Karelianite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Karelianite, etc.

Roter Bär Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Karelianite, etc.

Outokumpu mining district, North Karelia, Finland

Karelianite, etc.

Roter Bär Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Karelianite, etc.

Roter Bär Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Karelianite, etc.

Outokumpu mining district, North Karelia, Finland

Karelianite, etc.

Roter Bär Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Karelianite, etc.

Roter Bär Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Karelianite, etc.

Outokumpu mining district, North Karelia, Finland

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About KarelianiteHide

Formula:

V³⁺₂O₃

Colour:

Black

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

8 - 9

Specific Gravity:

4.95 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Hematite Group

Name:

After the Karelian schist belt, the region of Finland where the mineral occurs.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Outokumpu mining district, North Karelia, Finland

Hematite Group. The vanadium analogue of Corundum, Eskolaite and Hematite.

A metastable polymorph with a bixbyite-type structure is known as a synthetic compound (Weber et al., 2011; Lüdtke et al., 2017).

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2158

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2158:2

Similar NamesHide

Carlinite	A valid IMA mineral species	Tl₂S
Carolinite	A synonym of Nepheline
Karelinite

IMA Classification of KarelianiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Type description reference:

Long, J. V. P., Vuorelainen, Yrjö, Kouvo, Olavi (1963) Karelianite, a new vanadium mineral. American Mineralogist, 48 (1-2) 33-41

Classification of KarelianiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

4.CB.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
C : Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
B : With medium-sized cations

Dana 8th ed.:

4.3.1.4

4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
3 : A₂X₃

Hey's CIM Ref.:

7.12.18

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
12 : Oxides of V, Nb and Ta

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Kar	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320.