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Ushkovite: MgFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) Roscherite: Ca(Mn++,Fe++)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O)
Comments: Translucent ushkovite microcrystals with orange roscherite on feldspar. Location: Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Uvanite: U++++++2V+++++6O21·15(H2O)
Comments: Yellowish brown uvanite coating on sandstone. Location: Temple Rock, Emery County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Uzonite: As4S5
Comments: Yellow powdery uzonite encrustation. Location: Uzon Volcano, Kamchatka District, Russian Far East, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vaesite: NiS2
Comments: Metallic black vaesite microcrystals. Location: Ca'de Ladri, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Valleriite: 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2
Comments: Bronze-brown colored metallic valleriite, somewhat foliated. Location: Pima Mine, near Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vanadiumdravite: NaMg3V6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4
Comments: Crude basal crystal section of vanadiumdravite in quartz matrix. Location: Srednyaya Padma U-V deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Lake Onega, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 2.5 mm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vanalite: NaAl8V10O38·30(H2O)
Comments: Fragment of bright yellow powdery vanalite. Location: Kurumsak V Deposit, Kurumsak River Valley, Karatau Range, Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Southern-Kazakhstan Oblast'), Kazakhstan. Scale: Sample Size 0.025 cm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vandendriesscheite: Pb(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11(H2O)
Comments: Sparse waxy yellow vandendriesscheite on rock. Location: Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro, Tanzania. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vanoxite: V++++4V+++++2O13·8(H2O) (?) Corvusite: (Na,Ca,K)V8O20·4(H2O)
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
Vantasselite: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3·9(H2O)
Comments: Rosette of pearly platy vantasselite crystals. Location: Bihain, Luxembourg, Belgium. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species