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Mineral collector guide

Master mineral classification

Note: a mineral can be a garnet and a halide at the same time; but a printed book or an overview lists a mineral only once.

Inorganic minerals, key I (c. 1,220.ok)

White streak (mainly): "non-monomeric; silicate-like, mainly"

• Section I.01; zeolite frameworks: zeolites, strict sense and cancrinite-sodalite structural group

• (c. 137.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Cancrinite-sodalite structural group (c. 37) and zeolites, strict sense (c. 100); density (g/cm³): chabazite-(alkali/ alkaline earth metal) series (1.95-2.245)

• Section I.02; other framework silicates (excluding zeolite frameworks): silica family and feldspars (mainly)

• (c. 48.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Silica family (c. 11) and feldspars (c. 11); density (g/cm³): quartz (2.6-2.7), anorthite-albite-orthoclase series (2.76-2.575)

• Section I.03; other phyllosilicates (excluding zeolite frameworks)

• (c. 227.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Micas (c. ), kaolinite-serpentine (c. ); density (g/cm³):

• Other inosilicates (excluding zeolite frameworks)

• Section I.04; other single chain inosilicates (excluding zeolite frameworks)

• (c. 153.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Pyroxenes (c. 25); density (g/cm³): augite (3.2-3.6)

• Section I.05; multiple chain inosilicates

• (c. 112.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Double chain inosilicates, amphiboles (c. 92); density (g/cm³): ferro-hornblende - magnesio-hornblende (avg. 3.23)

• Section I.06; cyclosilicates

• (c. 190.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Eudialytes (c. 26), labuntsovites (c. 30), milarites (c. 23), tourmalines (c. 31); density (g/cm³): labuntsovite-(metal) series (2.718-2.789), dravite-elbaite series (2.994-2.999)

• Section I.07; sorosilicates

• (c. 202.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Epidotes (c. 28), titanium/zirconium disilicate-block group (c. 46); density (g/cm³): allanite-(REE) series (3.703-4.188), lamprophyllite (3.518)

• Section I.08; other non-monomeric silicates, mainly: transitional silicate structures and unclassified silicates (Nickel-Strunz IDs 9.EH., 9.DP., 9.DQ, 9.H and 9.J)

• (c. 53.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

• Section I.09; other non-monomeric minerals I: non-monomeric vanadates (mainly, Nickel-Strunz oxide and phosphate class)

• (c. 61.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

• Section I.10; other non-monomeric minerals II: pharmacosiderite supergroup; polyphosphates, polyarsenates; polymolybdates, polyniobates, etc.

• (c. 37.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

Inorganic minerals, key II (c. 1,432)

White streak (mainly): "nesosilicate-like monomeric"

• Section II.11; nesosilicate-like structural groups (isolated tetrahedral units, mainly)

• (c. 340+18+22+43= 423, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Nesosilicate-like structural groups without H₂O (c. 274+18+5+39= 336)

• Olivine and sarcopside groups (c. 26), alunites (c. 51), apatites (c. 37) and garnets (c. 32); density (g/cm³): olivine series (3.222-4.393); florencite-(REE) series (3.714-3.815); apatite series (3.131-3.208); alamandine-pyrope series (3.558-4.318)

• Nesosilicate-like structural groups with H₂O (c. 66+0+17+4= 87)

• Section II.12; nesosilicate-like monomeric minerals, without H₂O

• (c. 74+73+213= 360, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• (nesosilicate-like structural groups (isolated tetrahedral units, mainly))

• Section II.13; nesosilicate-like monomeric minerals, with H₂O

• (c. 0+176+360= 536, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• (nesosilicate-like structural groups (isolated tetrahedral units, mainly))

• Section II.14; nesosilicate-like monomeric minerals, with uranium and/or uranyl ions

• (c. 18+21+74= 113, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• (nesosilicate-like structural groups (isolated tetrahedral units, mainly))

• Old notes:

• Other nesosilicates and nesogermanates (c. 110)
• Other sulfates, broad sense (excluding structural groups; polymolybdates, polyniobates, etc.) (c. 320)

• Sulfates, broad sense without H₂O (Nickel-Strunz Classification, c. 73)
• Sulfates, broad sense with H₂O (Nickel-Strunz Classification, c. 176)

• Other phosphates, arsenates and vanadates (excluding nesosilicate-like structural groups, zeolite frameworks and polyphosphates, broad sense) (c. 662)

• Other phosphates, arsenates and vanadates without H₂O (Nickel-Strunz Classification, c. 213)
• Other phosphates, arsenates and vanadates with H₂O (Nickel-Strunz Classification, c. 360)

Inorganic minerals, key III (c. 762.ok)

White streak & "soluble" minerals (mainly): "carbonates", other "evaporites" and hydroxides (mainly)

• Carbonates and nitrates (excluding hydrotalcite supergroup)

• Section III.15; carbonates

• (c. 221.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Calcite, dolomite and aragonite group (c. 17); density (g/cm³): calcite (2.6-2.8)

• Section III.16; nitrates

• (c. 10.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

• Section III.17; "evaporites", halides

• (c. 202.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Boro- and aluminofluorides (c. 35); density (g/cm³): halite (2.17)

• Section III.18; "evaporites", borates

• (c. 151.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Density (g/cm³): borax (1.714)

• Section III.19; hydroxides

• (c. 120.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

• Section III.20; hydrotalcite and högbomite supergroups

• (c. 58.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

Inorganic minerals, key IV (c. 1,215)

Non white streak (mainly)

• Section IV.21; "native elements"

• (c. 163.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Metalloids and nonmetals (c. 16.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Carbides, silicides, nitrides and phosphides (c. 37.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Native metals and intermetallic alloys (c. 80.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata); density (g/cm³): iron (7.878), lead (11.34), gold (19.276)

• Section IV.22; sulfides, strict sense

• (c. 405.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Sulfide alloys (c. 37.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Metal sulfides (c. 368.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

• Section IV.23; sulfosalts

• (c. 281.ok, c. 6.2%, c. 186 (w), Wikidata)

• Section IV.24; oxides, strict sense (excluding arsenites (broad sense), hydroxides, hydrotalcite and högbomite supergroup)

• (c. 298, c. 6.5%, c. 196 (w), Wikidata)
• Density (g/cm³): corundum (4.0), hematite (5.0-6.0)

• Section IV.25; arsenites, broad sense; iodates (excluding polyvanadates)

• (c. 105.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

Miscellaneous (c. 95.ok), key V

• Section V.26; other inorganic minerals (minerals with tellurite (Te⁶⁺O₆) and similar building blocks; chalcoalumite-cyanotrichite, ettringites)

• (c. 46.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)

• Section IV.27, organic compounds and fossil fuels: combustible compounds

• (c. 49.ok, c. .%, c. (w), Wikidata)
• Oxalates (c. 19); density (g/cm³): humboldtine-lindbergite-glushinskite group (1.873-2.251)

• Other minerals
• Non minerals
• Rocks and facies
• Meteorites
• Fossils
• Stratigraphy

References: Nickel-Strunz 9th ed. (updated by mineralienatlas.de); Nickel-Strunz 10th ed. (updated by MinDat); IMA Master List, mainly; no unnamed minerals (UMyear)

Minerals, total: c. 4,576 (c. 92%)

Objective: watchlist with 3,500-3,000 valid items, c. 2,500 8 ed. "series" (w; continuous and discontinuous "solid solution" series, homologous and non homologous "mineral series")

IMA Master List: 4,962

Notes:

• Interesting for mineral collections (c): Rupert Hochleitner (2009) Der neue Kosmos-Mineralienführer, ISBN: 978-3-440-11803-0
• Continuous and discontinuous "solid solution" series: MinDat
• Textbook minerals (t) and structural groups: RRUFF
• Minerals of economic importance (m): mineralienatlas.de

"Silicate-like, non-monomeric"

• Zeolite frameworks: zeolites, strict sense and cancrinite-sodalite structural group

• (c. 3.0%, c. 91 (w), Wikidata)

