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Vuorelainenite

Year of discovery: 1980 (Sätra mine, Sweden), 1992 (Japan)

Locality list: 3 localities of vuorelainenite

• MnV₂O₄
• (Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)₂O₄
• [Mn²⁺][V³⁺₂][O₄]^8-

• Class: Spinel subgroup < Oxyspinel group < Spinel supergroup
• Class: Oxide

• Mn => Fe: Coulsonite
• Mn => Mg: Magnesiocoulsonite

• V => Al: Galaxite
• V => Cr: Manganochromite (Series)
• V => Fe: Jacobsite
• V => Mn: Hausmannite

• Color: Grayish brown, Dark gray
• Luster: Sub-Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Hardness: 6.5
• Density: 4.6

• System: Cubic
• Group: m3m, Fd3m
• Lattice: a=8.5