Mineral Names Starting With V
Comprehensive List of Minerals
Browse minerals by first letter
Venture into the vibrant world of V minerals. Vanadinite, Vivianite, and others reveal a spectrum of unusual colors and uncommon compositions. This section is perfect for exploring the lesser-known corners of mineralogy.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Vadlazarenkovite | Pd8Bi1.5Te1.25As0.25 | CNMNC Newsletter 75 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 955; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 891 |
| Vaesite | NiS2 | American Mineralogist 30 (1945), 483 |
| Vajdakite | (Mo6+O2)2As3+ O ·3H O 2 5 2 |
American Mineralogist 87 (2002), 983 |
| Valentinite | Sb2O3 | Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie. Braumüller and Seidel, Wien (1845), 499 |
| Valleriite | 2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2] | Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps- Akademiens Förhandlingar (1870), 19 |
| Valleyite | Ca4Fe6O13 | American Mineralogist 104 (2019), 1238 |
| Vallouiseite | Ag3Tl21.5PbSb63As41.5S170 | CNMNC Newsletter 75 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 955; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 891 |
| Vanackerite | Pb4Cd(AsO4)3Cl | Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry 193 (2016), 79 |
| Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl | Grundzüge der Mineralogie. Schrag, Nürnberg (1838), 283 |
| Vanadiocarpholite | Mn2+V3+AlSi2O6(OH)4 | European Journal of Mineralogy 17 (2005), 501 |
| Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite | NaV3(Cr4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O | American Mineralogist 99 (2014), 1155 |
| Vanadio-oxy-dravite | NaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O | American Mineralogist 99 (2014), 218 |
| Vanadio-pargasite | NaCa2(Mg4V)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | European Journal of Mineralogy 30 (2018), 981 |
| Vanadium | V | Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 371 |
| Vanadoakasakaite-(Ce) | CaCe(V3+AlMn2+)(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | CNMNC Newsletter 82 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), xxx; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 1005 |
| Vanadoallanite-(La) | CaLa(V3+AlFe2+)(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 2739 |
| Vanadoandrosite-(Ce) | MnCe(V3+AlMn2+)(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | European Journal of Mineralogy 18 (2006), 569 |
| Vanadomalayaite | CaVO(SiO4) | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1994), 489 |
| Vanalite | NaAl8V10O38·30H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 91 (1962), 307 |
| Vanarsite | NaCa12(As3+V5+ V4+ As5+ O ) ·78H O 8.5 3.5 6 51 2 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 54 (2016), 145 |
| Vandenbrandeite | Cu(UO2)(OH)4 | Annales du Musée du Congo Belge 1 (1932), 24 |
| Vandendriesscheite | Pb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O | Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 70 (1947), B212 |
| Vanderheydenite | Zn6(PO4)2(SO4)(OH)4∙7H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 30 (2018), 835 |
| Vandermeerscheite | K2[(UO2)2V2O8]·2H2O | Journal of Geosciences 64 (2019), 219 |
| Vaniniite | Ca2Mn2+ Mn3+ O (AsO ) ·2H O 3 2 2 4 4 2 |
CNMNC Newsletter 43 – Mineralogical Magazine 82 (2018), 779; European Journal of Mineralogy 30 (2018), 647 |
| Vanmeersscheite | U(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4H2O | Bulletin de Minéralogie 105 (1982), 125 |
| Vanoxite | V6O13·8H2O (?) | U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 750-D (1924), 63 |
| Vanpeltite | (Mo2O5)(S4+O3)·4H2O | CNMNC Newsletter 76 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 105; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 1073 |
| Vantasselite | Al4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O | Bulletin de Minéralogie 110 (1987), 647 |
| Vanthoffite | Na6Mg(SO4)4 | Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berichte 21 (1902), 404 |
| Vanuralite | Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·8.5H2O | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 256 (1963), 5374 |
| Vapnikite | Ca2CaUO6 | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 571 |
| Varennesite | Na8Mn2Si10O25(OH,Cl)2·12H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 33 (1995), 1073 |
| Vargite | MnCu2Mn2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)4 | CNMNC Newsletter 58 – Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 971; European Journal of Mineralogy 32 (2020), 645 |
| Variscite | Al(PO4)·2H2O | Journal für Praktische Chemie 10 (1837), 506 |
| Varlamoffite | (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2 | Les mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Belge. Dunod, Paris (1947), 182 |
| Varulite | Na2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)3 | Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 59 (1937), 77 |
| Vashegyite | Al11(PO4)9(OH)6·38H2O | Mathematikai és Természet-tudományi Értesítö 27 (1909), 64 |
