Dana Sulfate Classification
Selenates and Tellurates

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
Selenates and Tellurates

33.02 Selenates and Tellurates as A+ (B++)m XO6 Zq � x(H2O) where x can equal 0

33.02.01

33.02.01.01 Kuranakhite PbMn++++Te++++++O6 Unk Ortho

33.02.02

33.02.02.01 Montanite Bi2Te++++++O6•2(H2O) Mono

33.02.03

33.02.03.01 Cuzticite Fe+++2Te++++++O6•3(H2O) Unk Hex

33.02.04

33.02.04.01 Parakhinite Cu++3PbTe++++++O4(OH)6 P 6₂22 or P 6₄22 6 2 2

33.02.05

33.02.05.01 Mcalpineite Cu++3Te++++++O6•(H2O) Unk Cubic

33.02.06

33.02.06.01 Jensenite Cu++3Te++++++O6•2(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

33.02.06.02 Brumadoite! Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4•5H2O P 2₁/m or P 2₁ Mono

33.02.07

33.02.07.01 Cesbronite Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6•2(H2O) P bcn 2/m 2/m 2/m

33.02.08

33.02.08.01 Utahite! Cu5Zn3(Te++++++O4)4(OH)8•7(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri

33.02.09

33.02.09.01 Leisingite! Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te++++++O6•6(H2O) P 31m 3 2/m

33.02.10

33.02.10.01 Xocolatlite! Ca2Mn++++2Te++++++2O12•H2O P 2, P 2/m, Pm, P 2₁, P 3₁/m Mono