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V Index of Mineral Species

This alphabetical listing of V minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.

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Vaesite  Say VAESITE Mineral Image for Vaesite Mindat locations   NiS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Vaes, mineralogist for the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga.
Vajdakite !   Mineral Image for Vajdakite Mindat locations   [(MoO2)2(H2O)2As2O5]·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef Vajdak (1930-), for his significant contribution in the study of minerals in the Jachymov ore district.
Valentinite  Say VALENTINITE Mineral Image for Valentinite Java Crystal form for Valentinite Mindat locations   Sb2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German alchemist, B. Valentinus (16th century).
Valleriite  Say VALLERIITE Mineral Image for Valleriite Mindat locations   4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Goran Wallerius (Vallerius) (1683-1742), a Swedish mining geologist.
Vanadinite  Say VANADINITE Mineral Image for Vanadinite Java Crystal form for Vanadinite Mindat locations   Pb5(VO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for its vanadium content.
Vanadiocarpholite !   Mineral Image for Vanadiocarpholite Mindat locations   Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the V-dominant analogue of carpholite.
Vanadiumdravite !   Mindat locations   NaMg3V6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its vanadium content and the mineral dravite.
Vanadomalayaite  Say VANADOMALAYAITE Mindat locations   CaVOSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named to show it's chemical relationship to malayaite.
Vanalite  Say VANALITE Mindat locations   NaAl8V10O38·30(H2O)
Vandenbrandeite  Say VANDENBRANDEITE Mineral Image for Vandenbrandeite Java Crystal form for Vandenbrandeite Mindat locations   Cu(UO2)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre van den Brande (1896-1957), Belgian geologist who discovered the ore deposit at Kalongwe, Zaire.
Vandendriesscheite  Say VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Mineral Image for Vandendriesscheite Mindat locations   Pb(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adrien Vandendriessche (1914-1940), Belgian mineralogist and geologist.
Vanmeersscheite  Say VANMEERSSCHEITE Mindat locations   U++++++(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4(H2O)
Vanoxite  Say VANOXITE Mineral Image for Vanoxite Mindat locations   V++++4V+++++2O13·8(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of vanadium and oxygen (oxide).
Vantasselite  Say VANTASSELITE Mineral Image for Vantasselite Mindat locations   Al4(PO4)3(OH)3·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rene Van Tassel (1916-), mineralogist of phosphate and sulfate minerals.
Vanthoffite  Say VANTHOFFITE Mineral Image for Vanthoffite Mindat locations   Na6Mg(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff (1852-1911), Dutch physical chemist.
Vanuralite  Say VANURALITE Mineral Image for Vanuralite Mindat locations   Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Vanadium, Uranium).
Vanuranylite ?  Say VANURANYLITE Mindat locations   (H3O,Ba,Ca,K)1.6(UO2)2V2O8·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the composition (VANadium, URanium, and Aluminum).
Varennesite  Say VARENNESITE Mineral Image for Varennesite Java Crystal form for Varennesite Mindat locations   Na8Mn++2Si10O25(OH,Cl)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: Demix-Varennes quarry, which lies between the villages of Varennes and Saint-Amable, in Vercheres County, Quebec
Variscite  Say VARISCITE Mineral Image for Variscite Mindat locations   AlPO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Variscia, the historical name of Vogtland, Germany.
Varlamoffite *   Mineral Image for Varlamoffite Mindat locations   (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2
Varulite  Say VARULITE Mineral Image for Varulite Mindat locations   NaCaMn(Mn,Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Verutrask pegmatite, Boliden mine, Skelleftea, Vasterbottea, Sweden.
Vashegyite  Say VASHEGYITE Mineral Image for Vashegyite Mindat locations   Al11(PO4)9(OH)6·38(H2O) or Al6(PO4)5(OH)3·23(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Zeleznik (Vashegy) mine, Sirk River, Slovakia, Boehmia, Czech Republic.
