Dana Sorosilicate Classification
Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups

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 Sorosilicate Classification
Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups

58.02.01c Epidote group (Allanite subgroup)

58.02.01c.01 Allanite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.02 Allanite-(La)! Ca(REE,Ca)Al2(Fe++,Fe+++)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.03 Allanite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)3(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.04 Dissakisite-(Ce) Ca(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe++)(Al,Fe+++)2Si3O12(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.05 Dissakisite-(La)! (Ca,Fe++,Th, La)(La,REE,Ca)(Al,Cr,Ti)2(Mg,Fe,Al)Si3O12(OH,F) with La > Ce P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.06 Manganiandrosite-(La)! (Mn,Ca)(La,Ce,Ca,Nd)AlMn+++Mn++(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.07 Ferriallanite-(Ce)! CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.08 Vastmanlandite-(Ce)! (Ce,La)3CaAl2Mg2[Si2O7][SiO4]3F(OH)2 P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.09 Manganiandrosite-(Ce)! (Mn++,Ca)(Ce,REE)AlMn+++Mn++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m

58.02.01c.10 Vanadoandrosite-(Ce)! (Mn++,Ca)(REE)V+++AlMn++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) P 2₁/m 2/m