Likasite R090009

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Name: Likasite
RRUFF ID: R090009
Ideal Chemistry: Cu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O
Locality: Likasi Mine, Jadotville, Katanga, Zaire
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Electric blue acicular crystals in a vug on cuprite matrix.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R090009
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R090009.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.835(4)Å    b: 6.782(4)Å    c: 21.72(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 860(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 Likasite

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]

Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 941-944   [view file]

Schoep A, Borchert W, Kohler K (1955) La likasite Cu12(OH)14(NO3)4(PO4)2, nouveau minéral, Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 78, 84-88   [view file]

Deliens M (1973) La likasite de Likasi (République de Zaïre), Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, 96, 143-145   [view file]

Fleischer M, Cabri L J (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 598-600   [view file]

Effenberger H (1986) Likasite, Cu3(OH)5(NO3)·2H2O: Revision of the chemical formula and redetermination of the crystal structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1986, 101-110

Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028   [view file]

Frost R L, Leverett P, Williams P A, Weier M L, Erickson K L (2004) Raman spectroscopy of gerhardtite at 298 and 77 K, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 35, 991-996