Mineral Specimen Images (V)

Vaterite: CaCO3  
Defernite: Ca6(CO3)2-x(SiO4)x(OH)7(Cl,OH)1-2x (x=0,5)  
Manganite: MnO(OH)

Comments: Opaque white fibrous vaterite with red defernite and black manganite.
Location: Kombat Mine, Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vaterite: CaCO3  
Defernite: Ca6(CO3)2-x(SiO4)x(OH)7(Cl,OH)1-2x (x=0,5)  
Manganite: MnO(OH)

Comments: Opaque white fibrous vaterite with red defernite and black manganite.
Location: Kombat Mine, Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vaughanite: TlHgSb4S7  
Paakkonenite: Sb2AsS2  
Stibarsen: SbAs

Comments: B&W image of vaughanite (Va) aggregate surrounding a fibrous bundle of paakkonenite (Pfi) and associated with stibarsen (Star) and realgar (Re). Oil immersion. (CanMin, v53:369).
Location: Rare primary constituent of the Golden Giant orebody of the Hemlo gold deposit, Hemlo, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Vaughanite: TlHgSb4S7  
Paakkonenite: Sb2AsS2  
Stibarsen: SbAs

Comments: B&W image of vaughanite (Va) aggregate surrounding a fibrous bundle of paakkonenite (Pfi) and associated with stibarsen (Star) and realgar (Re). Oil immersion. (CanMin, v53:369).
Location: Rare primary constituent of the Golden Giant orebody of the Hemlo gold deposit, Hemlo, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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

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

Vauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O)  
Sigloite: Fe+++Al2(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O)

Comments: Lime green, crystalline aggregate of sigloite on massive, blue vauxite.
Location: Llallagua, Potosi Department, Bolivia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Vauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O)  
Sigloite: Fe+++Al2(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O)

Comments: Lime green, crystalline aggregate of sigloite on massive, blue vauxite.
Location: Llallagua, Potosi Department, Bolivia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Vauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O)

Comments: Crystals of vauxite to 1.4mm.
Location: Siglo Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Vauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O)

Comments: Crystals of vauxite to 1.4mm.
Location: Siglo Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Vavrinite: Ni2SbTe2

Comments: BSE image of a polished section of vavrínite and associated minerals. Symbols: va: vavrínite, pn: pentlandite, vi: violarite. (CanMin, v45:1213).
Location: Kunratice near Sluknov, Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Vavrinite: Ni2SbTe2

Comments: BSE image of a polished section of vavrínite and associated minerals. Symbols: va: vavrínite, pn: pentlandite, vi: violarite. (CanMin, v45:1213).
Location: Kunratice near Sluknov, Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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

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

Veatchite: Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O)

Comments: Shiny colorless platy veatchite crystals on clay matrix.
Location: Tick Canyon, near Lange, Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 1.5x3.5 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Veatchite: Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O)

Comments: Shiny colorless platy veatchite crystals on clay matrix.
Location: Tick Canyon, near Lange, Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 1.5x3.5 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Vergasovaite: Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4]  
Alumoklyuchevskite: K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4

Comments: Green blebs to prismatic or needle-like crystals of alumoklyuchevskite associated with orange vergasovaite, co-type material.
Location: Main fracture, N breakthrough, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Vergasovaite: Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4]  
Alumoklyuchevskite: K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4

Comments: Green blebs to prismatic or needle-like crystals of alumoklyuchevskite associated with orange vergasovaite, co-type material.
Location: Main fracture, N breakthrough, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Vergasovaite: Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4]

Comments: Green vergasovaite on matrix. Inset shows the sealed glass ampoule with the specimen inside to protect from deterioration.
Location: Northern Breakthrough, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 1.5x1.5 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Vergasovaite: Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4]

Comments: Green vergasovaite on matrix. Inset shows the sealed glass ampoule with the specimen inside to protect from deterioration.
Location: Northern Breakthrough, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 1.5x1.5 cm.
© Diederik Visser