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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
Vandenbrandeite: Cu(UO2)(OH)4
Comments: Dark green vandenbrandeite crystal showing termination details. Location: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 3.5 cm. © Paul M. Schumacher
Comments: Cluster of deep greenish black crystals of vandenbrandeite to 2 mm. Location: Musonoi Mine, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of the Congo. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm. © John Veevaert
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
Vanmeersscheite: U++++++(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4(H2O) Metavanmeersscheite: U++++++(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·2(H2O)
Comments: Yellow coatings of vanmeersscheite on sandstone. Unless sealed in glass, all specimens should be considered to have become metavanmeersscheite. Location: Cameron, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Sample Size 4 cm Glass Vial. © Diederik Visser
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
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
Vanuralite: Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·11(H2O) Metavanuralite: Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·8(H2O)
Comments: Bright yellow crystals of metavanuralite. Unless sealed in glass, all specimens of vanuralite change to metavanuralite. Location: Mounana mine (Mouana), Franceville, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon. Scale: See Image. © Paul M. Schumacher