Vanadyl compounds

chemical compound

Cavansite, named for its chemical composition of calcium vanadium silicate, is a deep blue hydrous calcium vanadium phyllosilicate mineral, occurring as a secondary mineral in basaltic and andesitic rocks along with a variety of zeolite minerals. Its blue coloring comes from vanadium, a metal ion. Discovered in 1967 in Malheur County, Oregon, cavansite is a relatively rare mineral. It is polymorphic with the even rarer mineral, pentagonite. It is most frequently found in Pune, India, and in the Deccan Traps, a large igneous province.

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chemical compound

Pentagonite is a rare phyllosilicate mineral with formula Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O. Its characteristic blue color is due to the presence of the vanadyl () cation in its crystal lattice. The oxidation state of vanadium in the vanadyl cation is +4; therefore, it is a divalent cation. It was named for the unusual twinning called a fiveling with an apparent five-fold symmetry. It is a dimorph of cavansite.

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Pervanadyl is jargon that has two meanings. Pervanadyl can refer to aquo complexes containing (). This pale yellow oxycation of vanadium(V) is the predominant vanadium(V) species in acidic solutions with pH between 0 and 2. Like permanganate, pervanadate features the metal in its highest oxidation state.

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