Mineral Specimen Images (V)

Vincentite: (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te)

Comments: B&W reflected light image of vincentite (V) inclustions in Fe-bearing platinum (Pt-Fe) with a laminate of native osmium (Os). (CanMin, v40:457).
Location: Riam Kanan River, southeastern Borneo. Scale: Scale Bar 40 µm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Vinciennite: Cu10Fe4Sn(As,Sb)S16  
Colusite: Cu12-13V(As,Sb,Sn,Ge)3S16

Comments: Polished section (PPL) of a Fe-rich rim of vinciennite (vinc) on earlier colusite (col). Matrix is bornite (bn).
Location: Kidd Creek Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide deposit, Western Abitibi Subprovince, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Scale: Picture Size 0.5 mm.
© National Resouces of Canada

Vinogradovite: (Na,K)4Ti4(Si,Al)8O26·3(H2O,Na)

Comments: Off-white scaly vinogradovite on matrix.
Location: Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Violarite: Fe++Ni+++2S4

Comments: Bronze massive violarite, tarnished, with gray colored rock.
Location: Marbridge Mines ltd., Abitibi District, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Virgilite: LixAlxSi3-xO6

Comments: B&W image of euhedral virgilite crystal surrounded by glass containing several other virgilite crystals. Plane polarized light. AmMin v63:461.
Location: Clear pale-green glass found as stream cobbles near Macusani, Peru. Scale: Crystal Size 40 µm.
© American Mineralogist

Viseite: Ca10Al24(SiO4)6(PO4)7O22F3·72(H2O) (?)  
Trolleite: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3

Comments: Chalky white massive viseite with bluish trolleite.
Location: Champion Sillimanite Mine, near Laws, Mono County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vishnevite: (Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl2]2-4·n(H2O)

Comments: Pale blue massive vishnevite.
Location: Loch Borrolan, Rosshire, Highland, Scotland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vismirnovite: ZnSn++++(OH)6

Comments: Vismirnovite, yellow brown, intermixed with darker brown natanite, as replacements after stannite, with blue azurite..
Location: Mushiston Deposit, Kaznok Valley, Tajikistan. Scale: Picture Size 4 mm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vistepite: Mn++4Sn++++B2(SiO4)4(OH)2

Comments: Translucent platy vistepite fragment.
Location: Inelchek, Dara-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tadzhikistan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vitimite: Ca6B14O19(SO4)(OH)14·5(H2O)

Comments: Sectile white masses of vitimite on skarn rock matrix.
Location: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Sample Size 0.4 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vitusite-(Ce): Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2  
Magnesio-arfvedsonite: NaNa2(Mg4Fe++)Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Translucent beige-colored vitusite-(Ce) in a rim around a black magnesio-arfvedsonite crystal.
Location: Yubileinaya Vein, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 4x3x3 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Vivianite: Fe++3(PO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Transparent, bluish crystal aggregate of vivianite on matrix.
Location: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Vivianite: Fe++3(PO4)2·8(H2O)  
Maricite: NaFe++PO4

Comments: Brown maricite nodule with internal radiating structure, with blue vivianite.
Location: Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vivianite: Fe++3(PO4)2·8(H2O)  
Eosphorite: MnAl(PO4)(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Bottle-green translucent vivianite crystal (2cm) associated with reddish, micro eosphorite crystals.
Location: Lavra do Énio pegmatite, Galiléia, Governador Valadares, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm..
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Vladimirite: Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)  
Sphaerocobaltite: CoCO3

Comments: Translucent white prismatic vladimirite microcrystals with pink sphaerocobaltite.
Location: Irhtem Mine, near Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vladimirite: Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)

Comments: Snow white radial, acicular sprays, thick on calcite matrix.
Location: Ait Ahmane, Bou Azzer district,, Morocco. Scale: Crystal size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Vladimirite: Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)

Comments: Sprays of platy, elongated, white tiny crystals of vladimirite, associated with minor aragonite.
Location: Irhtem, Morocco. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Vlasovite: Na2ZrSi4O11  
Eudialyte: Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe++,Mn,Y)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2 (?)

Comments: Transparent yellow-gray vlasovite crystal frozen in pink eudialyte matrix.
Location: Kipawa alkaline complex, near Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada. Scale: 2x2x1 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Vlodavetsite: AlCa2(SO4)2F2Cl·4(H2O)

Comments: Colorless, vitreous, massive vlodavetsite, rarely in irregular plates associated with calcite.
Location: Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Voggite: Na2Zr(PO4)(CO3)(OH)·2(H2O)

Comments: Scanning-electron photomicrograph of voggite showing typical habit of crystals.
Location: Silicocarbonatite sills exposed at the Francon limestone quarry, Montreal, Quebec. Scale: Image size 360 µm.
© Canadian Mineralogist