vanadinite
IPA: vʌnˈeɪdinaɪt
noun
- (mineralogy) A reddish mineral, a mixed chloride and vanadate of lead with the chemical formula Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl, that is commercial source of vanadium.
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Examples of "vanadinite" in Sentences
- Vanadinite is particularly heavy for a translucent mineral.
- Vanadium occurs in certain rare minerals, such as vanadinite
- The sample photo is vanadinite, an ore of vanadium and lead.
- It seems a bit inconsistent with the 1838 date in Vanadinite.
- A unit cell of vanadinite is composed of two of its molecules.
- Crystals of vanadinite conform to a hexagonal system of symmetry.
- Vanadinite deposits are found in over 400 mines across the world.
- Vanadinite is especially found in association with the lead sulfide, galena.
- 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.
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