4.CB.30

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
C : Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
B : With medium-sized cations

Dana 8th ed.:

7.7.2.2

7 : MULTIPLE OXIDES
7 : AB₂X₅

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Oxy	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of OxyvaniteHide

Lustre:

Resinous

Colour:

Black

Streak:

Black

Hardness:

7 - 7½ on Mohs scale

Hardness:

VHN₃₀=1180 kg/mm² - Vickers

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Parting:

none

Fracture:

Conchoidal

Density:

4.66(2) g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of OxyvaniteHide

Bireflectance:

None observed.

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁ (%)
440nm	17.8%
460nm	18.0%
480nm	18.2%
500nm	18.4%
520nm	18.6%
540nm	18.8%
560nm	18.9%
580nm	19.0%
600nm	19.1%
620nm	19.2%
640nm	19.3%
660nm	19.4%
680nm	19.5%
700nm	19.7%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Peak reflectance is 19.7%.

Colour in reflected light:

Pale cream.

Chemistry of OxyvaniteHide

Mindat Formula:

V³⁺₂V⁴⁺O₅

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
V	65.640 %
O	34.360 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

O, V - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of OxyvaniteHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Space Group:

B2/b

Setting:

C2/c

Cell Parameters:

a = 10.032(2) Å, b = 5.050(1) Å, c = 7.000(1) Å
β = 111.14(1)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.987 : 1 : 1.386

Unit Cell V:

330.77 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0007328	Oxyvanite	Armbruster T, Galuskin E V, Reznitsky L Z, Sklyarov E V (2009) X-ray structural investigation of the oxyvanite (V3O5) - berdesinskiite (V2TiO5) series: V4+ substituting for octahedrally coordinated Ti4+ European Journal of Mineralogy 21 885-891		2009	Pereval marble quarry, Sludyanka complex, south of Lake Baikal, Russia	0	293

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Oxyvanite'
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'Galuskin E V'
'Reznitsky L Z'
'Sklyarov E V'
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_journal_volume 21 
_journal_year 2009
_journal_page_first 885
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_publ_section_title
;
 X-ray structural investigation of the oxyvanite (V3O5) - berdesinskiite (V2TiO5)
 series: V4+ substituting for octahedrally coordinated Ti4+
 Sample: Crystal I-2-7
;
_database_code_amcsd 0007328
_chemical_compound_source 'Pereval marble quarry, Sludyanka complex, south of Lake Baikal, Russia'
_chemical_formula_sum 'V2.263 Ti.407 Cr.328 O5'
_cell_length_a 10.0299
_cell_length_b 5.0505
_cell_length_c 6.999
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 111.13
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 330.704
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      4.656
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/c 1'
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  'x,-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z'
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V4+1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.59300   0.00557
Ti4+1   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.40700   0.00557
V3+2  -0.12871  -0.50005  -0.21740   0.83500   0.00847
Cr3+2  -0.12871  -0.50005  -0.21740   0.16400   0.00847
O1   0.19284   0.15440   0.15360   1.00000   0.01020
O2   0.08080  -0.34340  -0.05700   1.00000   0.00740
O3   0.00000   0.19310  -0.25000   1.00000   0.00690
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_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
V4+1 0.00700 0.00420 0.00645 0.00085 0.00368 0.00075
Ti4+1 0.00700 0.00420 0.00645 0.00085 0.00368 0.00075
V3+2 0.01035 0.00806 0.00930 0.00140 0.00630 0.00182
Cr3+2 0.01035 0.00806 0.00930 0.00140 0.00630 0.00182
O1 0.00900 0.00860 0.01210 -0.00080 0.00270 -0.00120
O2 0.01000 0.00580 0.00760 -0.00100 0.00480 -0.00160
O3 0.00940 0.00500 0.00800 0.00000 0.00510 0.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
4.67 Å	(60)
3.28 Å	(100)
2.88 Å	(100)
2.65 Å	(100)
2.52 Å	(60)
2.44 Å	(100)
2.23 Å	(60)
1.897 Å	(80)
1.756 Å	(60)
1.717 Å	(100)
1.633 Å	(100
1.522 Å	(60)
1.485 Å	(60)
1.446 Å	(80)
1.379 Å	(100)

Locality:

Slyudyanka, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Comments:

Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia. Data from the type description. Note that the original data lists intensities on a five point scale; here they have been scaled to 100.

