Devilline R060126
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) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060126.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
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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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Devilline

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, Řídkošil 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