Derriksite R100223
Name: Derriksite
RRUFF ID: R100223
Ideal Chemistry: Cu4(UO2)(Se4+O3)2(OH)6
Locality: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Congo
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark green crystal associated with metatorbernite, malachite and brochantite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 40% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R100223.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.5841(5)Å    b: 19.116(2)Å    c: 5.9759(6)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 637.9(1)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Derriksite

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]

Cesbron F, Pierrot R, Verbeek T (1971) La derriksite, Cu4(UO2)(SeO3)2(OH)6·H2O, une nouvelle espèce minérale, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 94, 534-537   [view file]

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1909-1914   [view file]

Ginderow D, Cesbron F (1983) Structure da la derriksite, Cu4(UO2)(SeO3)2(OH)6, Acta Crystallographica, C39, 1605-1607

Dunn P J, Cabri L J, Ferraiolo J A, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Mueller W, Shigley J E, Puziewicz J, Vanko D A (1984) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 69, 1190-1196   [view file]

Colmenero F, Plášil J, Sejkora J (2022) Complete crystal structures and elastic properties of the uranyl minerals johannite, pseudojohannite and derriksite, Crystals, 12, 1503   [view file]