Mineral Specimen Images (V)

Voltaite: K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O)  
Szomolnokite: Fe++SO4·(H2O)

Comments: Whitish crystalline crust of voltaite on crystals of brown szomolnokite.
Location: Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Chile. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Voltaite: K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O)  
Alunogen: Al2(SO4)3·17(H2O)

Comments: Dark greenish-black crystals of voltaite on white alunogen.
Location: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Volynskite: AgBiTe2  
Tsumoite: BiTe

Comments: BSE image of composite grain of volynskite (AgBiTe) and tsumoite (BiTe) associated with sphalerite in chalcopyrite.
Location: Stobie deposit, South Range breccia belt, Supergiant Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© National Resouces of Canada

Volynskite: AgBiTe2  
Tsumoite: BiTe

Comments: BSE image of composite grain of volynskite (AgBiTe) and tsumoite (BiTe) associated with sphalerite in chalcopyrite.
Location: Stobie deposit, South Range breccia belt, Supergiant Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© National Resouces of Canada

Vonbezingite: Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12·2(H2O)

Comments: Dark blue, blocky crystals of vonbezingite on matirx.
Location: Kalahari Manganese District, Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 0.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Vonbezingite: Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12·2(H2O)

Comments: Dark blue, blocky crystals of vonbezingite on matirx.
Location: Kalahari Manganese District, Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 0.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

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

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

Voronkovite: Na15(Na,Ca,Ce)3(Mn,Ca)3Fe3Zr3Si26O72(OH,O)4Cl·H2O

Comments: Brownish red cleavage fragment of voronkovite.
Location: Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 5 x 2 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Voronkovite: Na15(Na,Ca,Ce)3(Mn,Ca)3Fe3Zr3Si26O72(OH,O)4Cl·H2O

Comments: Brownish red cleavage fragment of voronkovite.
Location: Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 5 x 2 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Vrbaite: Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20  
Realgar: AsS

Comments: Black grain of vrbaite in red realgar matrix.
Location: Allchar, Roszdan, FYR Macedonia. Scale: Picture size 1.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Vrbaite: Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20  
Realgar: AsS

Comments: Black grain of vrbaite in red realgar matrix.
Location: Allchar, Roszdan, FYR Macedonia. Scale: Picture size 1.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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

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  
Cameronite: AgCu7Te10  
Rickardite: Cu7Te5

Comments: Gray metallic massive cameronite showing subconchoidal fracture associated with purple rickardite and bronzy plates of vulcanite in a mass of tellurium, co-type specimen.
Location: Good Hope mine, Vulcan District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

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

Vulcanite: CuTe  
Cameronite: AgCu7Te10  
Rickardite: Cu7Te5

Comments: Gray metallic massive cameronite showing subconchoidal fracture associated with purple rickardite and bronzy plates of vulcanite in a mass of tellurium, co-type specimen.
Location: Good Hope mine, Vulcan District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

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

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