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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
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
Volkovskite: KCa4[B5O8(OH)4][B(OH)3]Cl·4(H2O)
Comments: Transparent colorless platy volkovskite cleavage. Location: Nepskoye Deposit, Irkutsk Distict, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vonsenite: Fe++2Fe+++BO5
Comments: Opaque vonsenite microcrystal. Location: Colle del Pero Quarry, Laghelto di Montecompatri, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vuagnatite: CaAlSiO4(OH) Mcguinnessite: (Mg,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments: Translucent colorless vuagnatite microcrystals with mcguinnessite. Location: Near Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vulcanite: CuTe
Comments: Pale yellow metallic massive vulcanite in rock. Location: Iriki Mine, Kagoshima, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Vuonnemite: Na11Nb2TiSi4O12(PO4)2O5F2 Lorenzenite: Na2Ti2Si2O9
Comments: Square vuonnemite crystal with brown, lorenzenite crystals in syenite rock. Location: Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wadalite: Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3
Comments: Gray wadalite masses in matrix. Location: Tadano, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wagnerite: (Mg,Fe++)2(PO4)F
Comments: Crudely formed opaque wagnerite crystal in pegmatite. Location: Hollengraben, Salzberg, Austria. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wairakite: CaAl2Si4O12·2(H2O)
Comments: White nearly opaque crystalline massive wairakite, with a few crystals faces present. Location: Tohi Mine, Shizuoka, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species