Vanoxite Mineral Data

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).

Name Pronunciation:

Vanoxite

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:

Trigonal Space Group: Unk

Physical Properties of Vanoxite

Color:

Brownish black, Black.

Diaphaneity:

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

Optical Properties of Vanoxite

Optical Data:

Calculated Properties of Vanoxite

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0014105611
Boson Index = 0.9985894389

Photoelectric:

PE_Vanoxite= 8.79 barns/electron
U=PE_Vanoxite x rElectron Density= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Vanoxite Classification

Dana Class:

47.04.06.01 (47)Vanadium Oxysalts

(47.04)(Hydrated Containing V++++ and V+++++)

(47.04.06)Dana Group

47.04.06.01 Vanoxite V4V2O13•8(H2O)(?) Unk Trig

Strunz Class:

04.HG.25 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.H - V[5,6] Vanadates

04.HG -Unclassified V oxides

04.HG.25 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 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Vanoxite

V++++4V+++++2O13•8(H2O) (?)
Dana No: 47.04.06.01 Strunz No: 04.HG.25
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