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    Vanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates, with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl. It is one of the main industrial ores of the...
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    found in vanadium compounds. Del Rio's lead mineral was ultimately named vanadinite for its vanadium content. In 1867, Henry Enfield Roscoe obtained the pure...
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    are common in the central part of the Braeside field. They occur with vanadinite, pyromorphite and cerussite. Descloizite-mottramite was the last to crystallise...
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  • Ussingite Utahite Uvarovite Uytenbogaardtite Vaesite Valentinite Valleriite Vanadinite Vanadiocarpholite Vanadium Vandenbrandeite Vantasselite Vanuralite Variscite...
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  • "Mimetite". Retrieved 8 August 2023. "Unnamed (OH-analogue of Mimetite)". "Vanadinite". "Germanate-pyromorphite". "Phosphohedyphane". "Hedyphane". "Hydroxylhedyphane"...
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    mimetite forms a mineral series with pyromorphite (Pb5(PO4)3Cl) and with vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl). Notable occurrences are Mapimi, Durango, Mexico and Tsumeb...
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  • Hexagonite (var.) Triphylite Triplite Tugtupite Turquoise Ulexite Ussingite Vanadinite Variscite Väyrynenite Vesuvianite (idocrase) Californite (var.) Villiaumite...
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    Vanadium is not found in the native state, but is present in minerals such as vanadinite, Pb5(VO4)3Cl....
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    Burnt umber   Vanadinite crystals showing burnt umber coloration     Color coordinates Hex triplet #8A3324 sRGBB (r, g, b) (138, 51, 36) HSV (h, s, v)...
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    Platy/Tabular/Blocky Flat, tablet-shaped, prominent pinnacoid baryte, feldspar, topaz, vanadinite, wulfenite Plumose Fine, feather-like scales aurichalcite, okenite, mottramite...
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    Solnhofen Limestone quarries, Solnhofen, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Vanadinite and psilomelane from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region...
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  • Roscoe Andrés Manuel del Río found the metal (calling it erythronium) in vanadinite in 1801, but the claim was rejected after Hippolyte Victor Collet-Descotils...
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    175–176 Hexagonal dipyramidal 6/m C6h 6* [2,6+] centrosymmetric apatite, vanadinite P6/m, P63/m 177–182 Hexagonal trapezohedral 622 D6 226 [2,6]+ enantiomorphic...
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    part of a series with two other minerals: mimetite (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl) and vanadinite (Pb5(VO4)3Cl), the resemblance in external characters is so close that...
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    0.280 0.120–0.180 Anatase (TiO2) 0.213–0.259 — Wulfenite 0.203 0.133 Vanadinite 0.202 — Fabulite 0.190 0.109 Sphalerite (ZnS) 0.156 0.088 Sulfur (S) 0...
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    deposits. It occurs with cerussite, anglesite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, vanadinite, pyromorphite, mimetite, descloizite, plattnerite and various iron and...
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  • Vanackerite Vnk Variscite Var Verplanckite Vpk Vismirnovite Vis Vorlanite Vrl Vanadinite Vna Varlamoffite Vlm Versiliaite Vsl Vistepite Vtp Voronkovite Vrk Vanadiocarpholite...
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    extracted the element from a sample of Mexican "brown lead" ore, later named vanadinite. He found that its salts exhibit a wide variety of colors, and as a result...
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    mineral collectors for fine specimens of anglesite, cerussite, azurite, vanadinite and other minerals. "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05...
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    oxidised portions of veins of lead ores in association with pyromorphite, vanadinite, wulfenite, mottramite, mimetite and cerussite. The Otavi ("O-tarvi")...
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  • beautiful crystals of pyromorphite and cerussite", as well as descloizite and vanadinite. The Kabwe deposit is a carbonate hosted lead-zinc deposit consisting...
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    Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist and chemist, discovered vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801 Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945), neuroscientist, discoverer of...
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    The region is known for striking combinations of cerussite, fluorite, vanadinite, wulfenite, barite, and mimetite, as well as galenite and anglesite. The...
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  • Modern toxicology, by Mateu Orfila (1787–1853). Discovery of vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801 by geologist and chemist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849) Discovery...
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    fluorapatite, galena, ilmenite, microcline, natrolite, sphalerite and vanadinite. At the same locality it was found in alkaline pegmatite veins associated...
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    The region is known for striking combinations of cerussite, fluorite, vanadinite, wulfenite, barite, and mimetite, as well as galenite and anglesite. The...
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  • sent a sample of "brown lead" ore (plomo pardo de Zimapán, now named vanadinite). Through experimentation, he found it to form salts with a wide variety...
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  • [147] [no] [no] (IUPAC: tetralead cadmium (chloro,hydro) triarsenate) Vanadinite (apatite: 1838) 8.BN.05 [148] [149] [150] (IUPAC: pentalead chloro trivanadate)...
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    Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist and chemist, discovered vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801. Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945), neuroscientist, discoverer...
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  • Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl Pyromorphite group Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl, Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl, Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl, Hydroxylpyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3OH Anhydrous phosphates, etc...
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