Dana Classification

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 Unclassified Silicates

78.00.00 Nesosilicate

78.00.00.00 Ivanyukite-Cu Cu[Ti4(OH)2O2(SiO4)3]•7H2O P 4 3m 4 3m

78.00.00 Silicate, Unclassified

78.00.00.00 Cryptophyllite K2Ca[Si4O10]•5H2O P 2₁/n 2/m

78.00.00.00 IMA2007-041T Na2[Ti4O2(OH)2(SiO4)3]•6H2O R 3m 3m

78.00.00.00 IMA2009-001 Ba5(Ca,REE,Y)22(Ti,Nb)18(SiO4)4[(PO4),(SiO4)]4(BO3)9O22[(OH),F]43(H2O)1.5 R 3 3

78.00.00.00 Ivanyukite-K K2[Ti4(OH)2O2(SiO4)3]•9H2O P 4 3m 4 3m

78.00.00.00 Ivanyukite-Na Na2[Ti4O2(OH)2(SiO4)3]•6H2O P 4 3m 4 3m

78.00.00.00 Plumbophyllite Pb2Si4O10•H2O P bcn 2/m 2/m 2/m

78.00.00.00 Sturtite? (Fe3+)(Mn2+,Ca,Mg)Si4O10(OH)3•10(H2O) None

78.00.00 Unclassified Silicate

78.00.00.00 Almbosite? Fe++5Fe+++4V+++++4Si3O27 Ortho ? Ortho

78.00.00.00 Chelyabinskite* (Ca,Mg)3Si(OH)6(SO4,CO3)2•9(H2O) Unk Ortho

78.00.00.00 Iddingsite? MgO.Fe2O3.3SiO2•4(H2O) Ortho