Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Sätra Mine
- Doverstorp ore field
- Finspång
- Östergötland County
- Sweden
58.6349°, 15.8242°
8recorded occurrences
Physical
- Hardness
- 1Talc
- 2Gypsum
- 3Calcite
- 4Fluorite
- 5Apatite
- 6Orthoclase
- 7Quartz
- 8Topaz
- 9Corundum
- 10Diamond
Crystallography
- Space group
- #222
- Cell parameters
- a = 8.48(5) Å
- Z
- 8
- Comment
Space group by analogy to spinel.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA1980-048
- Vuorelaineniet
In other languages
- French
- Vuorelainenite
- German
- IMA 1980-048 · Vuorelainenit
- Italian
- Vuorelainenite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.BB.05
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.BMetal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similarDivision
- 4.BBWith only medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.BB.05VuorelaineniteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.07.02.04.01
- 07Multiple OxidesClass
- 07.02AB2X4Type
- 07.02.04(Vanadium subgroup)Group
- 07.02.04.01VuorelaineniteSpecies
CIM
—7.12.21
- 7Oxides and HydroxidesClass
- 7.12Oxides of V, Nb and TaGroup
- 7.12.21VuorelaineniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1962Plumier, R. (1962) Magnétisme - Étude par diffraction des neutrons du composé spinelle MnV2O4. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences: 255: 2244-2246.
- 1963Long, J. V. P., Vuorelainen, Yrjö, Kouvo, Olavi (1963) Karelianite, a new vanadium mineral. American Mineralogist, 48 (1-2) 33-41
- 1969Reuter, B., Riedel, E., Buxbaum, G. (1969) Über Oxidsysteme mit Übergangsmetallionen in verschiedenen Oxydationsstufen. VII. Das System Mn(NixV2−x)O4. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 367 (3-4). 113-118 doi:10.1002/zaac.19693670302DOI: 10.1002/zaac.19693670302
- 1982Zakrzewski, M. A., Burke, E. A. J., Lustenhouwer, W. J. (1982) Vuorelainenite, a new spinel, and associated minerals from the Satra (Doverstorp) pyrite deposit, central Sweden. The Canadian Mineralogist, 20 (2) 281-290
- 1983Dunn, Pete J., Fleischer, Michael, Burns, Roger G., Pabst, Adolf (1983) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 68 (3-4) 471-475
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Vuorelainenite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/vuorelainenite-4217},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}