Mineral Specimen Images (V)

Voglite: Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6(H2O)  
Liebigite: Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3·11(H2O)

Comments: Green voglite with yellow liebigite.
Location: Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 3.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Voglite: Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6(H2O)  
Metazellerite: Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Pale yellow crystalline metazellerite in matrix, with green voglite.
Location: White Canyon #1 Mine, Frey Point, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Volborthite: Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O)  
Vashegyite: Al11(PO4)9(OH)6·38(H2O) or Al6(PO4)5(OH)3·23(H2O)

Comments: Small bluish-white crystals of vashegyite with green volborthite.
Location: Jeremias Glück Mine (Fairy Grotto), Garnsdorf, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Volborthite: Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O)

Comments: Shale with a heavy coating of brilliant green, scaly crystals of volborthite.
Location: Monument #1 Mine, Apache County, Arizona. Scale: 6.5 x 5.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Volfsonite: Cu+10Cu++Fe++Fe+++2Sn++++3S16  
Stannite: Cu2FeSnS4

Comments: Stannite crystal cluster at the base of a quartz crystal. Volfsonite is now consideres stannite.
Location: Yaogangxian mine, Hunan, China. Scale: Crystal size 3 cm.
© John Attard

Volfsonite: Cu+10Cu++Fe++Fe+++2Sn++++3S16  
Stannite: Cu2FeSnS4

Comments: Bluish-black octahedron of stannite (also known as volfsonite).
Location: Yaogangxian Wolfram mine, Yizhang County, Hunan Province, China. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Volkonskoite: Ca0.3(Cr+++,Mg,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Specimen of massive, green volkonskoite.
Location: Efimyatskaja Perm, Ural Mts., Russia. Scale: 1.1 x 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Volkovskite: KCa4[B5O8(OH)4][B(OH)3]Cl·4(H2O)

Comments: Transparent colorless platy volkovskite cleavage.
Location: Nepskoye Deposit, Irkutsk Distict, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Voloshinite: Rb(LiAl1.5[ ]0.5)(Al0.5Si3.5)O10F2

Comments: Lower BSE image shows irregular voloshinite grain (center 1) surrounded by albite (ALB), trilithionite (T), and pollucite (P).
Location: Vasin-yl'k Mt., Voroni Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Images.
© Diederik Visser

Voltaite: K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O)  
Alunogen: Al2(SO4)3·17(H2O)

Comments: Dark greenish-black crystals of voltaite on white alunogen.
Location: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Voltaite: K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O)  
Szomolnokite: Fe++SO4·(H2O)

Comments: Whitish crystalline crust of voltaite on crystals of brown szomolnokite.
Location: Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Chile. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Volynskite: AgBiTe2  
Tsumoite: BiTe

Comments: BSE image of composite grain of volynskite (AgBiTe) and tsumoite (BiTe) associated with sphalerite in chalcopyrite.
Location: Stobie deposit, South Range breccia belt, Supergiant Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© National Resouces of Canada

Vonbezingite: Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12·2(H2O)

Comments: Dark blue, blocky crystals of vonbezingite on matirx.
Location: Kalahari Manganese District, Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 0.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Vonsenite: Fe++2Fe+++BO5

Comments: Opaque vonsenite microcrystal.
Location: Colle del Pero Quarry, Laghelto di Montecompatri, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Voronkovite: Na15(Na,Ca,Ce)3(Mn,Ca)3Fe3Zr3Si26O72(OH,O)4Cl·H2O

Comments: Brownish red cleavage fragment of voronkovite.
Location: Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 5 x 2 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Vrbaite: Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20  
Realgar: AsS

Comments: Black grain of vrbaite in red realgar matrix.
Location: Allchar, Roszdan, FYR Macedonia. Scale: Picture size 1.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Vuagnatite: CaAlSiO4(OH)  
Mcguinnessite: (Mg,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2

Comments: Translucent colorless vuagnatite microcrystals with mcguinnessite.
Location: Near Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vulcanite: CuTe

Comments: Pale yellow metallic massive vulcanite in rock.
Location: Iriki Mine, Kagoshima, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vulcanite: CuTe  
Cameronite: AgCu7Te10  
Rickardite: Cu7Te5

Comments: Gray metallic massive cameronite showing subconchoidal fracture associated with purple rickardite and bronzy plates of vulcanite in a mass of tellurium, co-type specimen.
Location: Good Hope mine, Vulcan District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Vuonnemite: Na11Nb2TiSi4O12(PO4)2O5F2  
Ussingite: Na2AlSi3O8(OH)

Comments: Massive, violet colored ussingite with a single bladed partial crystal of white vuonnemite 1.5 cm in length.
Location: Mt. Karnasurf, Lovozero, Russia. Scale: 4.2 x 3 cm.
© John Veevaert