Vasilite  Say VASILITE Mindat locations   (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7
Vasilyevite !   Mindat locations   (Hg2)++10O6I3Cl(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Vasilyev (1929-), Institute of of Geology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Vastmanlandite-(Ce) !   Mindat locations   Ce3CaMg2Al2Si5O19(OH)2F NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Vaterite  Say VATERITE Mineral Image for Vaterite Mindat locations   CaCO3
Vaughanite  Say VAUGHANITE Mindat locations   TlHgSb4S7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David J. Vaughan (1946-), English mineralogist.
Vauquelinite  Say VAUQUELINITE Mineral Image for Vauquelinite Java Crystal form for Vauquelinite Mindat locations   Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis N. Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist and discoverer of chromium.
Vauxite  Say VAUXITE Mineral Image for Vauxite Mindat locations   Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Vaux, Jr. (1863-1927), mineral collector, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Vayrynenite  Say VAYRYNENITE Mineral Image for Vayrynenite Mindat locations   MnBe(PO4)(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Heikki Allan Vayrynen (1888-1956), mineralogist and geologist, Technical High School, Helsinki, Finland.
Veatchite  Say VEATCHITE Mindat locations   Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O)
Veatchite-A  Say VEATCHITE-A Mindat locations   Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as a dimorph of veatchite.
Veatchite-p !  Say VEATCHITE-P Mindat locations   Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O)
Veenite  Say VEENITE Mindat locations   Pb2(Sb,As)2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. W. Van der Veen (1883-1925), Dutch economic geologist and metallographer.
Velikite  Say VELIKITE Mindat locations   Cu2HgSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: For A. C. Velikyi (1913-1970), a well known investigator of the ore deposits of Central Asia.
Verbeekite !   Mindat locations   PdSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theodore Verbeek (1927-1991) who did the original studies on the Se-bearing lens.
Verdelite - green *  (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vergasovaite !   Mindat locations   Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4] NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lidiya Pavlovna Vergasova (b. 1941), of the Institute of Volcanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk, Russia,
Vermiculite  Say VERMICULITE Mineral Image for Vermiculite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++,Al)3(Al,Si)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin vermiculus, "little worm."
Vernadite  Say VERNADITE Mineral Image for Vernadite Mindat locations   (Mn++++,Fe+++,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadskii (1863-1945), Russian natrualist and geochemist.
Verplanckite  Say VERPLANCKITE Mineral Image for Verplanckite Mindat locations   Ba2(Mn++,Ti,Fe++)2Si2O6(O,OH,Cl,F)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William E. VerPlanck (1916-1963), American geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology.
Versiliaite  Say VERSILIAITE Mineral Image for Versiliaite Mindat locations   Fe++4Fe+++8Sb+++12O23S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Buca della Vena mine, Versilia valley, Apuan Alps, Italy.
Vertumnite  Say VERTUMNITE Mindat locations   Ca8Al4(Al4Si5)O12[(OH)36·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Vertumnus, the god worshipped by the ancient Etruscan people who inhabited the region where the mineral was found.
Vesignieite  Say VESIGNIEITE Mineral Image for Vesignieite Mindat locations   Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineral collector, L. Vesignie (1870-1954).
Vesuvian Salt *  (see Aphthitalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vesuvianite  Say VESUVIANITE Mineral Image for Vesuvianite Java Crystal form for Vesuvianite Mindat locations   Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Mte. Somma, Vesuvius, Italy.
Vesuvianite-Mn *  (see Manganvesuvianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Veszelyite  Say VESZELYITE Mineral Image for Veszelyite Mindat locations   (Cu,Zn)2ZnPO4(OH)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Veszelyi (1820-1888), Hungarian mining engineer who discovered the mineral.
