It was originally discovered in Mexico by the Spanish mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río in 1801. He called the mineral, brown lead, and asserted that it contained a new element, which he first named pancromium and later, erythronium. However, he was later led to believe that this was not a new element but merely an impure form of chromium. In 1830, Nils Gabriel Sefström discovered a new element, which he named vanadium. It was later revealed that this was identical to the metal discovered earlier by Andrés Manuel del Río. Del Río’s “brown lead” was also rediscovered, in 1838 in Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico, and was named vanadinite because of its high vanadium content. Other names that have since been given to vanadinite are johnstonite and lead vanadate.
ມັນໄດ້ຖືກຄົ້ນພົບເບື້ອງຕົ້ນໃນເມັກຊິໂກໂດຍນັກແຮ່ທາດແອສປາໂຍນAndrés Manuel del Ríoໃນ 1801. ລາວເອີ້ນແຮ່ທາດແຮ່ທາດເຫຼັກແລະກ່າວວ່າມັນມີອົງປະກອບໃຫມ່ເຊິ່ງລາວຊື່ວ່າ pancromium ແລະຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ, erythronium. ເຖິງຢ່າງໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, ຕໍ່ມາລາວໄດ້ນໍາພາໃຫ້ເຊື່ອວ່ານີ້ບໍ່ແມ່ນອົງປະກອບໃຫມ່ແຕ່ພຽງແຕ່ເປັນຮູບແບບທີ່ບໍ່ຖືກຕ້ອງຂອງໂຄເມຍມະ. ໃນ 1830, Nils Gabriel Sefströmໄດ້ຄົ້ນພົບອົງປະກອບໃຫມ່ທີ່ລາວຊື່ວ່າ vanadium. ມັນໄດ້ເປີດເຜີຍຕໍ່ມາວ່ານີ້ຄືກັນກັບໂລຫະທີ່ພົບກ່ອນຫນ້າໂດຍAndrés Manuel del Río. "Lead lead brown" ຂອງ Del Ríoຍັງຖືກຄົ້ນພົບຢູ່ໃນ 1838 ໃນ Zimapan, Hidalgo, ເມັກຊິໂກແລະຖືກຊື່ວ່າ vanadinite ເນື່ອງຈາກວ່າມັນມີສານ Vanadium ສູງ. ຊື່ອື່ນໆທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຈາກ Vanadinite ແມ່ນ johnstonite ແລະ vanadate ນໍາ.