Vanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates, with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl. It is one of the main industrial ores of the metal vanadium and a minor source of lead. A dense, brittle mineral, it is usually found in the form of red hexagonal crystals. It is an uncommon mineral, formed by the oxidation of lead ore deposits such as galena. First discovered in 1801 in Mexico, vanadinite deposits have since been unearthed in South America, Europe, Africa, and North America.
Key facts
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- c82f13
- Mineral.name
- Vanadinite
- Mineral.boxtextcolor
- fff
- Mineral.category
- Vanadate minerals Apatite group
- Mineral.image
- Vanadinite - ACF mine, Mibladen, Morocco.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- Pb5(VO4)3Cl
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Vna
- Mineral.molweight
- 1416.27 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.BN.05
- Mineral.system
- Hexagonal
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (6/m) H-M symbol: (6/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P63/m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 10.3174, c = 7.3378 [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Bright red, orange-red, red-brown, brown, yellow, whitish, grey or colourless or weakly tinted in transmitted light; pale straw-yellow;. may be concentrically zoned
- Mineral.habit
- Prismatic or nodular; may be acicular, hairlike, fibrous; rarely rounded, globular
- Mineral.cleavage
- None
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven to conchoidal
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- phosphate mineral
- Named after
- vanadium
- Image
- Vanadinite - ACF mine, Mibladen, Morocco.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vanadinite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BN.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BN.05
- crystal system
- hexagonal crystal system
- streak color
- straw
- type locality (geology)
- Zimapán
- color
- yellow
- Mohs' hardness
- 3
- density
- 6.88
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Vna
- chemical formula
- Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/B.16d
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Article · 日本語
褐鉛鉱(かつえんこう、英: Vanadinite)は、燐灰石グループのバナジン酸塩鉱物で、組成はPb5(VO4)3Clである。産業的に用いられている主要なバナジウム鉱石の1つであり、鉛源でもある。密度が高く脆い鉱物で、通常赤色で六方晶系の結晶を形成する。方鉛鉱等の鉛堆積物が酸化してできる珍しい鉱物である。バナジン鉛鉱とも呼ばれる。1801年にメキシコで初めて発見された。南アメリカ、ヨーロッパ、アフリカ、北アメリカのその他の地域でも見つかっている。
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