Oxyvanite Mineral Data

General Oxyvanite Information

Chemical Formula:

V3O5

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 232.82 gm

Vanadium 65.64 % V 64.38 % V₂O₃ / 35.62 % VO₂

Oxygen 34.36 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

V³⁺₂V⁴⁺O₅

Environment:

Related to berdesinskiite

IMA Status:

Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Sludyanka, Irkutsk region, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

Synonym:

IMA2008-044

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Oxyvanite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =1.9865:1:1.3861

Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.032, b = 5.05, c = 7, Z = 4; beta = 111.14° V = 330.77 Den(Calc)= 4.67

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 1.379(0.5), 1.633(0.5), 1.717(0.5),2.44(0.5), 2.65(0.5), 2.88(0.5), 3.28(0.5), 1.446(0.4),

Optical Properties of Oxyvanite

Optical Data:

NCalc= 2.49 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.3196) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Oxyvanite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.37 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Oxyvanite =4.67 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0018059321
Boson Index = 0.9981940679

Photoelectric:

PE_Oxyvanite= 12.80 barns/electron
U=PE_Oxyvanite x rElectron Density= 55.97 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Oxyvanite is Not Radioactive

Oxyvanite Classification

Dana Class:

07.07.02.02 (07)Multiple Oxides

(07.07)with miscellaneous formulae

(07.07.02)Dana Group

07.07.02.01 Berdesinskiite V2TiO5 P 2/c or Pc Mono

07.07.02.02 Oxyvanite! V3O5 C 2/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.CB.30 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar

04.CB -With medium-sized cations

04.CB.30 Berdesinskiite V2TiO5 P 2/c or Pc Mono

04.CB.30 Oxyvanite! V3O5 C 2/c 2/m

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See Also:

Links to other databases for Oxyvanite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - MinDAT
7 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
8 - Online Mineral Museum
9 - QUT Mineral Atlas
10 - Ruff.Info

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Oxyvanite

V3O5
Dana No: 07.07.02.02 Strunz No: 04.CB.30
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