Dana Phosphate Classification<br><small>Hydrated Phosphates, etc</small>

Dana Phosphate Classification
Hydrated Phosphates, etc
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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.

Note: Space Group in Red   Point Group in Green.
* - Not IMA Approved.

! - Dana Number Added or Changed.

? - IMA Discredited Mineral Name.

Dana Phosphate Classification
Hydrated Phosphates, etc

40.04 Hydrated Phosphates, etc where A+++ XO4 · x(H2O)

40.04.01 Variscite Group

40.04.01.01 Variscite AlPO4•2(H2O) Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m
40.04.01.02 Strengite Fe+++PO4•2(H2O) Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m
40.04.01.03 Scorodite Fe+++AsO4•2(H2O) Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m
40.04.01.04 Mansfieldite AlAsO4•2(H2O) Pcab 2/m 2/m 2/m
40.04.01.05 Yanomamite In(AsO4)•2(H2O) P bca 2/m 2/m 2/m

40.04.02

40.04.02.01 Koninckite Fe+++PO4•3(H2O) (?) Unk Tetra

40.04.03 Metavariscite group

40.04.03.01 Metavariscite AlPO4•2(H2O) P 21/n 2/m
40.04.03.02 Phosphosiderite Fe+++PO4•2(H2O) P 21/n 2/m
40.04.03.03 Kolbeckite ScPO4•2(H2O) P 21/n 2/m

40.04.04

40.04.04.01 Kankite Fe+++AsO4•3.5(H2O) Unk Mono

40.04.05

40.04.05.01 Steigerite AlVO4•3(H2O) P 21/m, P 2 Mono

40.04.06

40.04.06.01 Churchite-(Y) YPO4•2(H2O) A2/a,Aa Mono
40.04.06.02 Churchite-(Nd)! Nd(PO4)•2(H2O) Mono

40.04.07 Rhabdophane Group

40.04.07.01 Rhabdophane-(Ce) (Ce,La)PO4•(H2O) P 6222 6 2 2
40.04.07.02 Rhabdophane-(La) (La,Ce)PO4•(H2O) P 6222 6 2 2
40.04.07.03 Rhabdophane-(Nd) (Nd,Ce,La)PO4•(H2O) P 6222 6 2 2
40.04.07.04 Grayite (Th,Pb,Ca)PO4•(H2O) P 6222 6 2 2
40.04.07.05 Brockite (Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)•(H2O) P 6222 6 2 2
40.04.07.06 Tristramite (Ca,U++++,Fe+++)(PO4,SO4)•2(H2O) P 6222 6 2 2

40.04.08 Ningyoite Group

40.04.08.01 Ningyoite (U,Ca,Ce)2(PO4)2•1-2(H2O) P 222 2 2 2
40.04.08.02 Lermontovite U++++(PO4)(OH)•(H2O) (?) C cca 2/m 2/m 2/m
40.04.08.03 Vyacheslavite U++++(PO4)(OH)•2.5(H2O) C mcm, C mc21, C 2cm Ortho

40.04.09

40.04.09.01 Parascorodite! Fe+++AsO4•2(H2O) P 3c1 3 2/m

40.04.10 Phosphate analog of Kieserite (SO4) group (C2/c)

40.04.10.01 Serrabrancaite! MnPO4•(H2O) C 2/c 2/m