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

01.01.08 Silver Amalgam Alloys

01.01.08.00 Amalgam* Ag2Hg3 Unk Cubic

01.01.08.01 Moschellandsbergite Ag2Hg3 I m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.01.08.02 Schachnerite Ag1.1Hg0.9 P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.08.03 Paraschachnerite Ag3Hg2 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.08.04 Luanheite Ag3Hg P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.08.05 Eugenite Ag9Hg2 I 43m 4 3m

01.01.08.06 Weishanite (Au,Ag)3Hg2 P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m