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Dana Classification 8th edition - Primary Groups

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1NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
2SULFIDES
3SULFOSALTS
4SIMPLE OXIDES
5OXIDES CONTAINING URANIUM OR THORIUM
6HYDROXIDES AND OXIDES CONTAINING HYDROXYL
7MULTIPLE OXIDES
8MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM
9NORMAL HALIDES
10OXYHALIDES AND HYDROXYHALIDES
11HALIDE COMPLEXES
12COMPOUND HALIDES
13ACID CARBONATES
14ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES
15HYDRATED NORMAL CARBONATES
16aANHYDROUS CARBONATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
16bHYDRATED CARBONATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
17COMPOUND CARBONATES
18NORMAL NITRATES
19NITRATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
20COMPOUND NITRATES
21NORMAL IODATES
22IODATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
23COMPOUND IODATES
24ANHYDROUS BORATES
25ANHYDROUS BORATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
26HYDRATED BORATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
27COMPOUND BORATES
28ANHYDROUS ACID AND NORMAL SULFATES
29HYDRATED ACID AND NORMAL SULFATES
30ANHYDROUS SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
31HYDRATED SULFATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
32COMPOUND SULFATES
33SELENATES AND TELLURATES
34SELENITES, TELLURITES AND SULFITES
35ANHYDROUS CHROMATES
36COMPOUND CHROMATES
37ANHYDROUS ACID PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES AND VANADATES
38ANHYDROUS NORMAL PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, AND VANADATES
39HYDRATED ACID PHOSPHATES,ARSENATES AND VANADATES
40HYDRATED NORMAL PHOSPHATES,ARSENATES AND VANADATES
41ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
42HYDRATED PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
43COMPOUND PHOSPHATES, ETC.
44ANTIMONATES
45ACID AND NORMAL ANTIMONITES AND ARSENITES
46ANTIMONITES AND ARSENITES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
47VANADIUM OXYSALTS
48ANHYDROUS MOLYBDATES AND TUNGSTATES
49HYDRATED MOLYBDATES AND TUNGSTATES
50ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
51NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only
52NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups and O,OH,F,H2O
53NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups and Other Anions or Complex Cations
54NESOSILICATES Borosilicates and Some Beryllosilicates
55SOROSILICATES Si2O7 Groups,Generally with no Additional Anions
56SOROSILICATES Si2O7 Groups, With Additional O, OH, F and H2O
57SOROSILICATES Si3O10 Groups and Larger Noncyclic Groups
58SOROSILICATES Insular, Mixed, Single, and Larger Tetrahedral Groups
59CYCLOSILICATES Three-Membered Rings
60CYCLOSILICATES Four-Membered Rings
61CYCLOSILICATES Six-Membered Rings
62CYCLOSILICATES Eight-Membered Rings
63CYCLOSILICATES Condensed Rings
64CYCLOSILICATES Rings with Other Anions and Insular Silicate Groups
65INOSILICATES Single-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=1)
66INOSILICATES Double-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=2)
67INOSILICATES Unbranched Chains with W > 2
68INOSILICATES Structures with Chains of More Than One Width
69INOSILICATES Chains with Side Branches or Loops
70INOSILICATES Column or Tube Structures
71PHYLLOSILICATES Sheets of Six-Membered Rings
72PHYLLOSILICATES Two-Dimensional Infinite Sheets with Other Than Six-Membered Rings
73PHYLLOSILICATES Condensed Tetrahedral Sheets
74PHYLLOSILICATES Modulated Layers
75TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks
76TECTOSILICATES Al-Si Framework
77TECTOSILICATES Zeolites
78Unclassified Silicates


 
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