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Umohoite: [(UO2)MoO4]·H2O
Comments: Orange Umohoite aggregates on matrix. Location: Rabéjac, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Uralolite: Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5(H2O)
Comments: Radiating aggregates of uralolite. Location: Brandrücken, Weinebene pass, Koralpe Mts, Carinthia, Austria. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Urusovite: Cu[AlAsO5]
Comments: Green urusovite grain. Location: Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Crystal length 0.7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Utahite: Cu5Zn3(Te++++++O4)4(OH)8·7(H2O)
Comments: Blue utahite grain in matrix. Location: Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District (East Tintic Mountains), Juab Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Vanthoffite: Na6Mg(SO4)4
Comments: Colorless to white fragment of vanthoffite. Location: Berlepsch Mine, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Vashegyite: Al11(PO4)9(OH)6·38(H2O) or Al6(PO4)5(OH)3·23(H2O) Volborthite: Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Small bluish-white crystals of vashegyite with green volborthite. Location: Jeremias Glück Mine (Fairy Grotto), Garnsdorf, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Vauquelinite: Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) Crocoite: PbCrO4
Comments: Olive-greenish vauquelinite encrusting red crocoite. Location: Callenberg North (no. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Vayrynenite: MnBe(PO4)(OH,F)
Comments: Pink, massive väyrynenite. Location: Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Viitaniemiite: Na(Ca,Mn++)Al(PO4)(F,OH)3 Roscherite: Ca(Mn++,Fe++)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O)
Comments: Colorless to pink viitaniemiite with brownish roscherite. Location: Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Voglite: Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6(H2O) Liebigite: Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3·11(H2O)
Comments: Green voglite with yellow liebigite. Location: Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 3.2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag