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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: 0471-19310-0) 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.

Old Dana Classification	New Dana Classification
I Native Elements	Class 1
II Sulfides	Classes 2 & 3
III Oxides and Hydroxides	Classes 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8
IV Halides	Classes 9, 10, 11, & 12
V Carbonates, Nitrates, Borates	Classes 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, & 27
VI Sulfates, Chromates, Molybdates	Classes 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, & 36
VII Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates	Classes 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, & 49
IX Organic Minerals	Class 50
VIII Silicates
*Nesosilicates*	*Classes 51, 52, 53, & 54*
*Cyclosilicates*	*Classes 55, 56, 57, & 58*
*Sorosilicates*	*Classes 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, & 64*
*Inosilicates*	*Classes 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, & 70*
*Phyllosilicates*	*Classes 71, 72, 73, & 74*
*Tektosilicates*	*Classes 75, 76, & 77*
*Not Classified Silicates*	*Class 78*
	Complete List (500 Kb) Classes 1-78

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