Dana Phyllosilicate Classification<br><small>Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings</small>

Dana Phyllosilicate Classification
Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than 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
Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings

72.03.02 Tobermorite group (5- & 8-membered rings)

72.03.02.01 Tobermorite Ca5Si6O16(OH)2•4(H2O) C 2221 2 2 2
72.03.02.02 Clinotobermorite Ca5Si6(O,OH)18•5(H2O) Cc,C 2/c Mono
72.03.02.03 Plombierite Ca5H2Si6O18•6H2O B11b 2
72.03.02.04 Riversideite Ca5Si6O16(OH)2•2(H2O) B2212 2 2 2
72.03.02.05 Okenite Ca3[Si6O15]•6(H2O) P1 or P1 Tri
72.03.02.06 Tacharanite Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 A centered Mono
72.03.02.07 Nekoite Ca3Si6O15•7(H2O) P1 1
72.03.02.08 Oyelite Ca10B2Si8O29•12(H2O) B**** Ortho