Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Jo Dandy Mine
- Paradox Valley
- Montrose County
- Colorado
- USA
38.2297°, -108.7569°
16recorded occurrences
Physical
- Transparency
- Opaque
- Colour
- Black · dark brown in transmitted light (extremely thin sections).
Crystallography
- Morphology
Microscopic crystals with a rhiombohedral section at times. Massive. As a cement in sandstone.
- Type-locality form
Crystals rare, may have rhombic sections, minute; commonly massive.
- Comment
Crystal Data: n.d. Point Group: n.d.; Space Group: n.d. Z = n.d.
Synonyms
- Vanoxiet
In other languages
- German
- Vanoxit
- Italian
- Vanoxite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.HG.25
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.HV[5,6] VanadatesDivision
- 4.HGUnclassified V oxidesGroup
- 4.HG.25VanoxiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.47.04.06.01
- 47Vanadium OxysaltsClass
- 47.04Vanadium BronzesType
- 47.04.06— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 47.04.06.01VanoxiteSpecies
CIM
—7.12.9
- 7Oxides and HydroxidesClass
- 7.12Oxides of V, Nb and TaGroup
- 7.12.9VanoxiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1924Hess, F.L. (1924) New and known minerals from the Utah-Colorado carnotite region. Vanoxite, a new vanadium mineral. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 750-D, 63-67.
- 1925Foshag, W.F. (1925) New minerals: new species. American Mineralogist, 10, 39-41.
- 1944Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
- 2005(2005) Vanoxite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Vanoxite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/vanoxite-4149},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}