• Other framework silicates (excluding zeolite frameworks): silica family and feldspars (mainly)

• (c. 1.0%, c. 28 (w), Wikidata)

• Other phyllosilicates (excluding zeolite frameworks)

• (c. 5.0%, c. 147 (w), MinDat)

• Other single chain inosilicates (excluding zeolite frameworks)

• (c. 3.5%, c. 108 (w), Wikidata)

• Multiple chain inosilicates

• (c. 2.5%, c. 68 (w), Wikidata)

• Unclassified inosilicates
• Cyclosilicates

• (c. 4.0%, c. 122 (w), Wikidata)
• Beryl str. gr.: Cordierite - Sekaninaite series (-), Bazzite (), Beryl (), Ferroindialite (), Indialite (), Pezzottaite (), Stoppaniite ()
• Tourmaline str. gr.:

• Alkali-tourmalines: Chromium-dravite (), Chromo-alumino-povondraite (), Darrellhenryite (), Dravite (), Elbaite (), Fluor-buergerite (), Fluor-dravite (), Fluor-elbaite (), Fluor-schorl (), Fluor-tsilaisite (), Olenite (), Oxy-chromium-dravite (), Oxy-dravite (), Oxy-schorl (), Oxy-vanadium-dravite (), Povondraite (), Schorl (), Tsilaisite (), Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite (), Vanadio-oxy-dravite ()
• Calcic-tourmalines: Adachiite (), Feruvite (), Fluor-liddicoatite (), Fluor-uvite (), Liddicoatite (N), Uvite ()
• X-vacant-tourmalines: Foitite (), Magnesio-foitite (), Rossmanite ()
• K-tourmaline: Maruyamaite ()
• Distorted tourmaline: Luinaite-(OH) ()

• Labuntsovite str. gr.:

• Gutkovaite: Alsakharovite-Zn (), Gutkovaite-Mn (), Neskevaaraite-Fe ()
• Kuzmenkoite: Burovaite-Ca (), Gjerdingenite series (), Karupmøllerite-Ca (), Kuzmenkoite-Mn - Kuzmenkoite-Zn (-), Lepkhenelmite-Zn ()
• Labuntsovite: Labuntsovite series ()
• Lemmleinite: Lemmleinite series ()
• Nenadkevichite: Korobitsynite (), Nenadkevichite ()
• Organovaite: Organovaite-Mn - Organovaite-Zn (-), Parakuzmenkoite-Fe ()
• Paratsepinite: Paratsepinite-Ba - Paratsepinite-Na (-)
• Vuoriyarvite: Tsepinite series (), Vuoriyarvite-K ()
• Unassigned: Paralabuntsovite-Mg ()

• Sorosilicates

• (c. 4.5%, c. 128 (w), Wikidata)

• Transitional silicate structures

• 9.EH., 9.DP. and 9.DQ
• (c. 0.5%, c. 13 (w), MinDat)

• Polyphosphates, polyarsenates, polyvanadates; polymolybdates, polyniobates, etc.

• (c. 0.5%, c. 19 (w), MinDat)

"Silicate-like, monomeric"

• Structural groups (isolated tetrahedral units, mainly)

• (c. 4.5%, c. 134 (w), Wikidata)

• Nesosilicates and nesogermanates

• (c. 3.0%, c. 85 (w), Wikidata)

• Sulfates, broad sense (excluding structural groups; polymolybdates, polyniobates, etc.)

• (c. 7.5%, c. 227 (w), MinDat)

• Other phosphates, arsenates and vanadates (excluding structural groups, polyphosphates (broad sense) and zeolite frameworks)

• (c. 16.0%, c. 476 (w), MinDat)

"Soluble minerals"

• Structural groups

• (c. %, c. (w), MinDat)
• Perovskite hydroxides and halides:

• Perovskite halides: Cryolite (), Elpasolite (), Neighborite (), Oskarssonite (), Parascandolaite (), Simmonsite ()
• Stottite: Jeanbandyite (), Mopungite (), Stottite (), Tetrawickmanite ()
• Wickmanite: Burtite (), Mushistonite (), Natanite (), Schoenfliesite (), Vismirnovite (), Wickmanite ()
• Other perovskite hydroxides: Bernalite (), Dzhalindite (), Söhngeite ()

