Dana Oxide Classification
Simple Oxides

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 Oxide Classification
Simple Oxides

04.02 Simple Oxides with a cation charge of 2+ (A++ O)

04.02.01 Periclase group (Isometric, Fm3m)

04.02.01.01 Periclase MgO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.01.02 Bunsenite NiO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.01.03 Manganosite MnO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.01.04 Monteponite CdO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.01.05 Lime CaO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.01.06 Wustite FeO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.01.07 Hongquiite* TiO F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.02.02

04.02.02.01 Zincite (Zn,Mn)O P 6₃mc 6mm

04.02.02.02 Bromellite BeO P 6₃mc 6mm

04.02.03

04.02.03.01 Tenorite CuO C 2/c 2/m

04.02.04

04.02.04.01 Litharge PbO P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m

04.02.05

04.02.05.01 Romarchite SnO P 4/nmm 4/m 2/m 2/m

04.02.06

04.02.06.01 Montroydite HgO P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

04.02.07

04.02.07.01 Massicot PbO Pbma 2/m 2/m 2/m