Ardennite-(V), ideally Mn 4 [Al 4 (AlMg)][Si 5 V]O 22 (OH) 6 , is the analogue of ardennite, ideally Mn 4 [Al 4 (AlMg)][Si 5 As]O 22 (OH) 6 , with V dominant at the T4 site. The history of the discovery of ardennite is outlined, with special accent on its chemical composition; revision of the old literature evidenced that even if vanadium-containing specimens were considered since the first description, the analytical data contained in the first papers are very questionable, and ardennite has been so far considered an arsenate-silicate. A new occurrence of ardennite-(V) is described from Sparone, Locana Valley (TO), Piedmont, Italy. Here ardennite-(V) occurs within a piemontite-bearing micaschist. Crystals are elongated along [010] and very thin (up to 1 mm in length and a few microns in diameter), are yellow with a white streak, transparent with a vitreous lustre, and brittle. No cleavage or parting were observed. The calculated density is 3.55 g/cm 3. Optically, ardennite-(V) is biaxial, with α > 1.765(5), β < 1.775(5), and γ = 1.775(5), and is weakly pleochroic, with X, Y = pale yellow; Z = yellowish. Electron microprobe analyses (P 2 O 5 0.38 wt.%, As 2 O 5 0.37, V 2 O 5 4.60, SiO 2 31.21, TiO 2 0.21, Al 2 O 3 22.60, Fe 2 O 3 1.64, Cr 2 O 3 0.34, MgO 4.44, MnO tot 23.28, CaO 4.24, Na 2 O 0.02, F 0.17, H 2 O calc 5.70), gave the following empirical formula: [Mn 2+ 3.221 Ca 0.774 Na 0.006 ] =4.001 [Al 4.456 Mg 1.127 Fe 3+ 0.210 Mn 3+ 0.137 Cr 0.046 Ti 0.027 ] =6.003 [Si 5.000 ] [V 0.518 Si 0.315 Al 0.080 P 0.055 As 0.033 ] =1.001 O 21.433 (OH) 6.475 F 0.092. The five strongest peaks in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern [d(Å)(I)(hkl)] are: 2.948(90)(115), 2.609(100)(310/116), 2.033(55)(225), 1.585(75)(425), 1.477(45)(2.2.10). Ardennite-(V) is orthorhombic, space group Pnmm, with a 8.760(3), b 5.838(2), c 18.56(2) Å. Both the new mineral and its name were approved by the IMA CNMNC. Chemical analyses which point to the occurrence of ardennite-(V) were recorded also at Varenche mine, S. Barthelemy, Aosta Valley, Italy, but the crystal showed a marked zoning.