Mineral phase
- IMA name
- Karelianite
- Class
- non-silicate mineral
- Compound type
- oxide
- Formula
- $V_2O_3$
- Chemical formula
- V2O3
- Elemental formula
- V2 O3
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Oxides
-
Formula $V_{2}O_{3}$ Mass fraction (%) 100.0
Strunz
- Class
- oxides - hydroxides - arsenites (04)
- Division
- metal:oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and similar (04.C)
- Family
- with medium-sized cations (04.CB)
- Code
- 04.CB.05
Dana
- Major class
- oxides and hydroxides (III)
- Class
- simple oxides (04)
- Type
- with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2O3) (04.03)
- Group
- Corundum-Hematite group (Rhombohedral: R-3c) (04.03.01)
- Code
- 04.03.01.04
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- trigonal
- Crystal class
- ditrigonal-scalenohedral
- Crystal class symbol
- -3m (D3d)
- Crystal spacegroup
- R-3c
- Molar mass
- 149.88 $g/mol$
- Density
- 4.87 $g/cm^3$
- State NTP
- solid
- Refringence type
- uniaxial
- Refringence sign
- unknown
- Refraction index $n_o$ (w)
- 2.36 - 2.38
- Pure color
- black
- Color
- black
- Diaphaneity
- opaque
- Luster
- metallic