Dana Cyclosilicate Classification
Condensed 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
Condensed Rings

63 Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Condensed Rings

63.01 Cyclosilicates Cyclosilicate Condensed Rings 4-membered rings

63.01.01 Steacyite Group

63.01.01.01 Steacyite K1-x(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20 (x=0.2 to 0.4) P 4/mcc 4/m 2/m 2/m

63.01.01.02 Iraqite-(La) K(La,Ce,Th)2(Ca,Na)4(Si,Al)16O40 P 4/mcc 4/m 2/m 2/m

63.01.01.03 Turkestanite! Th(Ca,Na)2(K1-x,[ ]x)Si8O20•n(H2O) P 4/mcc 4/m 2/m 2/m

63.01.01.04 Arapovite! (U,Th)(Ca,Na)2(K1-x[ ]x)Si8O20•H2O, x=0.5 P 4/mcc 4/m 2/m 2/m