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.
57.02 Sorosilicates Sorosilicate Insular Si3O10 and Larger Noncyclic Groups with [Si4O13] groups 57.02.01 57.02.01.01 Tiragalloite Mn++4As+++++Si3O12(OH) P 21/n 2/m 57.02.02 57.02.02.01 Ruizite CaMn+++Si2O6(OH)•2(H2O) P 21/c 2/m 57.02.03 Akatoreite Group 57.02.03.01 Akatoreite (Mn++,Fe++)9Al2Si8O24(OH)8 P1 1 57.02.03.02 Hubeite! Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2 P1 1 57.02.03.03 Cassagnaite! (Ca,Mn++)4(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)4(OH)4(V+++,Mg,Al)2(O,OH)4(Si3O10)(SiO4)2 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m
57.02.01 57.02.01.01 Tiragalloite Mn++4As+++++Si3O12(OH) P 21/n 2/m
57.02.02 57.02.02.01 Ruizite CaMn+++Si2O6(OH)•2(H2O) P 21/c 2/m
57.02.03 Akatoreite Group 57.02.03.01 Akatoreite (Mn++,Fe++)9Al2Si8O24(OH)8 P1 1 57.02.03.02 Hubeite! Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2 P1 1 57.02.03.03 Cassagnaite! (Ca,Mn++)4(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)4(OH)4(V+++,Mg,Al)2(O,OH)4(Si3O10)(SiO4)2 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m