Min. [Named (1837), after its discoverer, Alexander von Volborth, a Russian scientist.] ‘Hydrous vanadate of copper, barium and calcium, found in small, yellowish-green crystals’ (Chester).
1844. Dana, Min. (1868), 611.
1878. Lawrence, trans. Cotta’s Rocks Classified, 41. Volborthite occurs as an accessory ingredient in many sandstones of the Permian formation of Russia.
