A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Vanadinite |
|---|---|
| Description | Vanadinite, Pb5(VO4)3Cl (lead chlorovanadate) is a source of vanadium and a minor ore of lead (consisting of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride). It is found occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals in the oxidized portion of lead veins associated with other lead minerals. Vanadium is used as a steel-hardening metal. |
| Location | USA ▹ New Mexico |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-11-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | Vanadinite, New Mexico |
| Tech details | 1.0 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1847 |
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