Dana Cyclosilicate Classification
4-Membered Rings

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 Cyclosilicate Classification
4-Membered Rings

60.01.01b Joaquinite group (Ortho-joaquinite subgroup)

60.01.01b.01 Orthojoaquinite-(Ce) NaFe++Ba2Ce2Ti2[Si4O12]2 O2(OH)•(H2O) Ccmm or Ccm21 Ortho

60.01.01b.02 Strontio-orthojoaquinite (Na,Fe++)2Ba2Sr2Ti2[Si4O12]2(O,OH)2•(H2O) Pbcm or Pbc2 Ortho

60.01.01b.03 Bario-orthojoaquinite Fe++2(Ba,Sr)4Ti2[Si4O12]O2•(H2O) Ccmm or Ccm2 Ortho

60.01.01b.04 Byelorussite-(Ce) NaBa2(Ce,La)2Mn++Ti2Si8O26(F,OH)•(H2O) P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

60.01.01b.05 Orthojoaquinite-(La)! Ba2Na(La,Ce)2Fe++Ti2Si8O26(OH,O,F)•H2O Ccmm 2/m 2/m 2/m