# Aradite

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{{Short description|Silicate-vanadate mineral}}
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| formula     = BaCa<sub>6</sub>[(SiO<sub>4</sub>)(VO<sub>4</sub>)](VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
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'''Aradite''' is a very rare mineral with formula BaCa<sub>6</sub>[(SiO<sub>4</sub>)(VO<sub>4</sub>)](VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>F.<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, BaCa<sub>6</sub>[(SiO<sub>4</sub>)(PO<sub>4</sub>)](PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>F and aradite, BaCa<sub>6</sub>[(SiO<sub>4</sub>)(VO<sub>4</sub>)](VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>F, 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](/source/phosphorus)-analogue, [zadovite](/source/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](/source/pyrometamorphism)) of the [Hatrurim Formation](/source/Hatrurim_Formation).<ref name=G /> Both aradite and zadovite have structures similar to that of [nabimusaite](/source/nabimusaite). Structure of all three minerals is related to that of [hatrurite](/source/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, KCa<sub>12</sub>(SiO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>F, from larnite rocks of Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. Mineralogical Magazine 79(5), 1061-1072</ref>

==References==
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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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