Dana Nesosilicate Classification<br><small>Insular SiO4 Groups Only</small>

Dana Nesosilicate Classification
Insular SiO4 Groups Only
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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 Nesosilicate Classification
Insular SiO4 Groups Only

51.03 Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups Only with all cations in octahedral [6] coordination

51.03.01 Olivine group

51.03.01.00 Olivine* (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.01.01 Fayalite Fe++2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.01.02 Forsterite Mg2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.01.03 Liebenbergite (Ni,Mg)2SiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.01.04 Tephroite Mn2SiO4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.01.05 Laihunite Fe++Fe+++2(SiO4)2 P 21/b 2/m

51.03.02 Monticellite - Kirschsteinite series

51.03.02.01 Monticellite CaMgSiO4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.02.02 Kirschsteinite CaFe++SiO4 Pbmn 2/m 2/m 2/m
51.03.02.03 Glaucochroite CaMnSiO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

51.03.03

51.03.03.01 Ringwoodite Mg2SiO4 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

51.03.04

51.03.04.01 Wadsleyite (Mg,Fe++)2SiO4 I2/m 2/m