Dana Phosphate Classification
Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

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 Phosphate Classification
Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

38.03 Anhydrous Phosphates, etc (A+ B++)3 (XO4)2

38.03.01 Sarcopside Group

38.03.01.01 Sarcopside (Fe++,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

38.03.01.02 Farringtonite Mg3(PO4)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

38.03.01.03 Chopinite! (Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

38.03.02

38.03.02.01 Xanthiosite Ni3(AsO4)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

38.03.03

38.03.03.01 Graftonite (Fe++,Mn,Ca)3(PO4)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

38.03.03.02 Beusite (Mn++,Fe++,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

38.03.04 Whitlockite group

38.03.04.01 Whitlockite Ca9(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)6(PO3OH) R 3c 3m

38.03.04.02 Strontiowhitlockite Sr7(Mg,Ca)3(PO4)6[PO3(OH)] R 3c 3m

38.03.04.03 Merrillite-(Ca)* (Ca,[ ])19Mg2(PO4)14 R 3c 3m

38.03.04.04 Merrillite Ca18Na2Mg2(PO4)14 R 3c 3m

38.03.04.05 Merrillite-(Y)* Ca16Y2Mg2(PO4)14 R 3c 3m

38.03.04.06 Ferromerrillite! Ca9NaFe(PO4)7 R 3c 3m

38.03.04.07 Tuite! Ca3(PO4)2 R 3m 3m

38.03.04.08 Bobdownsite! Ca9Mg(PO3F)(PO4)6 R 3c 3m

38.03.05

38.03.05.01 Stanfieldite Ca4(Mg,Fe++,Mn)5(PO4)6 P 2/c 2/m

38.03.06

38.03.06.01 Hurlbutite CaBe2(PO4)2 P 2₁/a 2/m

38.03.07

38.03.07.01 Stranskiite Zn2Cu++(AsO4)2 P1 1

38.03.08

38.03.08.01 Keyite Cu++3(Zn,Cu)4Cd2(AsO4)6•2(H2O) I2/a 2/m

38.03.09

38.03.09.01 Lammerite Cu3[(As,P)O4]2 P 2₁/a 2/m

38.03.09.02 IMA2009-002! Cu3(AsO4)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

38.03.10

38.03.10.01 Mcbirneyite Cu3(VO4)2 P1 1

38.03.11

38.03.11.01 Tillmannsite! (Ag3Hg)(V,As)O4 I 4 4