Viaeneite !  Say VIAENEITE Mindat locations   (Fe,Pb)4S8O NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Willy Viaene (1943-), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Vicanite-(Ce)  Say VICANITE-(CE) Mindat locations   (Ca,Ce,La,Th)15As+++++(As+++0.5,Na0.5)Fe+++Si6B4O40F7 NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: Vican (Vico lake) volcanic complex at Tre Croci, Ventralla (north of Rome), Latium, Veterbo provicne, Italy.
Vierlingite *  (see Bermanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vigezzite  Say VIGEZZITE Mineral Image for Vigezzite Mindat locations   (Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Orcesco, on Alpe Rosso, Val Vigezzo, Italy.
Vihorlatite *   Mineral Image for Vihorlatite Mindat locations   Bi8+x(Se,Te,S)11-x NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Poruba, Vihorlat Mountains, Slovakia.
Viitaniemiite  Say VIITANIEMIITE Mineral Image for Viitaniemiite Mindat locations   Na(Ca,Mn++)Al(PO4)(F,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Viitaniemi granite pegmatite, Erajarvi, Orivesi, Finland.
Vikingite  Say VIKINGITE Mineral Image for Vikingite Mindat locations   Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Vikings, who settled Greenland in the tenth century.
Villamaninite  Say VILLAMANINITE Mineral Image for Villamaninite Mindat locations   (Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Providencia mine, Mina Cármenes district, near Villamanín, León province, Spain
Villiaumite  Say VILLIAUMITE Mineral Image for Villiaumite Mindat locations   NaF NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French traveller, Villium.
Villyaellenite  Say VILLYAELLENITE Mineral Image for Villyaellenite Mindat locations   Mn++5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Villy Aellen, director of the Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland.
Vimsite  Say VIMSITE Mindat locations   CaB2O2(OH)4
Vincentite  Say VINCENTITE Mindat locations   (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ewart A. Vincent (1919-), professor of mineralogy, Oxford University.
Vinciennite  Say VINCIENNITE Mindat locations   Cu10Fe4Sn(As,Sb)S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri Vincienne (1898-1965), French mineralogist.
Vinogradovite  Say VINOGRADOVITE Mineral Image for Vinogradovite Mindat locations   (Na,K)4Ti4(Si,Al)8O26·3(H2O,Na) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Russian geochemist.
Violarite  Say VIOLARITE Mineral Image for Violarite Java Crystal form for Violarite Mindat locations   Fe++Ni+++2S4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin for "purple", its color in a polished section.
Virgilite  Say VIRGILITE Mindat locations   LixAlxSi3-xO6
Viseite   Mineral Image for Viseite Mindat locations   Ca10Al24(SiO4)6(PO4)7O22F3·72(H2O) (?)
Vishnevite  Say VISHNEVITE Mineral Image for Vishnevite Mindat locations   (Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl2]2-4·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From the Kurochkin Vally, Vishnevy-Ilmen Mountains, Soputhern Urals, Russia.
Vismirnovite  Say VISMIRNOVITE Mindat locations   ZnSn++++(OH)6
Vistepite  Say VISTEPITE Mineral Image for Vistepite Mindat locations   Mn++4Sn++++B2(SiO4)4(OH)2
Vitimite !   Mindat locations   Ca6B14O19(SO4)(OH)14·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Vitim plateau which is near the locality LOCALITY: Solongo deposit in Buryatia, Transbaikal region, Russia
Vitusite-(Ce)  Say VITUSITE-(CE) Mindat locations   Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vitus Bering (1681-1741), explorer of norhtern seas (Bering Sea).
Vivianite  Say VIVIANITE Mineral Image for Vivianite Java Crystal form for Vivianite Mindat locations   Fe++3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist, J. G. Vivian.
Vladimirite  Say VLADIMIRITE Mineral Image for Vladimirite Mindat locations   Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)
Vlasovite  Say VLASOVITE Mineral Image for Vlasovite Mindat locations   Na2ZrSi4O11
Vlodavetsite !  Say VLODAVETSITE Java Crystal form for Vlodavetsite Mindat locations   AlCa2(SO4)2F2Cl·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For V. I. Vlodavets (1893-1993), Russian volcanologist.
