Dana Phosphate Classification
Hydrated Phosphates,
etc., with Hydroxyl 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 Phosphate Classification
Hydrated Phosphates,
etc., with Hydroxyl or Halogen

42.08 Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (AB)7 (XO4)4 Zq � x(H2O)

42.08.01 Pharmacosiderite Group

42.08.01.01 Pharmacosiderite KFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)4•6-7(H2O) I 43m 4 3m

42.08.01.02 Alumopharmacosiderite KAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4•6•5(H2O) P 43m 4 3m

42.08.01.03 Bariopharmacosiderite BaFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5•5(H2O) I 42m 4 2m

42.08.01.04 Barium-alumopharmacosiderite? BaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)5•5(H2O) P 43m ? 4 3m

42.08.01.05 Natropharmacosiderite (Na,K)2Fe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5•7(H2O) P 43m 4 3m

42.08.02

42.08.02.01 Kidwellite Na(Fe+++,Cu)9+x(PO4)6(OH)11•3(H2O) P 2/c 2/m

42.08.03

42.08.03.01 Schoonerite Fe++2ZnMnFe+++(PO4)3(OH)2•9(H2O) Pmab 2/m 2/m 2/m

42.08.04 Mitridatite Group

42.08.04.01 Mitridatite Ca2Fe+++3(PO4)3O2•3(H2O) A2/a 2/m

42.08.04.02 Robertsite Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6•3(H2O) A2/a 2/m

42.08.04.03 Arseniosiderite Ca2Fe+++3(AsO4)3O2•3(H2O) A2/a 2/m

42.08.05 Kolfanite Group

42.08.05.01 Kolfanite Ca2Fe+++3O2(AsO4)3•2(H2O) A2/a 2/m

42.08.05.02 Pararobertsite Ca2Mn+++3(PO4)3O2•3(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

42.08.05.03 Sailaufite! Ca2Mn3O2(AsO4)2(CO3)•3(H2O) Cm m

42.08.06

42.08.06.01 Yukonite Ca7Fe+++11(AsO4)9O10•24.3(H2O) None

42.08.07

42.08.07.01 Mapimite Zn2Fe+++3(AsO4)3(OH)4•10(H2O) Cm m

42.08.08

42.08.08.01 Shubnikovite Ca2Cu8(AsO4)6Cl(OH)•7(H2O) (?) Unk Ortho