Dana Carbonate Classification
Anhydrous Carbonates

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 Carbonate Classification
Anhydrous Carbonates

14.04 Anhydrous Carbonates with Compound Formula A+2 B++2 (CO3)4

14.04.01

14.04.01.01 Shortite Na2Ca2(CO3)3 Amm2 mm2

14.04.02

14.04.02.01 Sahamalite-(Ce) (Mg,Fe++)Ce2(CO3)4 P 2₁/a 2/m

14.04.02.02 Paratooite-(La)! REE3(Ca,Sr)2NaCu(CO3)8 P 222 or P 222₁ 2 2 2

14.04.03

14.04.03.01 Huntite CaMg3(CO3)4 R 32 3 2

14.04.04 Burbankite Group (Hexagonal)

14.04.04.01 Burbankite (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5 P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

14.04.04.02 Khanneshite (NaCa)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 P 6₃mc 6mm

14.04.04.03 Calcioburbankite Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 P 6₃mc 6mm

14.04.04.04 Sanromanite! Na2CaPb3(CO3)5 P 6₃mc 6mm

14.04.05 Burbankite Group (Monoclinic)

14.04.05.01 Remondite-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5 P 2₁ 2

14.04.05.02 Petersenite-(Ce) (Na,Ca)4(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)5 P 2₁ 2

14.04.05.03 Remondite-(La)! Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 P 2₁ 2

14.04.06

14.04.06.01 Carbocernaite (Ca,Na)(Sr,Ce,Ba)(CO3)2 P mc2₁ mm2