Classification of non-silicate minerals

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This list gives an overview of the classification of non-silicate minerals and includes mostly International Mineralogical Association (IMA) recognized minerals and its groupings. This list complements the List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association series of articles and List of minerals. Rocks, ores, mineral mixtures, not IMA approved minerals, not named minerals are mostly excluded. Mostly major groups only, or groupings used by New Dana Classification and Mindat.

Classification of minerals

Introduction

The grouping of the New Dana Classification and of the mindat.org is similar only, and so this classification is an overview only. Consistency is missing too on the group name endings (group, subgroup, series) between New Dana Classification and mindat.org. Category, class and supergroup name endings are used as layout tools in the list as well.

Abbreviations
  • "*" – Mineral not IMA-approved.
  • "?" – IMA discredited mineral name.
  • "REE" – Rare-earth element (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
  • "PGE" – Platinum-group element (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)

Category 01

Main category: Native element minerals

Class: Native elements

Category 02

Main category: Sulfide minerals
  • Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Sulfarsenates, Sulfantimonates, Selenides, Tellurides

Class: Sulfide minerals - including Selenides and Tellurides

Class: Sulfosalt minerals

Main category: Sulfosalt minerals

Category 03

Main category: Halide minerals

Category 04

Main category: Oxide minerals

Spinel group

Main category: Spinel group

Nickel-Strunz 04.DH mineral family

IMA/CMNMC revised the Pyrochlore supergroup 2010.[1]

Class: Hydroxides and oxides containing hydroxyl

Main category: Hydroxide minerals

Category 05

Main category: Carbonate minerals

Category 06

Main category: Borate minerals

Category 07

Main category: Sulfate minerals
  • Sulfates, Selenates, Chromates, Molybdates, Wolframates, Niobates
    • Barite group
    • Blodite group
    • Alum group, XAl(SO4)2·12H2O
    • Voltaite group
    • Aluminite group
    • Zippeite group
      • Zippeite K4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•4H2O, Natrozippeite Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•4H2O, Magnesiozippeite Mg(H2O)3.5(UO2)2(SO4)O2, Nickelzippeite (Ni2+)2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•16H2O, Zinc-zippeite (Zn2+)2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•16H2O, Cobaltzippeite (Co2+)2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•16H2O, Marecottite Mg3(H2O)18[(UO2)4O3(SO4)2]2•10H2O, Pseudojohannite Cu6.5[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2]2(OH)5•25H2O, IMA2009-008 Y2[(UO2)8O6(SO4)4(OH)2]•26H2O
    • Copiapite group
      • Copiapite Fe2+(Fe3+)4(SO4)6(OH)2•20H2O, Magnesiocopiapite Mg(Fe3+)4(SO4)6(OH)2•20H2O, Cuprocopiapite Cu(Fe3+)4(SO4)6(OH)2•20H2O, Ferricopiapite (Fe3+)2/3(Fe3+)4(SO4)6(OH)2•20H2O, Calciocopiapite Ca(Fe3+)4(SO4)6(OH)2•19H2O, Zincocopiapite Zn(Fe3+)4(SO4)6(OH)2•18H2O, Aluminocopiapite Al2/3(Fe3+)4(SO4)6O(OH)2•20H2O
    • Pb, Zn tellurates
    • "Halotrichite" supergroup
    • Hydrated acid and sulfates where A(B)2(XO4)4·xH2O

