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

78.06 Unclassified silicates possible tectosilicates

78.06.01

78.06.01.01 Hyalotekite (Ba,Pb,Ca,K)6(B,Si,Al)2(Si,Be)10O28(F,Cl) I1 1

78.06.01.02 Kapitsaite-(Y)! (Ba,K,Pb,Na)4(Y,Ca,REE)2[Si8B2(B,Si)2O28F] I1 1

78.06.02

78.06.02.01 Lovdarite K2Na6Be4Si14O36•9(H2O) Pma2 mm2

78.06.03

78.06.03.01 Pellyite Ba2Ca(Fe++,Mg)2Si6O17 C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m

78.06.04

78.06.04.01 Tiettaite (Na,K)17Fe+++TiSi16O29(OH)30•2(H2O) C mcm,C mc2₁,C 2mc Ortho