Explore: Vanadinite

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

found in vanadium compounds. Del Río's lead mineral was ultimately named vanadinite for its vanadium content. In 1867, Henry Enfield Roscoe obtained the pure

mimetite forms a mineral series with pyromorphite (Pb5(PO4)3Cl) and with vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl). Notable occurrences are Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, and Tsumeb

physically and chemically with two other minerals: mimetite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl) and vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl). The resemblance in external characters is so close that

plagioclase, staurolite Hexagonal Vanadinite Galena Hexagonal prism (six-sided) beryl, galena, quartz, hanksite, vanadinite Icositetrahedral Spessartine Analcime

Hexagonite (var.) Triphylite Triplite Tugtupite Turquoise Ulexite Ussingite Vanadinite Variscite Väyrynenite Vesuvianite (idocrase) Californite (var.) Villiaumite

Ussingite Utahite Uvarovite Uytenbogaardtite Vaesite Valentinite Valleriite Vanadinite Vanadiocarpholite Native Vanadium (rare) Vandenbrandeite Vantasselite

Solnhofen Limestone quarries, Solnhofen, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Vanadinite and psilomelane from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region

175–176 Hexagonal dipyramidal 6/m C6h 6* [2,6+] centrosymmetric apatite, vanadinite P6/m, P63/m 177–182 Hexagonal trapezohedral 622 D6 226 [2,6]+ enantiomorphic

Vanadium is not found in the native state, but is present in minerals such as vanadinite, Pb5(VO4)3Cl.