Dargaite Explained

Dargaite
Formula:	BaCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O3

Dargaite is a rare mineral with formula BaCa₁₂(SiO₄)₄(SO₄)₂O₃. It is the barium-analogue of nabimusaite, also differing from it in the lack of fluorine. It is one of many recently approved new minerals coming from the Hatrurim complex. Dargaite, as nabimusaite, is trigonal (space group R-3m).^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Gfeller, F., Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Armbruster, T., Vapnik, Y., Dulski, M., Gardocki, M., Jeżak, L., and Murashko, M., 2015. Dargaite, IMA 2015-068. CNMNC Newsletter No. 28, December 2015, 1860; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1859–1864

2. Web site: Dargaite: Dargaite mineral information and data . Mindat.org . 2016-03-02.