Vochtenite  Say VOCHTENITE Mindat locations   (Fe++,Mg)Fe+++[(UO2)(PO4)]4(OH)·12-13(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Renard F. C. Vochten (1933-), mineraloigst, State University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Voggite  Say VOGGITE Mindat locations   Na2Zr(PO4)(CO3)(OH)·2(H2O)
Voglite  Say VOGLITE Mineral Image for Voglite Mindat locations   Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef Florian Vogl, Austrian mining official and mineralogist, who described the compound and published on uranium mines and minerals of Jachymov, Czech Republic.
Volborthite  Say VOLBORTHITE Mineral Image for Volborthite Mindat locations   Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), Russian paleontologist who first noted the mineral.
Volchonskoite *  (see Volkonskoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Volfsonite *   Mindat locations   Cu+10Cu++Fe++Fe+++2Sn++++3S16
Volkonskoite  Say VOLKONSKOITE Mineral Image for Volkonskoite Mindat locations   Ca0.3(Cr+++,Mg,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prince A. Volkonskoi, Minister of the Imperial Court, Russia.
Volkovskite   Mineral Image for Volkovskite Mindat locations   KCa4[B5O8(OH)4][B(OH)3]Cl·4(H2O)
Voltaite  Say VOLTAITE Mineral Image for Voltaite Mindat locations   K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian physicist, Alessandro G. A. A. Volta (1745-1841).
Volynskite  Say VOLYNSKITE Mindat locations   AgBiTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. S. Volynskii (1900-1947), Polish economic geologist.
Vonbezingite  Say VONBEZINGITE Mindat locations   Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12·2(H2O)
Vonsenite  Say VONSENITE Mineral Image for Vonsenite Mindat locations   Fe++2Fe+++BO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Magnus Vonsen (1879-1954), amateur mineralogist and mineral collector who discovered the mineral.
Vozhminite  Say VOZHMINITE Mindat locations   (Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vozhmin serpentinite, Karelia, Russia.
Vrbaite  Say VRBAITE Mineral Image for Vrbaite Java Crystal form for Vrbaite Mindat locations   Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Vrba (1845-1922), Czech mineralogist.
vrendenbergite alpha *  (see Iwakiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vuagnatite  Say VUAGNATITE Mineral Image for Vuagnatite Mindat locations   CaAlSiO4(OH)
Vulcanite  Say VULCANITE Mineral Image for Vulcanite Mindat locations   CuTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA.
Vuonnemite  Say VUONNEMITE Mineral Image for Vuonnemite Mindat locations   Na11Nb2TiSi4O12(PO4)2O5F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Vuonnemi River, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Ilímaussaq, Greenland.
Vuorelainenite  Say VUORELAINENITE Mindat locations   (Mn++,Fe++)(V+++,Cr+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yrjo Vuorelainen (1922-), Finnish exploration geologist.
Vuoriyarvite *  (see Vuoriyarvite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vuoriyarvite-K !  Say VUORIYARVITE-K Mindat locations   (K,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2Si4O12(O,OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Lake Vuoriyarvi and the Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultramafic complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Vurroite !   Mindat locations   Pb21SnAs11Bi11S50Cl8Se NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Vyacheslavite  Say VYACHESLAVITE Mindat locations   U++++(PO4)(OH)·2.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vyacheslav Gavilovich Melkov (1911-1991), Russian mineralogist.
Vyalsovite  Say VYALSOVITE Mindat locations   FeS·Ca(OH)2·Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leonid N. Vyalsov (1939-), Russian mineralogist.
Vysotskite  Say VYSOTSKITE Mindat locations   (Pd,Ni)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. K. Vysotskii, Soviet geologist, who first found platinum at Noril'sk, Russia.
Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  Say VYUNTSPAKHKITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,Yb,Er)4Al2AlSi5O18(OH)5

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