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

42.12 Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen with miscellaneous formulae

42.12.01

42.12.01.01 Vantasselite Al4(PO4)3(OH)3•9(H2O) Pma2,P 2₁am,Pmam Ortho

42.12.02

42.12.02.01 Vashegyite Al11(PO4)9(OH)6•38(H2O) or Al6(PO4)5(OH)3•23(H2O) Pna2 or P na2₁ mm2

42.12.03

42.12.03.01 Moreauite Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2•13(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

42.12.04 Tinticite Group

42.12.04.01 Tinticite Fe+++5(PO4,VO4)4•7(H2O) P1 1

42.12.04.02 Kamarizaite! Fe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)3•3H2O Pccm, Pcc2, Pcmm, Pcm21 Ortho

42.12.05

42.12.05.01 Tooeleite Fe+++6(AsO3)4(SO4)(OH)4•4H2O C 2/m 2/m

42.12.06 Meurigite group

42.12.06.01 Meurigite-K! [K(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4] C 2/c 2/m

42.12.06.02 Meurigite-Na! [Na(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4] C 2/c 2/m