Name:

vanadinite

A photo of the mineral vanadinite

Class:

Phosphates/Arsenates/Vanadates

Chemistry:

Pb5(VO4)3Cl Lead ChloroVanadate

Color(s):

orange, red, Streak: yellow-white

Hardness:

2.75 - 3.0

SpecGrav:

6.7 - 7.2

Fracture:

conchoidal

Cleavage:

none

Crystal:

Hexagonal (sometimes hallow)

Envronment:

Secondary mineral develops in hydrothermal replacement deposits

Association:

galena, wulfenite, barite, pyromorphyte

Locals:

Morocco | Zambia | Mexico | Arizona, New Mexico/ USA

Misc:

soluble in nitric acid, an arsenic rich variety is also known as endlichite, name is from the element vanadium

Photos
& Locals:

1.) Apache Mine, Arizona
2.) Apache Mine, Arizona
3.) Apache Mine, Arizona
4.) Puzzler Mine, Yuma,, Arizona
5.) Puzzler Mine, Yuma,, Arizona
6.) JC holmes Claim, Santa Cruz, Arizona
7.) JC holmes Claim, Santa Cruz, Arizona
8.) Taouz, Morocco
9.) Taouz, Morocco
10.) Taouz, Morocco
11.) Vanadinite with small Calcite xtls., Taouz, Morocco
12.) Vanadinite with small Calcite xtls., Taouz, Morocco
13.) Vanadinite with small Calcite xtls., Taouz, Morocco

14.) Milbladden, Morocco
15.) Vanadinite on Romanachite, Milbladden, Morocco
16.) Vanadinite on Romanachite, Milbladden, Morocco
17.) Vanadinite on Romanachite, Milbladden, Morocco
18.) Vanadinite on Romanachite, Milbladden, Morocco
19.) Milbladden, Morocco
20.) Vanadinite on Romanachite, Milbladden, Morocco
21.) Vanadinite on Romanachite, Milbladden, Morocco
22.) Hamburg Mine, Arizona
23.) San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
24.) San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico (penetrating Calcite)
25.) San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico (penetrating Calcite)

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