Min. [f. VANADIUM + -IN + -ITE.] A mineral consisting of vanadate of lead and chloride of lead, occurring in brilliant crystals of various colors.
1855. Orr’s Circ. Sci., Geol., etc., 532. Vanadinite…. Found in Mexico, the Ural, and Dumfriesshire.
1880. Cleminshaw, trans. Wurtz’ Atom. The., 139. The atomic weight of vanadium has been altered so that vanadinite, which is isomorphous with apotite, is represented by a similar formula.
