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V
Vanadium
transition
Discovered : Andres Manuel del Rio (1801), confirmed by Nils Sefstrom (1831).
Found in : Vanadinite, carnotite, patronite.
Used for : High-strength steel, tools, aerospace alloys, batteries.
Remarkable : Named after Vanadis, the Norse goddess of beauty. Vanadinite produces some of the most striking orange-red hexagonal crystals in the collector world.
Minerals containing Vanadium
