Dana Classification

Minerals Arranged by the New Dana Classification

This arrangement of mineral species is based on Dana's New Mineralogy by Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig, with sections by Vandall T. King, Illustrations by Eric Dowty, (ISBN: 047119310-0) Copyright © 1997, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.". This material is used by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Follow this link for a short discussion on the Dana Classification Number.

Note: Space Group in Red Point Group in Green.

* - Not IMA Approved.

! - Dana Number Added or Changed.

? - IMA Discredited Mineral Name.

Dana Elements Classification

01.00 Native Elements Without Dana Classification Numbers

01.00.00 Alloys

01.00.00.00 Antitaenite* gamma-Fe3Ni Unk Cubic

01.00.00.00 Tongxinite* Cu2Zn Unk Cubic

01.00.00 Amalgam Alloys

01.00.00.00 Goldamalgam* (Au,Ag)Hg I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.00.00 Metals

01.00.00.00 Tantalum* Ta I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.00.00.00 Titanium* Ti P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.00.00 Platinum Group

01.00.00.00 Rhenium* Re P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.00.00 Silicide

01.00.00.00 IMA2007-036 TiFeSi2 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m