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a blood-red crystal that hoards the metal making your bike frame nearly unbreakable.
means Vanadinite is a bright red-to-orange lead-vanadium mineral (a chlorovanadate of lead) that forms striking hexagonal crystals and serves as an ore of vanadium.
from Named in the 19th century for its vanadium content, with the mineral suffix '-ite.' Vanadium itself honors Vanadis, a name of the Norse goddess Freyja — the Swedish chemist who studied it was charmed by the rainbow of colors its compounds produce, fit for a goddess of beauty.
- named for
- Vanadis, Norse goddess of beauty
- vanadium source
- major ore for super-strong steel alloys
- color
- glows ruby to fiery orange-red
- surprisingly heavy
- dense from lead packed inside
- loves dry deserts
- forms in arid oxidized lead deposits
wadi nasib deposit — morocco's red vanadinite crystals, major world source of vanadium ore
mibladen mine — morocco's historic vanadinite mining site producing exceptional crystal specimens
apache mine arizona — arizona's globe-miami district vanadinite deposits mined for vanadium in the 20th century