Oxyvanite (original) (raw)

A valid IMA mineral species

Specific Gravity:

4.66 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

For to composition, with oxygen and vanadium represented in its ideal formula.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:39006:0

ea1449f5-0590-4e0d-a736-078280aacdf6

IMA Classification of OxyvaniteHide

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Classification of OxyvaniteHide

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4.CB.30

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
C : Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
B : With medium-sized cations

7.7.2.2

7 : MULTIPLE OXIDES
7 : AB2X5

Mineral SymbolsHide

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As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol Source Reference
Oxy IMA–CNMNC Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of OxyvaniteHide

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Hardness:

VHN30=1180 kg/mm2 - Vickers

Density:

4.66(2) g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of OxyvaniteHide

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Bireflectance:

None observed.

Reflectivity:

Wavelength R
440nm 17.8%
460nm 18.0%
480nm 18.2%
500nm 18.4%
520nm 18.6%
540nm 18.8%
560nm 18.9%
580nm 19.0%
600nm 19.1%
620nm 19.2%
640nm 19.3%
660nm 19.4%
680nm 19.5%
700nm 19.7%

Reflectance graph
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 19.7%.

Colour in reflected light:

Pale cream.

Chemistry of OxyvaniteHide

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Crystallography of OxyvaniteHide

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Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Cell Parameters:

a = 10.032(2) Å, b = 5.050(1) Å, c = 7.000(1) Å
β = 111.14(1)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.987 : 1 : 1.386

Unit Cell V:

330.77 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID Species Reference Link Year Locality Pressure (GPa) Temp (K)
0007328 Oxyvanite Armbruster T, Galuskin E V, Reznitsky L Z, Sklyarov E V (2009) X-ray structural investigation of the oxyvanite (V3O5) - berdesinskiite (V2TiO5) series: V4+ substituting for octahedrally coordinated Ti4+ European Journal of Mineralogy 21 885-891 2009 Pereval marble quarry, Sludyanka complex, south of Lake Baikal, Russia 0 293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

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Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing Intensity
4.67 Å (60)
3.28 Å (100)
2.88 Å (100)
2.65 Å (100)
2.52 Å (60)
2.44 Å (100)
2.23 Å (60)
1.897 Å (80)
1.756 Å (60)
1.717 Å (100)
1.633 Å (100
1.522 Å (60)
1.485 Å (60)
1.446 Å (80)
1.379 Å (100)

Comments:

Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia. Data from the type description. Note that the original data lists intensities on a five point scale; here they have been scaled to 100.

Geological EnvironmentHide

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Type Occurrence of OxyvaniteHide

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General Appearance of Type Material:

Anhedral grains, up to 0.1-0.15 mm in size.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

The type material is deposited at the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Accessory mineral in Cr-V-bearing quartz-diopside metamorphic rocks.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Synonyms of OxyvaniteHide

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Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat GroupingHide

