Vanoxite Mineral Data

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General Vanoxite Information

Chemical Formula:

V++++4V+++++2O13·8(H2O) (?)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 657.76 gm

Vanadium 46.47 % V 82.95 % V₂O₅

Hydrogen 2.45 % H 21.91 % H₂O

Oxygen 51.08 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 104.86 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

V⁵⁺₄V⁵⁺₂O₁₃·8(H₂O)

Environment:

Sedimentary uranium-vanadium deposits. Incompletely characterized species.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1925

Locality:

Jo Dandy claim, Paradox Valley, Montrose Co., Colorado. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after its composition of vanadium and oxygen (oxide).

Vanoxite Image

Images:

Vanoxite Corvusite

Comments: Blue-black, somewhat silky vanoxite, with brown corvusite on sandstone.
Location: Club Mine, Uravan, Montrose County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vanoxite Crystallography

Crystal System:

TrigonalSpace Group: Unk

Physical Properties of Vanoxite

Color:

Brownish black, Black.

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Habit:

Crystalline - Fine - Occurs as well-formed fine sized crystals.

Habit:

Disseminated - Occurs in small, distinct particles dispersed in matrix.

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Metallic

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

brown black

Calculated Properties of Vanoxite

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00141
Boson Index = 0.99859

Photoelectric:

PE_Vanoxite= 8.79 barns/electron
U=PE_Vanoxite x r_electron= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Vanoxite is Not Radioactive

Vanoxite Classification

Dana Class:

47.4.6.1 (47)Vanadium Oxysalts

(47.4)(Hydrated Containing V++++ and V+++++)

(47.4.6)Dana Group

47.4.6.1 Vanoxite V4V2O13·8(H2O)(?) Unk Trig

Strunz Class:

IV/G.02-10 IV - Oxides

IV/G - Vanadiumoxides (with V4+/5+), Appendix to vanadates: Unclassified vanadates

IV/G.02 - Unclassified vanadates, Vanoxite

IV/G.02-10 Vanoxite V4V2O13·8(H2O)(?) Unk Trig

Other Vanoxite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Ford32)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Vanoxite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Vanoxite

V++++4V+++++2O13·8(H2O) (?)
Dana No: 47.4.6.1 Strunz No: IV/G.02-10
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