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General Vanadinite Information
Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 1,416.27 gm
   Vanadium  10.79 %  V    19.26 % V2O5
   Lead      73.15 %  Pb   78.80 % PbO
   Chlorine   2.50 %  Cl    2.50 % Cl
               -   %  Cl   -0.56 % -O=Cl2
   Oxygen    13.56 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Help on Environment: Environment: Oxidized lead ores.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839
Help on Locality: Locality: Zimapan, Hildalgo, Mexico Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for its vanadium content.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Endlichite(As)
  ICSD 203074
  PDF 43-1461
 

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Vanadinite

Comments: Tabular, hexagonal crystals of vanadinite.
Location: Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. Scale: 3 x 2.5 cm.
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Vanadinite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:0.71077
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 10.331, c = 7.343, Z = 2; V = 678.72 Den(Calc)= 6.93
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 63/m
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.988(1), 3.068(0.85), 3.384(0.6),
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Trotter J , Barnes W H , The Canadian Mineralogist , 6 (1958) p.161-173, The structure of vanadinite

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Physical Properties of Vanadinite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: None
Help on Color: Color: Brown, Brownish yellow, Brown red, Colorless, Yellow.
Help on Density: Density: 6.8 - 7.1, Average = 6.94
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Subtranslucent to opaque
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.
Help on Habit: Habit: Globular - Spherical, or nearly so, rounded forms (e.g. wavellite).
Help on Habit: Habit: Nodular - Tuberose forms having irregular protuberances over the surface.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3.5-4 - Copper Penny-Fluorite
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: None.
Help on Luster: Luster: Adamantine
Help on Streak: Streak: brownish yellow
 

Optical Properties of Vanadinite

Help on Dichroism (e): Dichroism (e): light.
Help on Dichroism (w): Dichroism (w): darker.
Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= -0.117 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.12 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1996,KPDmeas= 0.199,KC= 0.1782
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (-), e=2.35, w=2.416, bire=0.0660.
 

Calculated Properties of Vanadinite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=5.81 gm/cc
note: rVanadinite =6.95 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.16199
Boson Index = 0.83801
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEVanadinite =1,345.77 barns/electron
U=PEVanadinite x relectron=7,819.15 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Vanadinite is Not Radioactive
 

Vanadinite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 41.8.4.3 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (41.8)where (A)5 (XO4)3 Zq
  (41.8.4)Dana Group
 
41.8.4.1 Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
41.8.4.2 Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
41.8.4.3 Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VII/B.39-170 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O, OH. cations of medium and big size: Mg, Cu, Zn, and Ca, Na, K, Ba, Pb
  VII/B.39 - Apatite - Pyromorphite group
 
VII/B.39-10 Fluorapatite Ca5(PO4)3F P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-20 Chlorapatite Ca5(PO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-30 Hydroxylapatite Ca5(PO4)3(OH) P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-40 Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH) P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-50 Carbonate-fluorapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-60 Svabite Ca5(AsO4)3F P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-70 Turneaureite Ca5[(As,P)O4]3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-80 Johnbaumite Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) P 63/m,P 63 Hex
 
VII/B.39-90 Fermorite (Ca,Sr)5(AsO4,PO4)3(OH) P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-95 Fluorcaphite! (Ca,Sr,Ce,Na)5(PO4)3F P 63 6
 
VII/B.39-100 Strontium-apatite (Sr,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-110 Belovite-(Ce) (Sr,Ce,Na,Ca)5(PO4)3(OH) P 3 3
 
VII/B.39-115 Belovite-(La)! (Sr,La,Ce,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) P 3 3
 
VII/B.39-117 Kuannersuite-(Ce)! Ba6Na2REE2(PO4)6FCl P 3 3
 
VII/B.39-120 Alforsite Ba5(PO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-130 Morelandite (Ba,Ca,Pb)5(AsO4,PO4)3Cl P 63/m,P 63 Hex
 
VII/B.39-140 Hedyphane Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-150 Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-160 Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 
VII/B.39-165 Clinomimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl P 21/b 2/m
 
VII/B.39-170 Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl P 63/m 6/m
 

Other Vanadinite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Mason68)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Vanadinite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 - Applied Mineralogy 4 -Athena 5 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 6 - EUROmin Project 7 - Glendale Community College 8 -Google Images 9 -Google Scholar 10 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 11 - HyperPhysics 12 -MinDAT 13 -MinMax(Deutsch) 14 -MinMax(English) 15 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 16 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 17 -QUT Mineral Atlas 18 - WWW-MINCRYST 19 - YupRocks 20 -theimage 21 -École des Mines de Paris

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Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Dana No: 41.8.4.3 Strunz No: VII/B.39-170
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