Dana Phyllosilicate Classification
Sheets of Six-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 Phyllosilicate Classification
Sheets of Six-Membered Rings

71.01 Phyllosilicates Phyllosilicate Sheets of Six-Membered Rings with 1:1 layers

71.01.01 Kaolinite group

71.01.01.01 Dickite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Cc m

71.01.01.02 Kaolinite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 P1 1

71.01.01.03 Nacrite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Cc m

71.01.01.04 Halloysite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Cc m

71.01.01.04a Endellite? Al2Si2O5(OH)4•2(H2O) Cc m

71.01.01.05 Odinite (Fe+++,Mg,Al,Fe++,Ti,Mn)2.5(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Cm m

71.01.02a Serpentine group

71.01.02a.01 Antigorite (Mg,Fe++)3Si2O5(OH)4 Cm m

71.01.02b Serpentine group (Lizardite subgroup)

71.01.02b.01 Caryopilite (Mn++,Mg,Zn,Fe++)3(Si,As)2O510(OH,Cl)4 Cm or C 2/m Mono

71.01.02b.02 Lizardite Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 P1 1

71.01.02b.03 Nepouite Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 Ccm21 mm2

71.01.02b.04 Greenalite (Fe++,Fe+++)2-3Si2O5(OH)4 Unk Mono

71.01.02c Serpentine group (Amesite subgroup)

71.01.02c.01 Amesite Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4 C1 1

71.01.02c.02 Berthierine (Fe++,Fe+++,Al,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Cm m

71.01.02c.03 Brindleyite (Ni,Mg,Fe++)2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4 C 2 2

71.01.02c.04 Fraipontite (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Cm m

71.01.02c.05 Kellyite (Mn++,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 P 6₃ 6

71.01.02c.06 Manandonite Li2Al4[(Si2AlB)O10](OH)8 C1 1

71.01.02c.07 Cronstedtite Fe++2Fe+++(SiFe+++)O5(OH)4 P 3₁m 3m

71.01.02d Serpentine group (Chrysotile subgroup)

71.01.02d.00 Chrysotile! Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 A2/m 2/m

71.01.02d.01 Clinochrysotile? Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Cc, C 2/m Mono

71.01.02d.02 Orthochrysotile? Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Unk Ortho

71.01.02d.03 Parachrysotile? Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Unk Ortho

71.01.02d.04 Pecoraite Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 C 2/m 2/m

71.01.03 Bismutoferrite group

71.01.03.01 Bismutoferrite BiFe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) Cm m

71.01.03.02 Chapmanite Sb+++Fe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) Cm m

71.01.04 Allophane group

71.01.04.01 Allophane Al2O3•(SiO2)1.3-2•((H2O))2.5-3 None

71.01.04.02 Hisingerite Fe+++2Si2O5(OH)4•2(H2O) Unk Mono

71.01.04.03 Imogolite Al2SiO3(OH)4 ? Mono

71.01.04.04 Neotocite (Mn,Fe++)SiO3•(H2O) (?) None

71.01.04.05 Zinalsite! Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4•2(H2O) (?) Mono