- Vanadate minerals
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▪ TableVanadate mineralsname colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravitycarnotite bright yellow to lemon or greenish yellow dull or earthy soft 4–5descloizite brownish red to blackish brown; various shades from orange-red to black and green greasy 3–3½ 5.9–6.2tyuyamunite canary yellow; lemon to greenish yellow waxy; also pearly about 2 variable with water contentvanadinite various shades of yellow, orange, red, and brown subresinous to subadamantine about 3 6.5–7.1name habit or form fracture or cleavage refractive indices crystal systemcarnotite powder of microscopic platy or lathlike crystals one perfect cleavage alpha = 1.750beta = 1.925gamma = 1.950 monoclinicdescloizite crusts of intergrown crystals; rounded fibrous masses no cleavage; uneven fracture desc mottalpha = 2.18–2.21beta = 2.25–2.31gamma = 2.34–2.33 orthorhombictyuyamunite compact to cryptocrystalline massive; scales and lathlike crystals; radiating crystal aggregates one perfect, micalike cleavage orthorhombicvanadinite hairlike or barrel-shaped (frequently hollow) prismatic crystals uneven to conchoidal fracture omega = 2.628–2.370epsilon = 2.505–2.313 hexagonalSee as table:
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Universalium. 2010.