Vanadinite
Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Apatite supergroup, vanadate mineral
Properties
- Chemical formula
- Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
- Group
- Phosphates
- Crystal system
- Hexagonal
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3
- Color
- Red
- Luster
- —
- Streak
- Straw
- Density
- 6,88 g/cm³
- Cleavage
- —
- Fracture
- —
- Tenacity
- —
- Crystal habit
- —
- Transparency
- —
- Space group
- P6₃/m
- Fluorescence
- —
- Magnetism
- —
- Radioactivity
- —
- Refractive index
- —
- Optical character
- —
- Birefringence
- —
- Pleochroism
- —
- Strunz classification
- 8.BN.05
- Dana classification
- 41.8.4.3
- IMA status
- Grandfathered mineral (G)
- IMA symbol
- Vna
- Locality
- 🇲🇽 Zimapán
- Type locality
- —
- Discovery year
- —
Etymology
Named after vanadium
Source: Wikidata
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