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Dana's New Phosphate 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 37x Phosphates without Dana Classification Numbers

Class 37 - Anhydrous Acid Phosphates, etc.

Class 38 - Anhydrous Phosphates, etc.

Class 39 - Hydrated Acid Phosphates, etc.

Class 40 - Hydrated Phosphates, etc.

Class 41 - Anhydrous Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

Class 42 - Hydrated Phosphates, etc., Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

Class 43 - Compound Phosphates, etc.

Class 44 - Antimonates

Class 45 - Acid and normal Antimonites and Arsenites

Class 46 - Basic or Halogen-Containing Antimonites, Arsenites

Class 47 - Vanadium Oxysalts

Class 48 - Anhydrous Molybdates and Tungstates

Class 49 - Basic and Hydrated Molbdates and Tungstates