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Vanadio-oxy-dravite

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Formula:

NaV₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Tourmaline Group

Name:

For its vanadium content and relationship to dravite.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Pereval marble quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Not to be confused with oxy-vanadium-dravite. The V analogue of chromo-alumino-povondraite and bosiite.

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Classification of Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

2012

Strunz 8th ed.:

8/E.19-X

Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:

9.CK.05

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
C : Cyclosilicates
K : [Si₆O₁₈]₁₂- 6-membered single rings, with insular complex anions

Optical Data of Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.693(5) n_ε = 1.673(5)

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.020

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and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

High

Pleochroism:

Visible

Comments:

O = yellow-green
E = pale olive green

Chemical Properties of Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

Formula:

NaV₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O

Elements listed:

Al, B, H, Mg, Na, O, Si, V - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Class (H-M):

3m - Ditrigonal Pyramidal

Space Group:

R3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 16.0273(3) Å, c = 7.2833(1) Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 0.454

Unit Cell V:

1,620.24 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0020018	Vanadio-oxy-dravite	Bosi F, Skogby H, Reznitskii L, Halenius U (2014) Vanadio-oxy-dravite, NaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup American Mineralogist 99 218-224		2014	Sludyanka, Lake Baikal, Russia	0	293

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 Vanadio-oxy-dravite, NaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species
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CaX   0.00000   0.00000   0.22773   0.20700   0.01900
MgY   0.12348   0.06174   0.63626   0.38000   0.00762
VY   0.12348   0.06174   0.63626   0.50500   0.00762
AlY   0.12348   0.06174   0.63626   0.12000   0.00762
AlZ   0.29819   0.26189   0.61147   0.63000   0.00619
VZ   0.29819   0.26189   0.61147   0.12300   0.00619
MgZ   0.29819   0.26189   0.61147   0.21000   0.00619
CrZ   0.29819   0.26189   0.61147   0.03000   0.00619
B   0.11006   0.22013   0.45400   1.00000   0.00810
Si   0.19103   0.18935   0.00000   1.00000   0.00578
O1   0.00000   0.00000   0.76920   1.00000   0.00960
O2   0.06078   0.12155   0.48339   1.00000   0.00900
O3   0.26119   0.13060   0.51118   1.00000   0.01230
H3   0.25930   0.12960   0.39400   1.00000   0.01800
O4   0.09256   0.18512   0.07088   1.00000   0.01047
O5   0.18237   0.09118   0.09010   1.00000   0.01021
O6   0.19403   0.18473   0.77970   1.00000   0.00828
O7   0.28366   0.28332   0.07787   1.00000   0.00932
O8   0.20861   0.26947   0.44064   1.00000   0.01098
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NaX 0.01870 0.01870 0.01960 0.00940 0.00000 0.00000
CaX 0.01870 0.01870 0.01960 0.00940 0.00000 0.00000
MgY 0.00725 0.00625 0.00971 0.00362 -0.00189 -0.00095
VY 0.00725 0.00625 0.00971 0.00362 -0.00189 -0.00095
AlY 0.00725 0.00625 0.00971 0.00362 -0.00189 -0.00095
AlZ 0.00565 0.00608 0.00672 0.00286 -0.00001 0.00038
VZ 0.00565 0.00608 0.00672 0.00286 -0.00001 0.00038
MgZ 0.00565 0.00608 0.00672 0.00286 -0.00001 0.00038
CrZ 0.00565 0.00608 0.00672 0.00286 -0.00001 0.00038
B 0.00760 0.00830 0.00880 0.00420 0.00040 0.00080
Si 0.00525 0.00497 0.00711 0.00255 -0.00047 -0.00057
O1 0.01040 0.01040 0.00780 0.00520 0.00000 0.00000
O2 0.00880 0.00520 0.01200 0.00260 0.00073 0.00150
O3 0.01800 0.01410 0.00600 0.00900 0.00110 0.00055
O4 0.00840 0.01630 0.00940 0.00820 -0.00045 -0.00090
O5 0.01590 0.00780 0.00960 0.00790 0.00140 0.00071
O6 0.01030 0.00860 0.00680 0.00530 -0.00070 -0.00130
O7 0.00790 0.00690 0.01010 0.00140 -0.00290 -0.00080
O8 0.00450 0.00980 0.01780 0.00290 0.00090 0.00250

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
6.447 Å	(37)
4.261 Å	(52)
4.004 Å	(66)
3.522 Å	(47)
2.993 Å	(67)
2.596 Å	(100)
2.057 Å	(43)
1.934 Å	(28)

Type Occurrence of Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Pereval marble quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museum of Mineralogy, Earth Sciences Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, catalogue number 33068.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Pereval quarry, Sludyanka, Irkutsk region, Southern Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia (51º37’N 103º38’E)

Synonyms of Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

IMA2012-074

Relationship of Vanadio-oxy-dravite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Tourmaline Group

Other Members of this group:

