Mineral Species containing Vanadium (V)

Element Properties, Isotopic Compositions for Vanadium

**Vanadium (V) Element Properties**
Atomic Mass	50.9415
Atomic Number	23
Name Origins	Named after Vanadis, Scandinavian goddess.
Year Discovered	1801
Discovery Credits	Discovered by A. M. del Rio at Mexico City; rediscovered in 1831 by N. G. Selfstrom at Falun, Sweden.
Remarks	Shiny, silvery metal, soft when pure. Resists corrosion due to protective oxide film. Attacked by concentrated acids but not by fused alkalis. Used mainly as alloys and in steel. Diagnostic tests: Vanadium is usually detected by the color it imparts to the fluxes. With a borax bead test in the oxidizing flame, the bead is yellow when hot, changing to a yellowish green to almost colorless when cold. In a Na₂(NH₄)(PO₄) bead under oxidizing conditions, vanadium is yellow to deep amber (hot) yielding slightly less color on cooling. In the reducing flame, it becomes a dirty green color (hot) and a fine green color when cold.
References	Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p.
See Also	WebElements, ChemiCool

**Naturally Occurring Isotopes**
Symbol	Isotope Mass	Isotope Nuclide Number	Isotope Number	Natural Abundance	Half-life	Half-life Units	Decay Mode	Decay Mode MeV	Decay Mode %
V	47.952257	48	23	0.0000%	15.98	Days	beta +	4.015	100.00%
V	48.948517	49	23	0.0000%	331	Days	EC	0.601	100.00%
V	49.947161	50	23	0.2500%	4x10¹⁷	Years	EC beta -
V	50.943962	51	23	99.7500%		Stable

Vanadium (V) Minerals sorted by Mineral Name

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**218 Minerals containing Vanadium (V) sorted by Mineral Name**
% V	Mineral Name	Chemical Formula	MW
46.47 % V	Vanoxite #	V++++4V+++++2O13·8(H2O) (?)	657.76
10.07 % V	Vanuralite	Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·11(H2O)	1,012.09
11.38 % V	Vanuranylite ?	(H3O,Ba,Ca,K)1.6(UO2)2V2O8·4(H2O) (?)	894.90
17.21 % V	Vesignieite #	Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2	591.86
21.47 % V	Volborthite #	Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O)	474.56
34.49 % V	Vuorelainenite	(Mn++,Fe++)(V+++,Cr+++)2O4	221.57
18.07 % V	Wakefieldite-(Ce)	(Ce+++,Pb++,Pb++++)VO4	281.89
20.29 % V	Wakefieldite-(La) !	LaVO4	253.60
19.65 % V	Wakefieldite-(Nd) !	NdVO4	259.18
24.99 % V	Wakefieldite-(Y)	YVO4	203.84
9.34 % V	Watatsumiite !	Na2KMn2LiV2Si8O24	905.03
0.28 % V	Waterhouseite !	Mn7(PO4)2(OH)8	727.16
0.48 % V	Xieite !	FeCr2O4	212.12
14.70 % V	Yamatoite !	(Mn++,Ca)3(V+++,Al)2(SiO4)3	519.82
23.32 % V	Yushkinite	V1-xS·n(Mg,Al)(OH)2	87.39
29.88 % V	Ziesite	Cu2V+++++2O7	340.97
44.66 % V	Zoltaiite !	BaV++++2V+++12Si2O27	1,340.36

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