| Vasilite | (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7 | Canadian Mineralogist 28 (1990), 687 |
| Vasilseverginite | Cu9O4(AsO4)2(SO4)2 | American Mineralogist 106 (2021), 633 |
| Vasilyevite | (Hg2)2+ O I Br Cl(CO ) 10 6 3 2 3 |
Canadian Mineralogist 41 (2003), 1167 |
| Västmanlandite-(Ce) | Ce3CaMg2Al2Si5O19(OH)2F | European Journal of Mineralogy 17 (2005), 129 |
| Vaterite | Ca(CO3) | Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte 82 (1911), 120 |
| Vaughanite | TlHgSb4S7 | Mineralogical Magazine 53 (1989), 79 |
| Vauquelinite | CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) | Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi 6 (1818), 246 |
| Vauxite | Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O | Science 56 (1922), 50 |
| Vavřínite | Ni2SbTe2 | Canadian Mineralogist 45 (2007), 1213 |
| Väyrynenite | BeMn2+(PO4)(OH) | Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 2 (1954), 21 |
| Veatchite | Sr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O | American Mineralogist 23 (1938), 409 |
| Veblenite | K2☐2Na(Fe2+ Fe3+ Mn7☐)Nb3Ti(Si2O7)2(Si8O22)2 5 4 O6(OH)10(H2O)3 |
Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 2955 |
| Veenite | Pb2(Sb,As)2S5 | Canadian Mineralogist 9 (1967), 7 |
| Vegrandisite | BaCl2 | CNMNC Newsletter 80 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 627; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 599 |
| Velikite | Cu2HgSnS4 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 126(4) (1997), 71 |
| Vendidaite | Al2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 51 (2013), 559 |
| Verbeekite | PdSe2 | Mineralogical Magazine 66 (2002), 173 |
| Verbierite | BeCr3+ TiO 2 6 |
CNMNC Newsletter 30 – Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 407 |
| Vergasovaite | Cu3O(MoO4)(SO4) | Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 78 (1998), 479 |
| Vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | American Journal of Science and Arts 7 (1824), 55 |
| Vernadite | (Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O | Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Geologicheskaya 4 (1944), 35 |
| Verneite | Na2Ca3Al2F14 | Minerals 8 (2018), 553 |
| Verplanckite | Ba4Mn2+ Si O (OH,H O) Cl 2 4 12 2 3 3 |
American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 314 |
| Versiliaite | (Fe2+ Fe3+ )(Fe3+ Sb3+ )O S 2 2 2 6 16 |
American Mineralogist 64 (1979), 1230 |
| Vertumnite | Ca4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O | Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 24 (1977), 57 |
| Veselovskýite | ZnCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 187 (2010), 83 |
| Vésigniéite | Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2 | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’ Académie des Sciences de Paris 240 (1955), 2331 |
| Vestaite | (Ti4+Fe2+)Ti4+ O 3 9 |
American Mineralogist 103 (2018), 1502 |
| Vesuvianite | (Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10 | Beiträge zur Chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Vol. 1. Decker, Berlin (1795), 34 |
| Veszelyite | (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O | Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 11 (1874), 135 |
| Viaeneite | (Fe,Pb)4S8O | European Journal of Mineralogy 8 (1996), 93 |
| Vicanite-(Ce) | (Ca,Ce,La,Th)15As5+(As3+,Na)0.5Fe3+ .7Si6B4 (O,F)47 0 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 7 (1995), 439 |
| Vielleaureite-(Ce) | Mn2+Ce(MgAlMn2+)(Si2O7)(SiO4)F(OH) | CNMNC Newsletter 72 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 512; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 285 |
| Vigezzite | (Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 | Mineralogical Magazine 43 (1979), 459 |
| Vigrishinite | ZnoTi2NaoTi2(Si2O7)2O2O(OH)(H2O)4 | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 141(4) (2012), 12 |
| Vihorlatite | Bi24Se17Te4 | European Journal of Mineralogy 19 (2007), 255 |
| Viitaniemiite | NaCaAl(PO4)F3 | Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 314 (1981), 1 |
| Vikingite | Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 131 (1977), 56 |
| Villamanínite | CuS2 | Mineralogical Magazine 19 (1920), 14 |
| Villiaumite | NaF | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’ Académie des Sciences de Paris 146 (1908), 213 |
| Villyaellenite | (Mn,Ca)Mn2Ca2(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4H2O | Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 64 (1984), 323 |
| Vimsite | CaB2O2(OH)4 | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 182 (1968), 1402 |
| Vincentite | Pd3As | Mineralogical Magazine 39 (1974), 525 |
| Vinciennite | Cu10Fe4SnAsS16 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 108 (1985), 447 |
| Vinogradovite | Na4Ti4(Si2O6)2[(Si,Al)4O10]O4·(H2O,Na,K)3 | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 109 (1956), 617 |
| Violarite | FeNi2S4 | Economic Geology 19 (1924), 309 |
| Virgilite | LiAlSi2O6 | American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 461 |
