vanadinite

IPA: vʌnˈeɪdinaɪt

(mineralogy) A reddish mineral, a mixed chloride and vanadate of lead with the chemical formula Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl, that is commercial source of vanadium.

Examples of "vanadinite" in Sentences

Vanadium occurs in certain rare minerals, such as vanadinite
The sample photo is vanadinite, an ore of vanadium and lead.
In the center of the gray stone chest of the statue lay a dimly pulsing light the hue of vanadinite.
A very beautiful, deep red mineral, vanadinite, contains vanadium and was named after its vanadium content.
Blood had frozen in copious quantities between the two walls, giving the inlet the look of quartz littered with crystals of vanadinite.
There were other mines that were quite productive though including a few gold mines along with uranium, asbestos, vanadinite and wulfenite mines.