Aradite

{{Short description|Silicate-vanadate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Aradite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | struct image = | struct caption = | struct imagesize = | struct2 image = | struct2 caption = | struct2 imagesize= | SMILES = | Jmol = | category = | formula = BaCa₆[(SiO₄)(VO₄)](VO₄)₂ |IMAsymbol=Ara<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref> | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = | class = | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | toughness = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }}

'''Aradite''' is a very rare mineral with formula BaCa₆[(SiO₄)(VO₄)](VO₄)₂F.<ref name=G>Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Galuskina, I.O., Pakhomova, A., Armbruster, T., Vapnik, Y., Włodyka, R., Dzierżanowski, P., and Murashko, M., 2015. New minerals with a modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. Part II. Zadovite, BaCa₆[(SiO₄)(PO₄)](PO₄)₂F and aradite, BaCa₆[(SiO₄)(VO₄)](VO₄)₂F, from paralavas of the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine 79(5), 1073-1087</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-43920.html |title=Aradite: Aradite mineral information and data |website=Mindat.org |accessdate=2016-03-02}}</ref> Aradite and its phosphorus-analogue, zadovite,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-43893.html |title=Zadovite: Zadovite mineral information and data |website=Mindat.org |accessdate=2016-03-08}}</ref> were found in paralavas (rocks formed due to pyrometamorphism) of the Hatrurim Formation.<ref name=G /> Both aradite and zadovite have structures similar to that of nabimusaite. Structure of all three minerals is related to that of hatrurite.<ref>Galuskin, E.V., Gfeller, F., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I.O., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M., Włodyka, R., and Dzierżanowski, P., 2015. New minerals with a modular structure derived from hatrurite from the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. Part I. Nabimusaite, KCa₁₂(SiO₄)₄(SO₄)₂O₂F, from larnite rocks of Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine 79(5), 1061-1072</ref>

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Category:Silicate minerals Category:Vanadate minerals Category:Calcium minerals Category:Barium minerals Category:Trigonal minerals Category:Minerals described in 2015

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