• Carbonates and nitrates (excluding hydrotalcite supergroup)

• (c. 5.0%, c. 155 (w), MinDat)

• "Evaporites", halides

• (c. 4.0%, c. 124 (w), MinDat)

• "Evaporites", borates

• (c. 3.0%, c. 93 (w), MinDat)

• Hydroxides

• (c. 3.0%, c. 80 (w), Wikidata)

• Hydrotalcite and högbomite supergroups

• (c. 1.5%, c. 38 (w), Wikidata)

"Non white streak"

• "Native Elements"

• (c. 3.0%, c. 92 (w), MinDat)
• Copper str. gr.: aluminium (native) (A), copper (native) (A), gold (native)(A), iridium (native) (A), lead (native) (A), nickel (native) (A), palladium (native) (A), platinum (native) (A), rhodium (native) (A), silver (native) (A), tungsten (native) (A)
• Other native metals: cadmium (native) (A), chromium (native) (A), indium (native) (A), iron (native) (A), mercury (native) (A), molybdenum (native) (N), osmium (native) (A), ruthenium (native) (A), steinhardtite (A), tin (native) (A), titanium (native) (A), vanadium (native) (A), zinc (native) (A)
• Other native elements: antimony (native) (A), arsenic (native) (A), arsenolamprite (A), bismuth (native) (A), chaoite (A), diamond (A), graphite (A), lonsdaleite (), pararsenolamprite (A), rosickýite (A), selenium (native) (A), silicon (native) (A), sulphur (native) (A), beta-sulphur (native) (A), tellurium (native) (A)
• Tulameenite group: ferronickelplatinum (), tetra-auricupride (), tetraferroplatinum (), tulameenite ()
• Zvyagintsevite group: atokite (), rustenburgite (), zvyagintsevite ()
• Others: moissanite (), taenite ()

• Metal sulfides, broad sense (sulfide alloys and metal sulfides)

• (c. 9.0%, c. 261 (w), MinDat)
• Pyrite str. gr.: Aurostibite (), Cattierite (), Dzharkenite (), Erlichmanite (), Fukuchilite (), Gaotaiite (), Gersdorffite-Pa3 (), Geversite (), Hauerite Insizwaite (), Irarsite (), Krut'aite (), Krutovite Laurite (), Maslovite (), Mayingite (), Negevite (), Penroseite (), Platarsite (), Pyrite (), Sperrylite (), Trogtalite (), Vaesite (), Villamanínite ()
• Cobaltite str. gr.: Cobaltite (), Gersdorffite-Pca2₁ (), Tolovkite (), Willyamite ()
• Ullmannite str. gr.: Changchengite (), Gersdorffite-P2₁3 (), Hollingworthite (), Jolliffeite (), Kalungaite (), Michenerite (), Milotaite (), Ullmannite ()

• Sulfosalts

• (c. 6.0%, c. 177 (w), Wikidata)

• Oxides, strict sense (excluding arsenites, broad sense; hydroxides; hydrotalcite and högbomite supergroup)

• (c. 6.5%, c. 197 (w), MinDat)

• Arsenites, broad sense; [5,6] vanadates; iodates

• (c. 3.5%, c. 101 (w), Wikidata)

Other minerals

• Organic compounds and fossil fuels: combustible compounds

• (c. 1.0%, c. 32 (w), MinDat)
• GRT List mineral: mellite (A, 1852)
• Can be cabinet artifacts: whewellite (A, 1793), weddellite (A, 1936), calclacite (A, 1945)
• Humboldtine group: humboldtine (A, 1821), lindbergite (A, IMA 2003-029), glushinskite (A, IMA 1985-Q)
• Note: falottaite (manganese oxalate trihydrate) can degrade to lindbergite (manganese oxalate dihydrate); Atencio D, Coutinho J M V, Graeser S, Matioli P A, Menezes L A D (2004) American Mineralogist 89, 1087-1091