"Kieserite" supergroup

Alunite supergroup - Part I

Category 08

Main category: Phosphate minerals

Class: Anhydrous phosphates

  • Triphylite group
  • Retzian series
    • Retzian-(Ce) Mn2Ce(AsO4)(OH)4, Retzian-(Nd) Mn2(Nd,Ce,La)(AsO4)(OH)4, Retzian-(La) (Mn,Mg)2(La,Ce,Nd)(AsO4)(OH)4
"Alluaudite-Wyllieite" supergroup
"Whitlockite" supergroup
"Monazite" supergroup
"Adelite" supergroup
"Olivenite" supergroup
"Arrojadite" supergroup
  • Anhydrous phosphates, etc. containing hydroxyl or halogen where (A B)m (XO4)4 Zq
    • Palermoite group
    • Arrojadite group (Arrojadite subgroup) (Al in Al site, OH in W site, Fe in M site)
      • Arrojadite KNa4Ca(Mn2+)4(Fe2+)10Al(PO4)12(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(KNa) KNa4Ca(Fe,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(KFe) KNa2CaNa2(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(NaFe) NaNa2CaNa2(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(BaNa) BaFe2+Na2Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(BaFe) (Ba,K,Pb)Na3(Ca,Sr)(Fe2+,Mg,Mn)14Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(SrFe) SrFe2+Na2Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2, Arrojadite-(PbFe) PbFe2+Na2Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH,F)2
    • Arrojadite group (Fluorarrojadite subgroup) (Al in Al site, F in W site, Fe in M site)
      • Fluorarrojadite-(KNa) KNa4Ca(Fe,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2, Fluorarrojadite-(BaNa) BaFe2+Na2Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2, Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) (Ba,K,Pb)Na3(Ca,Sr)(Fe2+,Mg,Mn)14Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2
    • Arrojadite group (Dickinsonite subgroup) (Fe in Al site, OH in W site, Fe in M site)
      • Dickinsonite? KNa4Ca(Mn2+,Fe2+)14Al(PO4)12(OH)2, Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) KNaMnNa3Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2, Dickinsonite-(KNaNa) KNaNa4Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2, Dickinsonite-(KNa) KNa4Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2, Dickinsonite-(NaNa) Na2Na4Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2
    • Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa) BaFe2+Na2Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2
    • Lulzacite Sr2Fe2+(Fe2+,Mg)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)10
"Apatite" supergroup
"Rockbridgeite" supergroup
  • Anhydrous phosphates, etc. containing hydroxyl or halogen where (A B)5 (XO4)3 Zq
"Lazulite" supergroup

Class: Hydrated phosphates

"Brackebushite" supergroup
"Turquoise" supergroup
"Overite" supergroup
  • Hydrated phosphates, etc., containing hydroxyl or halogen where (AB)4 (XO4)3 Zq · xH2O
    • Overite group
      • Juonniite
        CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)•4H2O
    • Jahnsite group
      • Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) CaMnMg2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) CaMn2+(Fe2+)2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) CaMn2+(Mn2+)2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)* MnMnMn2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O
    • Whiteite group
      • Whiteite-(CaFeMg) Ca(Fe2+,Mn2+)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Whiteite-(MnFeMg) (Mn2+,Ca)(Fe2+,Mn2+)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Whiteite-(CaMnMg) CaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Rittmannite Mn2+Mn2+Fe2+Al2(OH)2(PO4)4•8H2O, Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) (Ca,Mn)(Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe2+)2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) NaFe3+Mg2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Jahnsite-(CaMgMg) CaMgMg2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O, Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) NaMnMg2(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•8H2O
    • Leucophosphite group
    • Montgomeryite group
    • Strunzite group
    • Laueite group
    • Gatumbaite group
    • Vanuralite group
    • Vauxite group
    • Bermanite group
    • Arthurite group/ Whitmoreite group
    • Sincosite group
    • Paulkerrite group
    • Keckite Ca(Mn,Zn)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)4(OH)3•2H2O, Minyulite KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)•4H2O, Giniite Fe2+(Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)2•2H2O, Metavauxite Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2•8H2O, Metavauxite Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2•8H2O, Xanthoxenite Ca4(Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2•3H2O, Beraunite Fe2+(Fe3+)5(PO4)4(OH)5•4H2O, Furongite Al2(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2•8H2O, Mcauslanite H(Fe2+)3Al2(PO4)4F•18H2O, Vochtenite (Fe2+,Mg)Fe3+[(UO2)(PO4)]4(OH)•(12-13)H2O
Alunite supergroup - Part II

Class: Non simple phosphates

Category 10

Main category: Organic minerals

Class: Organic minerals

Extras

See also

References

  1. doi:10.3749/canmin.48.3.673. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  2. ^ "New minerals recently approved by the IMA-CNMNC (IMA No. 2008-047)". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
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