Adachiite	CaFe₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Alumino-oxy-rossmanite	Al₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Bosiite	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Celleriite	◻(Mn²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Chromium-dravite	Na(Mg₃)Cr³⁺₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Chromo-alumino-povondraite	Na(Cr₃)(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Darrellhenryite	Na(LiAl₂)Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Dravite	Na(Mg₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Dutrowite	Na(Fe²⁺_2.5Ti_0.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Feruvite	Ca(Fe²⁺)₃MgAl₅(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-buergerite	Na(Fe³⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-dravite	Na(Mg₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-feruvite	Ca(Fe²⁺)₃MgAl₅(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F
Fluor-liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-tsilaisite	Na(Mn²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Fluor-uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
Foitite	(◻,Na)(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃OH	Trig. 3m : R3m
Liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Lucchesiite	CaFe²⁺₃ Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Luinaite-(OH)	Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Mon. m : Bm
Magnesio-foitite	(◻,Na)(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Magnesio-lucchesiite	CaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Maruyamaite	K(MgAl₂)(Al₅Mg)(BO₃)₃(Si₆O₁₈)(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Olenite	Na(Al₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-chromium-dravite	Na(Cr)₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-dravite	Na(MgAl₂)MgAl₅(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-foitite	◻(Fe²⁺Al₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
Oxy-rossmanite	◻(Li_0.5Al_2.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O
Oxy-schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Oxy-uvite	CaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O
Oxy-vanadium-dravite	Na(V)₃(V₄Mg₂)Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Povondraite	NaFe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Princivalleite	Na(Mn₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
Rossmanite	◻(LiAl₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Tsilaisite	Na(Mn²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
UM2000-64-SiO:BFeHKMg	(K,Na)Fe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O
UM2008-52-SiO:AlBCaFFeHLiMgNa	(Ca,Na,◻)(Al,Li,Fe,Mg)₃Al₆[Si₆O₁₈](BO₃)₃(OH,O)₃(F,O)
Unnamed (Pb-analogue of Fluor-liddicoatite)	(Pb,Na)(Li,Al)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(F,OH)
Uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite	Na(V)₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m

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9.CK.	Fluor-schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Darrellhenryite	Na(LiAl₂)Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Adachiite	CaFe₃Al₆(Si₅AlO₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.	Bosiite	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-buergerite	Na(Fe³⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Chromium-dravite	Na(Mg₃)Cr³⁺₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Dravite	Na(Mg₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Feruvite	Ca(Fe²⁺)₃MgAl₅(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Foitite	(◻,Na)(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃OH	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Olenite	Na(Al₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Povondraite	NaFe³⁺₃(Mg₂Fe³⁺₄)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Magnesio-foitite	(◻,Na)(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Rossmanite	◻(LiAl₂)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Tsilaisite	Na(Mn²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-vanadium-dravite	Na(V)₃(V₄Mg₂)Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-dravite	Na(MgAl₂)MgAl₅(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-rossmanite	◻(Li_0.5Al_2.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O
9.CK.05	Luinaite-(OH)	Na(Fe²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	Mon. m : Bm
9.CK.05	Fluor-elbaite	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Chromo-alumino-povondraite	Na(Cr₃)(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-dravite	Na(Mg₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-schorl	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-liddicoatite	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Oxy-chromium-dravite	Na(Cr)₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-tsilaisite	Na(Mn²⁺)₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite	Na(V)₃(Cr₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.05	Fluor-uvite	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.CK.10	Abenakiite-(Ce)	Na₂₆Ce₆(Si₆O₁₈)(PO₄)₆(CO₃)₆(SO₂)O	Trig. 3 : R3
9.CK.15	Scawtite	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂CO₃ · 2H₂O	Mon. 2/m
9.CK.20	Steenstrupine-(Ce)	Na₁₄Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Ce₆Zr(Si₆O₁₈)₂(PO₄)₆(PO₃OH)(OH)₂ · 2H₂O	Trig.
9.CK.20	Thorosteenstrupine	(Ca,Th,Mn)₃Si₄O₁₁F · 6H₂O

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References for Vanadio-oxy-draviteHide

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Bosi, F., Skogby, H., Reznitskii, L. and Hålenius, U. (2013) Vanadio-oxy-dravite, IMA 2012-074. CNMNC Newsletter No. 15, February 2013, page 8; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 112.

Bosi, F., H. Skogby, L. Reznitskii, and U. Hålenius (2014) Vanadio-oxy-dravite, NaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist, 99, 218-224.

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Russia (TL)
Irkutsk Oblast Lake Baikal area Slyudyanka (Sludyanka) ⓘ Pereval marble quarry (TL)	Bosi, F., Skogby, H., Reznitskii, L. and Hålenius, U. (2014) Vanadio-oxy-dravite, NaV3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist, 99, 218-224.
Republic of Karelia Medvezhyegorsky District Zaonezhie peninsula ⓘ Tzarevskoye Deposit	Bosi, F., Altieri, A. Cámara, F., Ciriotti, M.E. (2020): Chromium-rich vanadio-oxy-dravite from the Tzarevskoye uranium-vanadium deposit, Karelia, Russia: a second world-occurrence of Al-Cr-V-oxy-tourmaline. Mineralogical Magazine, 84, (in press).

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