Vanadinite
Mineral Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Also called Endlichite
Take care.
- Contains lead: Wash your hands after handling it, keep it away from children, and don't make dust.
About it
Bright red, flat-topped hexagonal prisms of lead vanadate, very heavy and brittle. Huge numbers come from Mibladen in Morocco, and fine ones from the Apache mine in Arizona.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Vanadate, apatite group
- Formula
- Pb5(VO4)3Cl
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3–4
- Specific gravity
- 6.8–7.1
- Streak
- pale yellow to whitish
- Lustre
- resinous, adamantine (diamond-like)
- Crystal system
- Hexagonal
- Colours
- red, orange-red, brownish red, brown, yellow, orange
- Transparency
- transparent, translucent, opaque
- Cleavage and fracture
- none; uneven to conchoidal fracture
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.