Dana Nesosilicate Classification
Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations

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.

Dana Nesosilicate Classification
Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations

53 Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations

53.01 Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations with (CO3)

53.01.01

53.01.01.01 Spurrite Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) P 2₁/a 2/m

53.01.02

53.01.02.01 Paraspurrite Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) P 2₁/a 2/m

53.01.03

53.01.03.01 Iimoriite-(Y) Y2(SiO4)(CO3) P1 1

53.02 Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations with (SO4), (CrO4), (PO4), etc.

53.02.01

53.02.01.01 Saryarkite-(Y) Ca(Y,Th)Al5(SiO4)2(PO4,SO4)2(OH)7•6(H2O) P 42₁2,P 4₂212 4 2 2

53.02.02

53.02.02.01 Nagelschmidtite Ca7(SiO4)3(PO4)2 Unk Hex

53.02.03

53.02.03.01 Harrisonite! Ca(Fe++,Mg)6(PO4)2(SiO4)2 R 3m 3 2/m

53.02.04

53.02.04.01 Ternesite! Ca5(SiO4)2SO4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

53.03 Nesosilicates Nesosilicate Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions of Complex Cations with (UO2)

53.03.01 Uranophane group

53.03.01.01 Kasolite Pb(UO2)SiO4•(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

53.03.01.02 Uranophane Ca(UO2)2SiO3(OH)2•5(H2O) P 2₁ 2

53.03.01.03 Sklodowskite (H3O)2Mg(UO2)2(SiO4)2•4(H2O) C 2/m 2/m

53.03.01.04 Cuprosklodowskite Cu[(UO2)(SiO2OH)]2•6(H2O) P1 1

53.03.01.05 Boltwoodite HK(UO2)(SiO4)•1.5(H2O) P 2₁ 2

53.03.01.06 Natroboltwoodite (H3O)(Na,K)(UO2)SiO4•(H2O) P 2₁2₁2₁ 2 2 2

53.03.01.07 Oursinite (Co,Mg)(H3O)2[(UO2)SiO4]2•3(H2O) Aba2,Abam Ortho

53.03.01.08 Swamboite U++++++H6(UO2)6(SiO4)6•30(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

53.03.01.09 Uranophane-beta Ca[(UO2)SiO3(OH)]2•(H2O) P 2₁/a 2/m

53.03.02 Weeksite group

53.03.02.01 Weeksite K2(UO2)2Si6O15•4(H2O) C mmb 2/m 2/m 2/m

53.03.02.02 Haiweeite Ca[(UO2)2Si5O12(OH)2]•3(H2O) C mcm 2/m 2/m 2/m

53.03.02.03 Metahaiweeite Ca(UO2)2Si6O15•n(H2O), n<5 P 2/c ? 2/m

53.03.02.04 Coutinhoite! ThxBa1-2x(H2O)y(UO2)2Si5O13•H2O C mmb 2/m 2/m 2/m

53.03.03 Other uranyl sillicates

53.03.03.01 Soddyite (UO2)2SiO4•2(H2O) F ddd 2/m 2/m 2/m

53.03.03.02 Uranosilite (U++++++O2)Si7O15 P 22121 2 2 2