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Dana's New Oxide 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.

Class 4x Oxides without Dana Classification Number

Class 4 - Simple Oxides

Class 5 - Oxides Containing Uranium and Thorium

Class 6 - Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl

Class 7 - Multiple Oxides

Class 8 - Multiple Oxides with Nb, Ta, and Ti