Dana Elements 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.

Dana Elements Classification

01.03 Native Elements with semi-metallic and non-metallic elements

01.03.01 Arsenic group

01.03.01.01 Arsenic As R 3m 3 2/m

01.03.01.02 Antimony Sb R 3m 3 2/m

01.03.01.03 Stibarsen SbAs R 3m 3 2/m

01.03.01.04 Bismuth Bi R 3m 3 2/m

01.03.01.05 Stistaite SnSb R 3m 3 2/m

01.03.02

01.03.02.01 Arsenolamprite As Bmab 2/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.02.02 Pararsenolamprite! As Pmn2 or P 2₁nm Ortho

01.03.03

01.03.03.01 Paradocrasite Sb2(Sb,As)2 C 2 2

01.03.04

01.03.04.01 Selenium Se P 3₁21,P 3₂21 3 2

01.03.04.02 Tellurium Te P 3₁21 3 2

01.03.05 Sulfur Polymorph group

01.03.05.01 Sulfur S8 F ddd 2/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.05.02 Rosickyite S P 2/c 2/m

01.03.06 Carbon Polymorph group

01.03.06.01 Diamond C F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.03.06.02 Graphite C P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.06.03 Lonsdaleite C P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.06.04 Chaoite C P 6/mmm 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.06.05 Fullerite! C60 pseudo-CUBIC 4/m 2/m 2/m

01.03.07

01.03.07.01 Silicon Si F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.03.08

01.03.08.01 Moissanite SiC P 6₃mc 6mm

01.03.09

01.03.09.01 Sinoite Si2N2O C mc2₁ mm2

01.03.10

01.03.10.01 Nierite Si3N4 P 3₁c 3m