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

78.04 Unclassified silicates possible inosilicates

78.04.01

78.04.01.01 Apachite Cu9Si10O29•11(H2O) Unk Mono

78.04.02

78.04.02.01 Ashburtonite HPb4Cu++4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl I 4/m 4/m

78.04.03

78.04.03.01 Fukalite Ca4Si2O6(CO3)(OH,F)2 Bm21b, Bmmb, B2mb Ortho

78.04.04

78.04.04.01 Gilalite Cu5Si6O17•7(H2O) Unk Mono

78.04.05

78.04.05.01 Grumantite NaHSi2O5•(H2O) F dd2 mm2