V Listing of Minerals

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V Mineral Index (105 Count)

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

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Vaesite    NiS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1945 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Vaes, mineralogist for the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. Vajdakite   [(MoO2)2(H2O)2As2O5] Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef Vajdak (1930-), for his significant contribution in the study of minerals in the Jachymov ore district. Valentinite     Sb2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German alchemist, B. Valentinus (16th century). Valleriite   4(Fe,Cu)S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Goran Wallerius (Vallerius) (1683-1742), a Swedish mining geologist. Vanadinite     Pb5(VO4)3Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its vanadium content. Vanadiocarpholite   Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the V-dominant analogue of carpholite. Vanadiumdravite   NaMg3V6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its vanadium content and the mineral dravite. Vanadoandrosite-(Ce)   (Mn++,Ca)(REE)V+++AlMn++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the vanadiium analoge of androsite. Vanadomalayaite   CaVOSiO4 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named to show it's chemical relationship to malayaite. Vanalite  NaAl8V10O38 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the VANadium and ALuminum in the composition. Vandenbrandeite      Cu(UO2)(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre van den Brande (1896-1957), Belgian geologist who discovered the ore deposit at Kalongwe, Zaire. Vandendriesscheite     Pb(UO2)10O6(OH)11 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1947 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adrien Vandendriessche (1914-1940), Belgian mineralogist and geologist. Vanmeersscheite     U++++++(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adrien Vandendriessche (1914-1940), Belgian mineralogist and geologist, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. Vanoxite   V++++4V+++++2O13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1925 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of vanadium and oxygen (oxide). Vantasselite   Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rene Van Tassel (1916-), mineralogist of phosphate and sulfate minerals. Vanthoffite    Na6Mg(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1902 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacobus Hendricus van't Hoff (1852-1911), Dutch physical chemist. Vanuralite    Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Vanadium, Uranium). Vanuranylite   (H3O,Ba,Ca,K)1.6(UO2)2V2O8 Discredited IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the composition (VANadium, URanium, and Aluminum). Varennesite     Na8Mn++2Si10O25(OH,Cl)2 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: Demix-Varennes quarry, which lies between the villages of Varennes and Saint-Amable, in Vercheres County, Quebec Variscite    AlPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1837 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Variscia, the historical name of Vogtland, Germany. Varlamoffite  (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2 Not Approved IMA 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nicolas Varlamoff (1910-1976), Belgian geologist who collected the mineral. Varulite   NaCaMn(Mn,Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Verutrask pegmatite, Boliden mine, Skelleftea, Vasterbottea, Sweden. Vashegyite   Al11(PO4)9(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Zeleznik (Vashegy) mine, Sirk River, Slovakia, Boehmia, Czech Republic. Vasilite    (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vasil Atanasov, Associate Professor of mineralogy, Higher Institute of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Bulgaria. Vasilyevite  (Hg2)++10O6I3Cl(CO3) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) 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)    (Ce,La)3CaAl2Mg2[Si2O7][SiO4]3F(OH)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name is for V Vaterite    CaCO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Heinrich Vater (1859-1930), Professor of Mineralogy and Chemistry, Tharandt, Germany. Vaughanite   TlHgSb4S7 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David J. Vaughan (1946-), English mineralogist. Vauquelinite     Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1818 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis N. Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist and discoverer of chromium. Vauxite    Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Vaux, Jr. (1863-1927), mineral collector, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Vavrinite   Ni2SbTe2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan Vavr Vavrzhinite - See Vavrinite Vayrynenite    MnBe(PO4)(OH,F) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Heikki Allan Vayrynen (1888-1956), mineralogist and geologist, Technical High School, Helsinki, Finland. Veatchite    Sr2B11O16(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John A. Veatch (1808-1870), American physician and geologist, who first detected boron in mineral waters in California, USA in the late 1800 Veatchite-A  Sr2B11O16(OH)5 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a dimorph of veatchite. Veatchite-p  Sr2B11O16(OH)5 Approved IMA 1960 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as a dimorph of veatchite. Veenite  Pb2(Sb,As)2S5 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. W. Van der Veen (1883-1925), Dutch economic geologist and metallographer. Velikite   Cu2HgSnS4 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: For A. C. Velikyi (1913-1970), a well known investigator of the ore deposits of Central Asia. Verbeekite PdSe2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theodore Verbeek (1927-1991) who did the original studies on the Se-bearing lens. Vergasovaite   Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4] Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lidiya Pavlovna Vergasova (b. 1941), of the Institute of Volcanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk, Russia, Vermiculite    (Mg,Fe++,Al)3(Al,Si)4O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1824 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin vermiculus, "little worm." Vernadite   (Mn++++,Fe+++,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1944 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadskii (1863-1945), Russian natrualist and geochemist. Verplanckite    Ba2(Mn++,Ti,Fe++)2Si2O6(O,OH,Cl,F)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William E. VerPlanck (1916-1963), American geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology. Versiliaite    Fe++4Fe+++8Sb+++12O23S2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Buca della Vena mine, Versilia valley, Apuan Alps, Italy. Vertumnite    Ca8Al4(Al4Si5)O12[(OH)36 