Black and brown crystal aggregates of the rare vanadium oxide mineral vanoxite from Colorado (Rifle Mine, East Rifle Creek, Garfield County, Colorado, United States of America). Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY 4.0
Vanoxite
Vanoxite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the oxides & hydroxide class, with the chemical formula V₆O₁₃·8H₂O.
IMA symbol Vnx, grandfathered status — known before the IMA’s founding, named in 1924.
A replacement of fossil wood and cementing sandstone in Colorado Plateau-type U–V deposits.
It is found associated with Gypsum, carnotite, hewettite, pintadoite, tyuyamunite, pascoite, pyrite.
As a VANadium OXide.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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