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 10a: Neoproterozoic oxygenation/terrestrial biosphere	<0.6
53 : Other minerals with taphonomic origins	<0.4

Type Occurrence of OxyvaniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Slyudyanka, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

Anhedral grains, up to 0.1-0.15 mm in size.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

The type material is deposited at the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Accessory mineral in Cr-V-bearing quartz-diopside metamorphic rocks.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Baryte	Berdesinskiite	Calcite	Diopside	Dravite
Eskolaite	Goldmanite	Ilmenite	Karelianite	Kosmochlor
Natalyite	Oxy-vanadium-dravite	Plagioclase	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	'Scapolite'	Schreyerite	Titanite	Tremolite
Zircon

Synonyms of OxyvaniteHide

IMA2008-044

Other Language Names for OxyvaniteHide

Dutch:Oxyvaniet

German:Oxyvanit

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

4.CB.	Magnesiohögbomite-6N12S	Mg₅Al₁₁TiO₂₃(OH)	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
4.CB.	Kidodite	BaMg₂Fe₁₆O₂₇	Hex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) : P6₃/mmc
4.CB.	Ferrohögbomite-2N2S	[(Fe²⁺,Mg,Zn,Al)₃(Al,Ti,Fe³⁺)₈O₁₅(OH)]₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.	Zhenruite	(MoO₃)₂ · H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
4.CB.	Fuyuanite	Mg₇Nb₆O₁₈(OH)₈	Trig. 3 : P3
4.CB.	Virgilluethite	MoO₃ · H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.CB.	Pengite	(Pb₈Sb³⁺₃)_Σ11Sb⁵⁺₉O₃₅	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
4.CB.05	Brizziite	NaSb⁵⁺O₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	Tistarite	Ti³⁺₂O₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3c
4.CB.05	Hematite	Fe₂O₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3c
4.CB.05	Ecandrewsite	ZnTiO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	Melanostibite	Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₆	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	'UM1998-11-O-AuHSb'	Au⁺₂Sb³⁺O₂(OH)
4.CB.05	Karelianite	V³⁺₂O₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3c
4.CB.05	Corundum	Al₂O₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3c
4.CB.05	Eskolaite	Cr₂O₃	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3c
4.CB.05	Geikielite	MgTiO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	Akimotoite	MgSiO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	'Unnamed (Fe-Cr Oxide)'	FeCrO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	'Auroantimonate'	AuSbO₃
4.CB.05	Hemleyite	Fe²⁺SiO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.05	Pyrophanite	Mn²⁺TiO₃	Trig. 3 : R3
4.CB.10	Bixbyite-(Fe)	(Fe,Mn)₂O₃	Iso.
4.CB.10	Bixbyite-(Mn)	Mn³⁺₂O₃	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Ia3
4.CB.10	Avicennite	Tl³⁺₂O₃	Iso. m3(2/m3) : Ia3
4.CB.15	Armalcolite	MgTi⁴⁺₂O₅	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)
4.CB.15	Ferropseudobrookite	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺₂O₅	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.15	Griffinite	Al₂Ti⁴⁺O₅	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.15	Pseudobrookite Group
4.CB.15	Sassite	Ti³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺O₅	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.15	Pseudobrookite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺O₅	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cmcm
4.CB.20	Zincovelesite-6N6S	Zn₃(Fe³⁺,Mn³⁺,Al,Ti)₈O₁₅(OH)	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P3m1
4.CB.20	Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S	(Mg_8.43Fe²⁺_1.57)_Σ=10Al₂₂Ti⁴⁺₂O₄₆(OH)₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.20	Magnesiobeltrandoite-2N3S	(Mg₆Al₂)(Al₁₈Fe³⁺₂)O₃₈(OH)₂	Trig. 3m : P3m1
4.CB.20	Zincohögbomite-2N6S	[(Zn,Mg)₇(Al,Fe³⁺,Ti)₁₆O₃₁(OH)]₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.20	Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S	[(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃(Al,Ti,Fe³⁺)₈O₁₅(OH)]₆	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
4.CB.20	Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S	[(Mg,Fe²⁺,Zn)₄(Al,Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₀O₁₉(OH)]₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : P31m
4.CB.20	Magnesiohögbomite-2N2S	[(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃[Al₇(Ti,Fe³⁺)]O₁₅(OH)]₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.20	'Ferrohögbomite-6N12S'	[(Fe²⁺,Mg,Zn)₅(Al,Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₂O₂₃(OH)]₆	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
4.CB.20	Zincohögbomite-2N2S	[(Zn,Al,Fe²⁺)₃(Al,Fe³⁺,Ti)₈O₁₅(OH)]₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.25	Kleberite	FeTi₆O₁₁(OH)₅	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.CB.25	Pseudorutile	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	Hex. 622 : P6₃22
4.CB.30	Berdesinskiite	V³⁺₂TiO₅	Mon.
4.CB.30	Kaitianite	Ti³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺O₅	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.35	Machiite	Al₂Ti₃O₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.35	Vestaite	(Ti⁴⁺Fe²⁺)Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.35	Olkhonskite	(Cr,V)₂Ti₃O₉	Mon.
4.CB.35	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.CB.40	Zincorinmanite-(Zn)	Zn₂Sb₂(Fe³⁺₄Zn₂)O₁₄(OH)₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.40	Majindeite	Mg₂Mo₃O₈	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.40	Almagreraite	CuZnMn⁴⁺₃O₈	Orth. mm2 : Pmn2₁
4.CB.40	Kamiokite	Fe₂Mo₃O₈	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.40	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.40	Iseite	Mn₂Mo₃O₈	Hex. 6mm : P6₃mc
4.CB.40	Rinmanite	Zn₂Sb₂Mg₂Fe₄O₁₄(OH)₂	Hex. 6 : P6₃
4.CB.45	Stibioclaudetite	AsSbO₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
4.CB.45	Claudetite	As₂O₃	Mon. 2/m
4.CB.50	Senarmontite	Sb₂O₃	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
4.CB.50	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
4.CB.55	Valentinite	Sb₂O₃	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pccn
4.CB.60	Bismite	Bi₂O₃	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.CB.65	Sphaerobismoite	Bi₂O₃	Tet.
4.CB.70	Sillénite	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀	Iso. 23 : I23
4.CB.75	Kyzylkumite	V³⁺Ti₂O₅(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.CB.80	'Tietaiyangite'	Fe³⁺₄Fe²⁺TiO₉	Hex.
4.CB.85	Liuite	FeTiO₃	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma
4.CB.90	Luogufengite	Fe₂O₃	Orth. mm2 : Pna2₁
4.CB.95	Wangdaodeite	FeTiO₃	Trig. 3m : R3c

