Dana Carbonate Classification
Carbonates OH or Halogen

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
Carbonates OH or Halogen

16b.04 Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A)m (B)n (XO3)p Zq · x(H2O), with (m+n):p=8:1

16b.04.01

16b.04.01.01 Zaratite Ni3(CO3)(OH)4•4(H2O) Unk (in part amorphous) Cubic

16b.04.02

16b.04.02.01 Defernite Ca6(CO3)2-x(SiO4)x(OH)7(Cl,OH)1-2x (x=0,5) Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m

16b.04.02.02 Holdawayite Mn++6(CO3)2(OH)7(Cl,OH) C 2/m 2/m

16b.04.03

16b.04.03.01 Claraite (Cu,Zn)3(CO3)(OH)4•4(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri

16b.04.04

16b.04.04.01 Peterbaylissite Hg+3(CO3)(OH)•2(H2O) Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m

16b.04.04.02 Clearcreekite! Hg+3(CO3)(OH)•2(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m