Dana Nesosilicate Classification
Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O

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 Nesosilicate Classification
Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O

52.02 Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [4] and >[4] coordination

52.02.01 Euclase group

52.02.01.01 Euclase BeAlSiO4(OH) P 2₁/a 2/m

52.02.01.02 Clinohedrite CaZnSiO4•(H2O) Aa m

52.02.01.03 Hodgkinsonite MnZn2SiO4(OH)2 P 2₁/c 2/m

52.02.01.04 Gerstmannite (Mg,Mn)2ZnSiO4(OH)2 Bbam 2/m 2/m 2/m

52.02.02a Al2SiO5 (Sillimanite subgroup)

52.02.02a.01 Sillimanite Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[4]OSiO4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

52.02.02a.02 Mullite Al(4+2x)Si(2-2x)O(10-x) where x =0.17 to 0.59 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m

52.02.02a.03 Boromullite! Al4.5SiB0.5O9.5 C mc2₁ mm2

52.02.02b AL2SIO5 Andalusite subgroup)

52.02.02b.01 Andalusite Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[5]OSiO4 Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

52.02.02b.02 Kanonaite (Mn+++,Al)AlSiO5 Pnnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

52.02.02b.03 Yoderite Mg2(Al,Fe+++)6Si4O18(OH)2 P 2₁ 2

52.02.02c Al2SiO5 (Kyanite subgroup)

52.02.02c.01 Kyanite Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[6]OSiO4 P1 1

52.02.03

52.02.03.01 Staurolite (Fe++,Mg)2Al9(Si,Al)4O20(O,OH)4 C 2/m 2/m

52.02.03.02 Magnesiostaurolite! [ ]4Mg4Al16(Al,[ ])2Si8O40[O6,(OH)2] C 2/m 2/m

52.02.03.03 Zincostaurolite! [ ]4Zn4Al16(Al,[ ])2Si8O40[O6,(OH)2] C 2/m 2/m