karelianite
Sign in to saveKarelianite is an rare mineral, a natural form of vanadium(III) oxide, V2O3. In terms of chemistry it is vanadium-analogue of hematite, corundum, eskolaite, tistarite, bixbyite, avicennite, and yttriaite-(Y). The name comes from Karelia, a region on the Finnish-Russian border. It may be associated with magnesium-rich rocks.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Karelianite
- Mineral.image
- Karelianite.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- V2O3
- Mineral.color
- Black
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
- Mineral.gravity
- 4.95
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- vanadium(III) oxide
- Image
- Karelianite.jpg
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- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IV/C.04a
- chemical formula
- V³⁺₂O₃
- Commons category
- Karelianite
- crystal system
- trigonal crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Kar
- type locality (geology)
- Outokumpu
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.CB.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.CB.05
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Karelianite is an rare mineral, a natural form of vanadium(III) oxide, V2O3. In terms of chemistry it is vanadium-analogue of hematite, corundum, eskolaite, tistarite, bixbyite, avicennite, and yttriaite-(Y). The name comes from Karelia, a region on the Finnish-Russian border. It may be associated with magnesium-rich rocks.
==References==
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