Aradite

{{Short description|Silicate-vanadate mineral}}

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| formula = BaCa₆[(SiO₄)(VO₄)](VO₄)₂

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Aradite is a very rare mineral with formula BaCa₆[(SiO₄)(VO₄)](VO₄)₂F.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{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-43920.html |title=Aradite: Aradite mineral information and data |website=Mindat.org |accessdate=2016-03-02}} Aradite and its phosphorus-analogue, zadovite,{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-43893.html |title=Zadovite: Zadovite mineral information and data |website=Mindat.org |accessdate=2016-03-08}} were found in paralavas (rocks formed due to pyrometamorphism) of the Hatrurim Formation. Both aradite and zadovite have structures similar to that of nabimusaite. Structure of all three minerals is related to that of hatrurite.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