Other InformationHide

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Insoluble in HCl.

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for OxyvaniteHide

Reference List:

Armbruster, T., Galuskin, E.V., Reznitsky, L.Z., Sklyarov, E.V. (2009) X-ray structural investigation of the oxyvanite (V3O5) - berdesinskiite (V2TiO5) series: V4+ substituting for octahedrally coordinated Ti4+. European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 885-891.

Reznitsky L. Z.; Sklyarov E. V.; Armbruster, T.; Ushchapovskaya, Z. F.; Galuskin E. V.; Polekhovsky Yu. S.; G., Barash I. (2009) Новый минерал оксиванит V3O5 и изоморфный ряд оксиванит-бердесинскит V2TiO5 в метаморфических породах слюдянского комплекса (Южное Прибайкалье) [The new mineral oxyvanite V3O5 and the oxyvanite-berdesinskiite V2TiO5 isomorphic join in metamorphic rocks of Sludyanka complex (South Baikal region)]. Записки Российского Минералогического Общества [Zapiski RMO (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society)], 138 (3). 70-81

Di Cecco, Veronica E., Tait, Kimberly T., Spooner, Edward T.C., Scherba, Craig (2018) The Vanadium-bearing Oxide Minerals of the Green Giant Vanadium-graphite Deposit, Southwest Madagascar. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (3) 247-257 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700068

(2022) Oxyvanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for OxyvaniteHide

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Italy
Liguria Genoa Ne ⓘ Molinello Mine	Balestra C. (2014)

Madagascar
Atsimo-Andrefana Ampanihy District Fotadrevo Commune ⓘ Manga	Di Cecco et al. (2018)
ⓘ Green Giant Vanadium Property	Di Cecco et al. (2018)

Russia (TL)
Irkutsk Oblast Slyudyansky District ⓘ Slyudyanka (TL)	European J. Mineralogy 21 (2009)

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