Dana Sulfate Classification
Hydrated Acid and Sulfates

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 Sulfate Classification
Hydrated Acid and Sulfates

29.03 Hydrated Acid and Sulfates where (A+)2 B (XO4)2 � x(H2O)

29.03.01

29.03.01.01 Syngenite K2Ca(SO4)2•(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

29.03.01.02 Koktaite (NH4)2Ca(SO4)2•(H2O) P 2₁/m 2/m

29.03.02

29.03.02.01 Krohnkite Na2Cu(SO4)2•2(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

29.03.03 Blodite Group

29.03.03.01 Blodite Na2Mg(SO4)2•4(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.03.02 Nickelblodite Na2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2•4(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.03.03 Leonite K2Mg(SO4)2•4(H2O) C 2/m 2/m

29.03.03.04 Mereiterite! K2Fe++(SO4)2•4(H2O) C 2/m 2/m

29.03.03.05 Changoite! Na2Zn(SO4)2•4(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.04

29.03.04.01 Wattevilleite Na2Ca(SO4)2•4(H2O) (?) Unk Ortho

29.03.05

29.03.05.01 Konyaite Na2Mg(SO4)2•5(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

29.03.06

29.03.06.01 Picromerite K2Mg(SO4)2•6(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.06.02 Cyanochroite K2Cu(SO4)2•6(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.07 Mohrite Group (Ammonia bearing)

29.03.07.01 Mohrite (NH4)2Fe++(SO4)2•6(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

29.03.07.02 Boussingaultite (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2•6(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.07.03 Nickelboussingaultite (NH4)2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2•6(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

29.03.08

29.03.08.01 Mosesite Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3)•(H2O) F43m 4 3m