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Henry Ford's 1908 Model T pioneered vanadium-steel alloy for chassis and axles, producing components nearly three times stronger than ordinary carbon steel of that era.
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Arizona's Apache Mine and Old Yuma Mine produced world-class vanadinite, a brick-red lead vanadate crystal mined during World War II to harden steel.
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Vanadium was named after Vanadís, an Old Norse name for the goddess Freyja, because its compounds produce a stunning variety of colors: reds, greens, blues, and yellows.