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

06.04 Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl containing multiple cations

06.04.01

06.04.01.01 Lithiophorite (Al,Li)Mn++++O2(OH)2 R 3m 3 2/m

06.04.01.02 Quenselite PbMn+++O2(OH) P 2 2

06.04.02

06.04.02.01 Hydroromarchite Sn3O2(OH)2 P 4/mnc 4/m 2/m 2/m

06.04.03

06.04.03.01 Haggite V2O2(OH)3 C 2/m 2/m

06.04.04

06.04.04.01 Hydrocalumite Ca2Al(OH)6[Cl1-x(OH)x]•3(H2O) P 2₁ 2

06.04.05

06.04.05.01 Iowaite Mg4Fe+++(OH)8OCl•2-4(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

06.04.05.02 Woodallite! Mg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2•4(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

06.04.06

06.04.06.01 Meixnerite Mg6Al2(OH)18•4(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

06.04.06.02 Fougerite! (Fe++,Mg)6Fe+++2(OH)18•4(H2O) R 3m 3 2/m

06.04.07

06.04.07.01 Janggunite Mn++++5-x(Mn++,Fe+++)1+xO8(OH)6, x = 0,2 Unk Ortho

06.04.08

06.04.08.01 Kimrobinsonite Ta(OH)3(O,CO3) Unk Cubic

06.04.09

06.04.09.01 Asbolane (Co,Ni)1-y(Mn++++O2)2-x(OH)2-2y+2x•n(H2O) Unk Hex

06.04.10

06.04.10.01 Schwertmannite Fe+++16O16(OH)12(SO4)2 P 4/m 4/m

06.04.11

06.04.11.01 Nepskoeite! Mg4Cl(OH)7•6(H2O) Pcmm,Pcm2,Pc2m Ortho

06.04.12

06.04.12.01 Kuzelite! Ca4Al2.4(OH)12.8(SO4)•6(H2O) R 3 3

06.04.13

06.04.13.01 Jacquesdietrichite! Cu2[BO(OH)2](OH)3 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

06.04.14

06.04.14.01 Krivovichevite! Pb3[Al(OH)6](SO4)(OH) R 3c 3m

06.04.14.02 Grandviewite! Cu3Al9(SO4)2(OH)29 P 2, Pm or P 2/m Mono

06.04.15

06.04.15.01 Karchevskyite! [Mg18Al9(OH)54][Sr2(CO3,PO4)9(H2O,H3O)11] P 3, P 31m, P 3₁m, P 3₁2 Trig