Dana Oxide Classification<br><small>Hydroxides and Oxides with OH</small>

Dana Oxide Classification
Hydroxides and Oxides with OH

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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 Oxide Classification
Hydroxides and Oxides with OH


06.01 Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl where X+++O OH

06.01.01 Diaspore group (Orthorhombic, Pnma or Pnmd)

06.01.01.01 Diaspore AlO(OH) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.01.02 Goethite Fe+++O(OH) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.01.03 Groutite Mn+++O(OH) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.01.04 Montroseite (V+++,Fe+++,V++++)O(OH) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.01.05 Bracewellite Cr+++O(OH) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.01.06 Tsumgallite! GaO(OH) Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

06.01.02 Boehmite Group

06.01.02.01 Boehmite AlO(OH) Amam 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.02.02 Lepidocrocite FeO(OH) Amam 2/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.02.03 Guyanaite CrO(OH) Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

06.01.03

06.01.03.01 Manganite MnO(OH) B21/d 2/m

06.01.04 Heterogenite Group

06.01.04.01 Heterogenite-2H Co+++O(OH) P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
06.01.04.02 Heterogenite-3R Co+++O(OH) R 3m 3 2/m
06.01.04.03 Feitknechtite beta-Mn+++O(OH) Unk Hex
06.01.04.04 Feroxyhyte Fe+++O(OH) Unk Hex

06.01.05

06.01.05.01 Grimaldiite Cr+++O(OH) R 3m 3 2/m

06.01.06

06.01.06.01 Akaganeite Fe+++(O,OH,Cl) I2/m 2/m