Mineral Specimen Images (V)

Varennesite: Na8Mn++2Si10O25(OH,Cl)2·12(H2O)

Comments: Brown to tan varennesite crystal embedded in nepheline-syenite rock.
Location: DeMix Quarry, Varennes, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Variscite: AlPO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Polished slice of lime green variscite.
Location: Fairfield, Utah. USA. Scale: 5.5 x 8.5 cm x 3 mm.
© Dan Weinrich

Variscite: AlPO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Deep rasberry red drusy micro crystals of variscite in vuggy matrix.
Location: Iron Monarch quarry, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Variscite: AlPO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Brilliant cherry red well-defined, clusters of variscite crystals forming tiny single spheroids on white quartz.
Location: Boa Vista, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Sphere size 0.3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Varlamoffite: (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2

Comments: Yellowish earthy varlamoffite masses with quartz.
Location: Saint Austell, Cornwall, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Varulite: NaCaMn(Mn,Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3

Comments: Dark brown to dark green varulite in white feldspar.
Location: Varutrask, Vasterbotten, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vashegyite: Al11(PO4)9(OH)6·38(H2O) or Al6(PO4)5(OH)3·23(H2O)  
Volborthite: Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O)

Comments: Small bluish-white crystals of vashegyite with green volborthite.
Location: Jeremias Glück Mine (Fairy Grotto), Garnsdorf, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Vasilite: (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7  
Osmium: (Os,Ir)  
Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S  
Vysotskite: (Pd,Ni)S

Comments: BSE image taken with a SEM of the sulfide-dominant microparagenesis filling a gas vacuole. Cooperite crystal surrounded by Pd-Cu-Pt-S phase (vasilite?), vysotskite and osmium laths (white) in chalcopyrite-bornite matrix (dark). (CanMin 38:1258).
Location: Pustaya River placer deposit, situated within the Koryak-Kamchatka platinum-bearing belt of Alaskan-type intrusions in eastern Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Vasilite: (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7

Comments: B&W BSE image of an inclusion of vasilite (vas), bowieite (bow) and Pd-bearing troilite (tro) in an isoferroplatinum (iso) matrix..
Location: Novoseltsi, Bourgas region, southeastern Bulgaria. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Vastmanlandite-(Ce): (Ce,La)3CaAl2Mg2[Si2O7][SiO4]3F(OH)2

Comments: Brown-black, massive, fine-grained vastmanlandite-(Ce) with fluorbritholithe-(Ce).
Location: Malmkärragruvan, Norberg, Sweden. Scale: Box Size 3 x 4 cm.
© Sonke Stolze / Systematic Minerals

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

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)

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

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

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

Vermiculite: (Mg,Fe++,Al)3(Al,Si)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Micaceous vermiculite book.
Location: Brinton's Quarry, near West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species