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4.CB. Ferrohögbomite-2N2S [(Fe2+,Mg,Zn,Al)3(Al,Ti,Fe3+)8O15(OH)]2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB. Magnesiohögbomite-6N12S Mg5Al11TiO23(OH) Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_m
4.CB. Zhenruite (MoO3)2 · H2O Mon. 2/m : _P_21/m
4.CB. Pengite (Pb8Sb3+3)Σ11Sb5+9O35 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_m
4.CB. Virgilluethite MoO3 · H2O Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
4.CB.05 Brizziite NaSb5+O3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Corundum Al2O3 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_c
4.CB.05 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe2+,Mn2+)TiO3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Eskolaite Cr2O3 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_c
4.CB.05 Geikielite MgTiO3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Hematite Fe2O3 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_c
4.CB.05 Ilmenite Fe2+TiO3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Karelianite V3+2O3 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_c
4.CB.05 Melanostibite Mn2+2Fe3+Sb5+O6 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Pyrophanite Mn2+TiO3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Akimotoite (Mg,Fe2+)SiO3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Auroantimonate AuSbO3
4.CB.05 UM1998-11-O-AuHSb Au+2Sb3+O2(OH)
4.CB.05 Tistarite Ti3+2O3 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_c
4.CB.05 Unnamed (Fe-Cr Oxide) FeCrO3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.05 Hemleyite (Fe2+0.48Mg0.37Ca0.04Na0.04Mn2+0.03Al0.03Cr3+0.01)sum=1.00Si1.00O3 Trig. 3 : _R_3
4.CB.10 Avicennite Tl2O3 Iso. m_3(2/m_3) : I _a_3
4.CB.10 Bixbyite-(Mn) Mn3+2O3 Iso. m_3(2/m_3) : I _a_3
4.CB.10 Bixbyite-(Fe) (Fe,Mn)2O3 Iso.
4.CB.15 Armalcolite (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m )
4.CB.15 Sassite Ti3+2Ti4+O5 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
4.CB.15 Pseudobrookite Fe2TiO5 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m )
4.CB.15 Ferropseudobrookite Fe2+Ti2O5 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
4.CB.15 Griffinite Al2TiO5 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : C m c m
4.CB.15 Pseudobrookite Group
4.CB.20 Zincohögbomite-2N2S [(Zn,Al,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+,Ti)8O15(OH)]2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.20 Zincohögbomite-2N6S [(Zn,Mg)7(Al,Fe3+,Ti)16O31(OH)]2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.20 Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S [(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Ti,Fe3+)8O15(OH)]6 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_m
4.CB.20 Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S [(Mg,Fe2+,Zn)4(Al,Ti,Fe3+)10O19(OH)]2 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : P_31_m
4.CB.20 Magnesiohögbomite-2N2S [(Mg,Fe2+)3[Al7(Ti,Fe3+)]O15(OH)]2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.20 Ferrohögbomite-6N12S [(Fe2+,Mg,Zn)5(Al,Ti,Fe3+)12O23(OH)]6 Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : R_3_m
4.CB.20 Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S (Mg8.43Fe2+1.57)sum=10Al22Ti4+2O46(OH)2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.20 Magnesiobeltrandoite-2N3S (Mg6Al2)(Al18Fe3+2)O38(OH)2 Trig. 3_m_ : _P_3_m_1
4.CB.20 Zincovelesite-6N6S Zn3(Fe3+,Mn3+,Al,Ti)8O15(OH) Trig. 3_m_ _(_32/m ) : _P_3_m_1
4.CB.25 Pseudorutile Fe2Ti3O9 Hex. 622 : _P_6322
4.CB.25 Kleberite FeTi6O11(OH)5 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
4.CB.30 Berdesinskiite V3+2TiO5 Mon.
4.CB.30 Kaitianite Ti3+2Ti4+O5 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/b
4.CB.35 Olkhonskite (Cr,V)2Ti3O9 Mon.
4.CB.35 Schreyerite V3+2Ti3O9 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/b
4.CB.35 Machiite Al2Ti3O9 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/b
4.CB.35 Vestaite (Ti4+Fe2+)Ti4+3O9 Mon. 2/m : _B_2/b
4.CB.40 Kamiokite Fe2Mo3O8 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.40 Nolanite V3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.40 Rinmanite Zn2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2 Hex. 6 : _P_63
4.CB.40 Iseite Mn2Mo3O8 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.40 Majindeite Mg2Mo3O8 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.40 Rinmanite-(Zn) Zn2Sb2(Fe3+4Zn2)O14(OH)2 Hex. 6_m_ m : P_63_m c
4.CB.45 Claudetite As2O3 Mon. 2/m
4.CB.45 Stibioclaudetite AsSbO3 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/m
4.CB.50 Arsenolite As2O3 Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : F d_3_m
4.CB.50 Senarmontite Sb2O3 Iso. m_3_m _(_4/_m_32/m ) : F d_3_m
4.CB.55 Valentinite Sb2O3 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : P c c n
4.CB.60 Bismite Bi2O3 Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
4.CB.65 Sphaerobismoite Bi2O3 Tet.
4.CB.70 Sillénite Bi12SiO20 Iso. 23 : _I_23
4.CB.75 Kyzylkumite V3+Ti2O5(OH) Mon. 2/m : _P_21/b
4.CB.80 Tietaiyangite Fe3+4Fe2+TiO9 Hex.
4.CB.85 Liuite FeTiO3 Orth. m m m _(_2/_m_2/_m_2/m ) : P n m a
4.CB.90 Luogufengite Fe2O3 Orth. m _m_2 : P n _a_21
4.CB.95 Wangdaodeite FeTiO3 Trig. 3_m_ : R_3_c

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for OxyvaniteHide

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Reference List:

Reznitsky, L.Z., Sklyarov, E.V., Armbruster, T., Ushchapovskaya, Z.F., Galuskin, E.V., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Barash, I.G. (2009) The new mineral oxyvanite V3O5 and the oxyvanite-berdesinskiite V2TiO5 isomorphic join in metamorphic rocks of Sludyanka complex (South Baikal region) (abstract). Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 138(3), 70-81.

Localities for OxyvaniteHide

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Italy
Liguria Genoa Ne ⓘ Molinello Mine Balestra C. (2014)
Madagascar
Atsimo-Andrefana Ampanihy District Fotadrevo Green Giant Vanadium Property ⓘ Manga Di Cecco et al. (2018)
ⓘ Green Giant Vanadium Property Di Cecco et al. (2018)
Russia (TL)
Irkutsk Oblast Lake Baikal area ⓘ Slyudyanka (TL) European J. Mineralogy 21 (2009)