Dana Oxide Classification
Hydroxides and Oxides with OH

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
Hydroxides and Oxides with OH

06.03 Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl with (OH)3 or (OH)6 groups

06.03.01

06.03.01.01 Gibbsite Al(OH)3 P 2₁/n 2/m

06.03.02

06.03.02.01 Bayerite Al(OH)3 P 2₁/a 2/m

06.03.03

06.03.03.01 Nordstrandite Al(OH)3 P1 1

06.03.04

06.03.04.01 Doyleite Al(OH)3 P1 1

06.03.05 Dzhalindite Group

06.03.05.01 Dzhalindite In(OH)3 I m3 2/m 3

06.03.05.02 Sohngeite Ga(OH)3 I m3 2/m 3

06.03.05.03 Bernalite Fe(OH)3 Pmmn 2/m 2/m 2/m

06.03.06 Wickmanite group (Cubic or Trigonal, 2+ cations containing Sn)

06.03.06.01 Wickmanite Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.06.02 Schoenfliesite MgSn++++(OH)6 P n3 2/m 3

06.03.06.03 Natanite Fe++Sn++++(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.06.04 Vismirnovite ZnSn++++(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.06.05 Burtite CaSn(OH)6 R 3 3

06.03.06.06 Mushistonite (Cu,Zn,Fe)Sn++++(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.07 Wickmanite group (Tetragonal: P42/n)

06.03.07.01 Stottite Fe++Ge(OH)6 P 4₁/n 4/m

06.03.07.02 Tetrawickmanite Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 P 4₁/n 4/m

06.03.07.03 Jeanbandyite (Fe+++,Mn++)Sn++++(OH)6 P 4₁/n 4/m

06.03.07.04 Mopungite NaSb(OH)6 P 4₁/n 4/m

06.03.08

06.03.08.01 Jamborite (Ni++,Ni+++,Fe)(OH)2(OH,S,(H2O)) Unk Hex

06.03.09

06.03.09.01 Bottinoite NiSb+++++2(OH)12•6(H2O) P 3 3

06.03.09.02 Brandholzite! Mg[Sb(OH)6]2•6(H2O) P 3 3