Dana Sulfate Classification
Hydrated Sulfates with 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 Sulfate Classification
Hydrated Sulfates with OH or Halogen

31.01 Hydrated Sulfates Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A+ B++)m (XO4)p Zq·x(H2O), where m:p>6:1

31.01.01

31.01.01.01 Connellite Cu19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32•3(H2O) P 62c 6 m2

31.01.02

31.01.02.01 Shigaite Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O) R 3 3

31.01.02.02 Nikischerite! NaFe++6Al3(SO4)2(OH)18(H2O)12 R 3 3

31.01.03

31.01.03.01 Mooreite (Mg,Zn,Mn)15(SO4)2(OH)26•8(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

31.01.04

31.01.04.01 Torreyite (Mg,Mn)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

31.01.04.02 Lawsonbauerite (Mn,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

31.01.05

31.01.05.01 Spangolite Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl•3(H2O) P 3₁c 3m

31.01.06 Schulenbergite group

31.01.06.01 Schulenbergite (Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10•3(H2O) Hex Hex

31.01.06.02 Bechererite! (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2 P 3 3

31.01.06.03 Osakaite! Zn4SO4(OH)6•5H2O P1 1

31.01.06.04 Zn-Schulenbergite! (Zn,Cu)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10•3(H2O) Hex Hex