Dana Phyllosilicate Classification<br><small>Sheets of Six-Membered Rings</small>

Dana Phyllosilicate Classification
Sheets of Six-Membered Rings
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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.

Note: Space Group in Red   Point Group in Green.
* - Not IMA Approved.

! - Dana Number Added or Changed.

? - IMA Discredited Mineral Name.

Dana Phyllosilicate Classification
Sheets of Six-Membered Rings

71.03.01a Smectite group (Dioctahedral Smectites)

71.03.01a.01 Beidellite Na0.5Al2(Si3.5Al0.5)O10(OH)2•n(H2O) C 2/m or ORTH 2/m
71.03.01a.02 Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2•n(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
71.03.01a.03 Nontronite Na0.3Fe+++2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2•n(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
71.03.01a.04 Volkonskoite Ca0.3(Cr+++,Mg,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2•4(H2O) C 2/m 2/m
71.03.01a.05 Swinefordite (Li,Ca0.5,Na)0.72(Li,Al,Mg)2.66(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2•2(H2O) C 2/m (MON or ORTH) 2/m