Mineral classification
There are several schemes of mineral classification in common use, usually derived from published guides to mineralogy. The International Mineralogical Association (IMA), which governs mineral nomenclature through its Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC), has also proposed the outlines of a unified scheme but, as of December 2009, the details have yet to be finalised: it seems likely that it will be a modified version of the Strunz classification.[1]
- Mineral class.
- Mineral subclass.
- Mineral family.
- Mineral supergroup.
- Mineral group.
- Mineral subgroup or mineral series.
- Mineral group.
- Mineral supergroup.
- Mineral family.
- Mineral subclass.
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Strunz classification
Strunz, Hugo Mineralogische Tabellen, 1941.[2]
Dana classification
The original Dana classification is the earliest systematic classification of minerals, introduced by James Dwight Dana (1813–95) in his System of Mineralogy. This original classification became somewhat dated with the time lapse between new editions of the book: the sixth edition (edited by Dana's son Edward) was published in 1895, while the seventh did not appear until 1944 and the eighth (as Dana's New Minerology) in 1997.[3][4]
The classification in Dana's New Minerology is slightly different from that which went before it, as it has no fewer that 78 "classes", most of which would be subclasses in other classification systems. Nevertheless, it preserves the concept based on anion composition and structural elements, and all of the new Dana "classes" can be seen as subclasses of the old ones.[5]
Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals
Clark, Andrew Hey's Mineral Index, 3rd ed.; Chapman & Hall: London, 1993. ISBN 0412399504.[6]
References
- ↑ Mills, Stuart J.; Hatert, Frédéric; Nickel, Ernest H.; Ferraris, Giovanni The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals. Eur. J. Mineral. 2009, 21, 1073–80, <http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/ima-cnmnc/Mills%20et%20al%202009%20Groups%20EJM%20October.pdf>.
- ↑ Strunz Classification; WebMineral.com, <http://webmineral.com/help/StrunzClass.shtml>. (accessed 4 December 2009).
- ↑ Gaines, Richard V.; Skinner, H. Catherine; Foord, Eugene E.; Mason, Brian; Rosenzweig, Abraham; King, Vandall T. Dana's New Mineralogy; Wiley: New York, 1997. ISBN 047119310-0.
- ↑ Dana Classification Number; WebMineral.com, <http://webmineral.com/help/DanaClass.shtml>. (accessed 4 December 2009).
- ↑ Minerals Arranged by the New Dana Classification; WebMineral.com, <http://webmineral.com/danaclass.shtml>. (accessed 4 December 2009).
- ↑ Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals; MinDat.org, <http://www.mindat.org/cim.php>. (accessed 4 December 2009).
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