Distribution Of Vanadium Content

Vanadium has traces all over the world. In the Earth's crust, the content of vanadium is not significant. On average, there is one vanadium atom out of 20000 atoms, which is higher than the content of copper, tin, zinc, and nickel. However, the distribution of vanadium is too scattered, and there are almost no mineral deposits with higher content. Vanadium has been found in seawater, marine organisms such as sea urchins, magnetite, various asphalt minerals and coal ash, meteorites that fall on Earth, and spectral lines of the sun. Vanadium is a widely distributed trace element on Earth, with a content of approximately 0.02% of the crustal composition, making it relatively easy to obtain.
98% of the known vanadium reserves in the world are produced from vanadium titanium magnetite. In addition to vanadium titanium magnetite, vanadium resources are also partially present in phosphate rock deposits, uranium bearing sandstones, siltstones, bauxite, carbonaceous crude oil, coal, oil shale, and asphalt sand.