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: For Vertumnus, the god worshipped by the ancient Etruscan people who inhabited the region where the mineral was found. Veselovskyite (Zn,Cu,Co)Cu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2 Proposed IMA 2005 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Vesignieite    Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineral collector, Colonel Jean Paul Louis Vesignie (1870-1954) and former president of the Mineralgical Society of France. Vesuvian Salt - See Aphthitalite Vesuvianite     Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1795 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Mte. Somma, Vesuvius, Italy. Vesuvianite - See Manganvesuvianite REMARKS: Mn bearing Veszelyite    (Cu,Zn)2ZnPO4(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Veszelyi (1820-1888), Hungarian mining engineer who discovered the mineral. Viaeneite  (Fe,Pb)4S8O Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Willy Viaene (1943-), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Vicanite-(Ce)    (Ca,Ce,La,Th)15As+++++(As+++0.5,Na0.5)Fe+++Si6B4O40F7 Approved IMA 1995 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 Vigezzite     (Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Orcesco, on Alpe Rosso, Val Vigezzo, Italy. Vihorlatite   Bi24Se17Te4 Approved IMA 1988 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Poruba, Vihorlat Mountains, Slovakia. Viitaniemiite    Na(Ca,Mn++)Al(PO4)(F,OH)3 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Viitaniemi granite pegmatite, Erajarvi, Orivesi, Finland. Vikingite    Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Vikings, who settled Greenland in the tenth century. Villamaninite    (Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Providencia mine, Mina C Villiaumite    NaF Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French traveller, Villium. Villyaellenite    Mn++5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Villy Aellen, director of the Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland. Vimsite    CaB2O2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named For the 50th anniversary of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Mineral Resources [an acronym for Vses. Nauch.-Issled. Inst. Mineral. Syrya], Moscow, Russia. Vincentite   (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te) Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ewart A. Vincent (1919-), professor of mineralogy, Oxford University. Vinciennite   Cu10Fe4Sn(As,Sb)S16 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri Vincienne (1898-1965), French mineralogist. Vinogradovite     (Na,K)4Ti4(Si,Al)8O26 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Russian geochemist. Violarite     Fe++Ni+++2S4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin for "purple", its color in a polished section. Virgilite    LixAlxSi3-xO6 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Virgil Everett Barnes (1903-), University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, prominent worker on tektites, impactites, and other natural glasses. Viseite  Ca10Al24(SiO4)6(PO4)7O22F3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1942 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vise, Belgium. Vishnevite     (Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl2]2-4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1931 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From the Kurochkin Vally, Vishnevy-Ilmen Mountains, Soputhern Urals, Russia. Vismirnovite    ZnSn++++(OH)6 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (1910-1988), Moscow University, Moscow, Russia Vistepite    Mn++4Sn++++B2(SiO4)4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Victor Ivanovich Stepanov (1924-1988), mineralogist, A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Vitimite Ca6B14O19(SO4)(OH)14 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Vitim plateau which is near the locality LOCALITY: Solongo deposit in Buryatia, Transbaikal region, Russia Vitusite-(Ce)     Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vitus Bering (1681-1741), explorer of northern seas (Bering Sea). Vivianite     Fe++3(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1817 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist, J. G. Vivian. Vladimirite   Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vladimirovskoye cobalt deposit, Altai Mountains, and the Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co deposit, Tuva, Siberia, Russia. Vlasovite    Na2ZrSi4O11 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kuz'ma Alekseevich Vlasov (1905-1964), founder of the Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow, Russia. Vlodavetsite     AlCa2(SO4)2F2Cl Approved IMA 1993 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. I. Vlodavets (1893-1993), Russian volcanologist. Vochtenite   (Fe++,Mg)Fe+++[(UO2)(PO4)]4(OH) Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Renard F. C. Vochten (1933-), mineraloigst, State University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Voggite    Na2Zr(PO4)(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for for Adolf Vogg who first discovered the mineral. Voglite    Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 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    Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1838 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), Russian paleontologist who first noted the mineral. Volchonskoite - See Volkonskoite Volfsonite  Cu+10Cu++Fe++Fe+++2Sn++++3S16 Not Approved IMA 1985 - Published 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Not given in abstract. Volfsonite - See Stannite Volkonskoite   Ca0.3(Cr+++,Mg,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1830 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prince A. Volkonskoi, Minister of the Imperial Court, Russia. Volkovite - See Strontioginorite Volkovskite    KCa4[B5O8(OH)4][B(OH)3]Cl Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.I. Volkovskaya, petrographer, who first noted the mineral. Voloshinite   Rb(LiAl1.5[ ]0.5)(Al0.5Si3.5)O10F2 Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Voltaite     K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian physicist, Alessandro G. A. A. Volta (1745-1841). Volynskite    AgBiTe2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. S. Volynskii (1900-1947), Polish economic geologist. Vonbezingite    Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl-Ludwig von Bezing (1945 Vonsenite    Fe++2Fe+++BO5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Magnus Vonsen (1879-1954), amateur mineralogist and mineral collector who discovered the mineral. Voronkovite   Na15(Na,Ca,Ce)3(Mn,Ca)3Fe3Zr3Si26O72(OH,O)4Cl Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander A. Voronkov (1928-1982), a prominent Russian crystallographer. Vozhminite  (Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vozhmin serpentinite, Karelia, Russia. Vrbaite     Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1912 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Vrba (1845-1922), Czech mineralogist. Pages: [1] [2]