Mineral Specimen Images (V)

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

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

Vajdakite: [(MoO2)2(H2O)2As2O5]·(H2O)

Comments: Scanning electron microscope photograph of aggregate of acicular vajdakite crystals (AmMin, 87:984).
Location: Jáchymov, NW Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: 300x magnification.
© American Mineralogist

Vajdakite: [(MoO2)2(H2O)2As2O5]·(H2O)

Comments: Scanning electron microscope photograph of aggregate of acicular vajdakite crystals (AmMin, 87:984).
Location: Jáchymov, NW Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: 300x magnification.
© American Mineralogist

Valentinite: Sb2O3  
Cetineite: (K,Na)3+x(Sb2O3)3(Sb2S3)(OH)x·(2.8-x)(H2O)

Comments: Orange-reddish acicular crystals of cetineite with white valentinite.
Location: Cetine di Cotorniano mine (Cetine mine), Rosia, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Valentinite: Sb2O3

Comments: 6mm spray of bladed valentinite crystals on siderite matrix.
Location: Potosi, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© John Attard

Valentinite: Sb2O3  
Antimony: Sb

Comments: Beige valentinite crystals with red kermesite in a matrix of gray, massive antimony.
Location: South-Ham Antimony mine, Lake Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture Size 3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Valentinite: Sb2O3  
Rosiaite: PbSb+++++2O6

Comments: Beige crystals of rosiaite with a colorless valentinite prism.
Location: Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Valentinite: Sb2O3  
Cetineite: (K,Na)3+x(Sb2O3)3(Sb2S3)(OH)x·(2.8-x)(H2O)

Comments: Orange-reddish acicular crystals of cetineite with white valentinite.
Location: Cetine di Cotorniano mine (Cetine mine), Rosia, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Valentinite: Sb2O3  
Rosiaite: PbSb+++++2O6

Comments: Beige crystals of rosiaite with a colorless valentinite prism.
Location: Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Valentinite: Sb2O3

Comments: 6mm spray of bladed valentinite crystals on siderite matrix.
Location: Potosi, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© John Attard

Valentinite: Sb2O3  
Antimony: Sb

Comments: Beige valentinite crystals with red kermesite in a matrix of gray, massive antimony.
Location: South-Ham Antimony mine, Lake Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture Size 3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

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

Valleriite: 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2  
Plumbopalladinite: Pd3Pb2  
Cubanite: CuFe2S3  
Pentlandite: (Fe,Ni)9S8

Comments: Polished Section image (PPL) of plumbopalladinite (Pl) with polarite Po), surrounded by a rim of isoferroplatinum (Iso) with cubanite (Cu), pentlandite (Pe), and valleriite (Va).
Location: Majak Mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

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

Valleriite: 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2  
Plumbopalladinite: Pd3Pb2  
Cubanite: CuFe2S3  
Pentlandite: (Fe,Ni)9S8

Comments: Polished Section image (PPL) of plumbopalladinite (Pl) with polarite Po), surrounded by a rim of isoferroplatinum (Iso) with cubanite (Cu), pentlandite (Pe), and valleriite (Va).
Location: Majak Mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

Vanadinite: Pb5(VO4)3Cl

Comments: Tabular, hexagonal crystals of vanadinite.
Location: Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. Scale: 3 x 2.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Vanadinite: Pb5(VO4)3Cl

Comments: Tabular, hexagonal crystals of vanadinite.
Location: Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. Scale: 3 x 2.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Vanadiocarpholite: Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4

Comments: Micro-fibrous tan crystals of vanadiocarpholite to 0.75mm.
Location: Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Vanadiocarpholite: Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4

Comments: Micro-fibrous tan crystals of vanadiocarpholite to 0.75mm.
Location: Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix