copper (II) sulfate minerals: Implications for hydrogen bonding, American Mineralogist, 89, 1130-1137 [view file] | |
| Majzlan J, Zittlau A H, Grevel K, Schliesser J, Woodfield B F, Dachs E, Števko M, Chovan M, Plášil J, Sejkora J, Milovská S (2015) Thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria of the secondary copper minerals libethenite, olivenite, pseudomalachite, kröhnkite, cyanochroite, and devilline, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 937-960 | |
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