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{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Shcherbinaite
| category    = [[Vanadate mineral]]s, phyllovanadate series
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| formula     = V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>
| strunz      = 04.HE.10
| dana        = 4.6.1.1
| symmetry    = 2/m 2/m 2/m - Orthorhombic
| Z           = 2
| molweight   = 181.88 g/mol
| color       = yellow-green
| habit       = acicular or fibrous
| system      = [[Orthorhombic crystal system|Orthorhombic]]
| cleavage    = 
| mohs        = 3–3½
| luster      = vitreous
| streak      = white
| diaphaneity = translucent  
| density     = 3.28 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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| solubility  = soluble
| alteration  = 
| references  = <ref name="WebMineral">{{WebMineral-ref | name = Shcherbinaite | url = http://webmineral.com/data/Shcherbinaite.shtml | accessdate = 2009-12-01}}.</ref><ref name="Mindat">{{MinDat-ref | name = Shcherbinaite | id = 3636 | accessdate = 2009-12-01}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | last1 = Shklover | first1 = V. | last2 = Haibach | first2 = T. | last3 = Ried | first3 = F. | last4 = Nesper | first4 = R. | last5 = Novak | first5 = P. | year = 1996 | title = Crystal structure of the product of Mg<sup>2+</sup> insertion into V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> single crystals | journal = J. Solid State Chem. | volume = 123 | issue = 2 | pages = 317–23 | doi = 10.1006/jssc.1996.0186}}.</ref> 
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'''Shcherbinaite''' is a [[vanadate mineral]], a [[vanadium]] [[oxide]], with formula V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>. It is the mineral form of [[vanadium pentoxide]].

The [[type specimen]] was discovered at an [[andesine]] dome on the Bezymianny ("nameless") volcano ({{coord|55|58|42|N|160|35|12|E|type:mountain|alt={{nowrap|55°&thinsp;58′&thinsp;42″&thinsp;N}}, {{nowrap|160°&thinsp;35′&thinsp;12″&thinsp;E}}}}) in Kamchatka in the [[Russia]]n Far East, and the discovery was validated by the [[International Mineralogical Association|IMA]] in 1972.<ref name="WebMineral"/><ref name="Mindat"/> It has also been found at the nearby Tolbachik volcano ({{coord|55.830|N|160.330|E|type:mountain|alt={{nowrap|55°&thinsp;49′&thinsp;48″&thinsp;N}}, {{nowrap|160°&thinsp;19′&thinsp;48″&thinsp;E}}}}), and at the Izalco volcano ({{coord|13.813|N|89.633|W|type:mountain|alt={{nowrap|13°&thinsp;48′&thinsp;47″&thinsp;N}}, {{nowrap|89°&thinsp;37′&thinsp;59″&thinsp;W}}}}) in [[El Salvador]]:<ref name="Mindat"/> in all cases, it is associated with [[fumarole]] activity.<ref>{{citation | webpage = Sublimates at Fumaroles | url = http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/central_america/el_salvador/izalco/fumar.html | publisher = Department of Geological/Mining Engineering & Sciences, Michigan Technological University | accessdate = 2009-12-01}}.</ref>

Shcherbinaite is named after the Russian geochemist Vladimir V. Shcherbina (1907–78).<ref name="WebMineral"/>

==See also==
*[[Navajoite]], V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>·3H<sub>2</sub>O

==References==
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[[Category:Five- and six-coordinate vanadate minerals]]

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