| Virgilluethite | MoO3·H2O | Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 61 (2023), 1151 |
| Vishnevite | Na8(Al6Si6)O24(SO4)·2H2O | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 42 (1944), 304 |
| Viskontite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(SeO3)(OH)6 | CNMNC Newsletter 74 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 783; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 659 |
| Vismirnovite | ZnSn(OH)6 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 110 (1981), 492 |
| Vistepite | Mn4SnB2O2(Si2O7)2(OH)2 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 121(4) (1992), 107 |
| Viteite | Pd5InAs | Canadian Mineralogist 58 (2020), 395 |
| Vitimite | Ca6B14O19(SO4)(OH)14·5H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 131(4) (2002), 41 |
| Vittinkiite | MnMn3MnSi5O15 | Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 869 |
| Vitusite-(Ce) | Na3Ce(PO4)2 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 137 (1979), 42 |
| Vivianite | Fe2+ (PO ) ·8H O 3 4 2 2 |
Letztes Mineral-System. Craz und Gerlach und Carl Gerold, Freiberg und Wien (1817), 41 |
| Vladimirite | Ca4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 82 (1953), 311 |
| Vladimirivanovite | Na6Ca2[Al6Si6O24](SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2·H2O | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 140(5) (2011), 36 |
| Vladkrivovichevite | [Pb32O18][Pb4Mn2O]Cl14(BO3)8·2H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 76 (2012), 883 |
| Vladkuzminite | K4CuZn3(AsO4)4 | CNMNC Newsletter 78 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), xxx; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 361 |
| Vladykinite | Na3Sr4(Fe2+Fe3+)Si8O24 | American Mineralogist 99 (2014), 235 |
| Vlasovite | Na2ZrSi4O11 | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 137 (1961), 944 |
| Vlodavetsite | Ca2Al(SO4)2F2Cl·4H2O | Doklady Akademii Nauk 343 (1995), 358 |
| Vochtenite | Fe2+Fe3+(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)·12-13H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 53 (1989), 473 |
| Voggite | Na2Zr(PO4)(CO3)(OH)·2H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 28 (1990), 155 |
| Voglite | Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6H2O | Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 4 (1853), 220 |
| Volaschioite | Fe4(SO4)O2(OH)6·2H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 49 (2011), 605 |
| Volborthite | Cu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O | Bulletin Scientifique publié par L’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 4 (1838), 21 |
| Volkonskoite | Ca0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 2 (1831), 420 |
| Volkovskite | KCa4B22O32(OH)10Cl·4H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 95 (1966), 45 |
| Voloshinite | Rb(LiAl1.5☐0.5)(Al0.5Si3.5)O10F2 | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 138(3) (2009), 90 |
| Voltaite | K2Fe2+ Fe3+ Al(SO4)12·18H2O 5 3 |
Antologia di Scienze Naturali di Napoli 1 (1841), 67 |
| Volynskite | AgBiTe2 | Akademii Nauk SSSR, Eksperimentalno Metodicheskie Issledovaniia Rudnykh Mineralov (1965), 129 |
| Vonbezingite | Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12·2H2O | American Mineralogist 77 (1992), 1292 |
| Vonsenite | Fe2+ 3+ 2Fe O2(BO3) |
American Mineralogist 5 (1920), 141 |
| Vorlanite | CaUO4 | American Mineralogist 96 (2011), 188 |
| Voronkovite | Na15(Na,Ca,Ce)3(Mn,Ca)3Fe3Zr3Si26O72(OH,O)4 Cl·H2O |
Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 138(2) (2009), 66 |
| Vorontsovite | (Hg5Cu)TlAs4S12 | Minerals 8 (2018), 185 |
| Voudourisite | Cd(SO4)·H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 83 (2019), 551 |
| Vozhminite | Ni4AsS2 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111 (1982), 480 |
| Vránaite | Al16B4Si4O38 | American Mineralogist 101 (2016), 2108 |
| Vrančiceite | Cu10Hg3S8 | Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 670 |
| Vrbaite | Hg3Tl4As8Sb2S20 | Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 51 (1912), 365 |
| Vuagnatite | CaAlSiO4(OH) | American Mineralogist 61 (1976), 825 |
| Vulcanite | CuTe | American Mineralogist 46 (1961), 258 |
| Vuonnemite | Na6Na2Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O2(OF) | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 102 (1973), 423 |
| Vuorelainenite | Mn2+V3+ 2O4 |
Canadian Mineralogist 20 (1982), 281 |
| Vuoriyarvite-K | (K,Na,☐)12Nb8(Si4O12)4O8·12-16H2O | Doklady Earth Sciences 358 (1998), 73 |
| Vurroite | Pb20Sn2(Bi,As)22S54Cl6 | Canadian Mineralogist 43 (2005), 703 |
| Vyacheslavite | U4+(PO4)(OH) | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113 (1984), 360 |
| Vyalsovite | CaFeAlS(OH)5 | American Mineralogist 77 (1992), 201 |
| Vymazalováite | Pd3Bi2S2 | Mineralogical Magazine 82 (2018), 367 |
| Vysokýite | U4+[AsO2(OH)2]4∙4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 3055 |
| Vysotskite | PdS | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 91 (1962), 718 |
| Vyuntspakhkite-(Y) | Y(Al,Si)(SiO4)(OH,O)2 | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 5 (1983), 89 |