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Mineral class
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Elements (metals And Intermetallic Alloys; Metalloids And Nonmetals; Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides, Phosphides)
- Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
- - Copper-cupalite family
- - Zinc-brass family
- - Indium-tin family
- - Mercury-amalgam family
- - Iron-chromium family
- - Platinum group elements
- - PGE-metal alloys
- - Miscellaneous Elements, alloys
- - Alloys of Iron and Titanium with Oxygen
- Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Hydrides
- - Carbides
- - Silicides
- - Nitrides
- - Phosphides
- - Hydrides
- Metalloids and Nonmetals
- - Arsenic group elements
- - Carbon-silicon family
- - Sulfur-selenium-iodine
- Nonmetallic Carbides and Nitrides
- - Nonmetallic carbides
- - Nonmetallic nitrides
Sulfides And Sulfosalts (sulfides, Selenides, Tellurides; Arsenides, Antimonides, Bismuthides; Sulfarsenites, Sulfantimonites, Sulfbismuthites, Etc.)
- Alloys
- - Alloys of metalloids with Cu, Ag, Au
- - Ni-metalloid alloys
- - Alloys of metalloids with PGE
- Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
- - With Cu, Ag, Au
- - With Ni
- - With Rh, Pd, Pt, etc.
- - With Hg, Tl
- - With Pb (Bi)
- Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
- - With Cu
- - With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, etc.
- - With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
- - With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc.
- Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
- - M:S = 3:4
- - M:S = 2:3
- - Variable M:S
- Metal Sulfides, M: S <= 1:2
- - M:S = 1:2 - With Cu, Ag, Au
- - M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.
- - M:S = 1:>2
- Sulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide, H2 O
- - With As, (Sb), S
- - With alkalies (without Cl, etc.)
- - With Cl, Br, I (halide-sulfides)
- - With O, OH, H2 O
- Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
- - Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. without additional S
- - Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. with additional S
- - Poly-sulfarsenites
- Sulfosalts of SnS archetype
- - With Cu, Ag, Fe (without Pb)
- - With Cu, Ag, Fe, Sn and Pb
- - With only Pb
- - With Tl
- - With alkalies, H2 O
- - With SnS and PbS archetype structure units
- Sulfosalts of PbS archetype
- - Galena derivatives with little or no Pb
- - Galena derivatives, with Pb
- - Galena derivatives, with Tl
- Sulfarsenates, Sulfantimonates
- - Sulfarsenates with (As,Sb)S4 tetrahedra
- - Sulfarsenates with additional S
- Unclassified Sulfosalts
- - Without essential Pb
- - With essential Pb
- Oxysulfosalts
- - Oxysulfosalts of Alkalies and Alkali Earths
Halides
- Simple halides, without H2 O
- - M:X = 1:1, 2:3, 3:5, etc.
- - M:X = 1:2
- - M:X = 1:3
- Simple halides, with H2 O
- - M:X = 1:1 and 2:3
- - M:X = 1:2
- - M:X = 1:3
- - Simple halides with H2 O and additional OH
- Complex halides
- - Borofluorides
- - Neso-aluminofluorides
- - Soro-aluminofluorides
- - Ino-aluminofluorides
- - Phyllo-aluminofluorides
- - Tekto-aluminofluorides
- - Aluminofluorides with CO3 , SO4 , PO4
- - Silicofluorides
- - With MX6 complexes; M = Fe, Mn, Cu
- - Halides of Bi, etc.
- Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
- - With Cu, etc., without Pb
- - With Pb, Cu, etc.
- - With Pb (As,Sb,Bi), without Cu
- - With Hg
- - With Rare-Earth Elements
Oxides (hydroxides, V[5,6] Vanadates, Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites, Selenites, Tellurites, Iodates)
- Metal: Oxygen = 2:1 and 1:1
- - Cation:Anion (M:O) = 2:1 (and 1.8:1)
- - M:O = 1:1 (and up to 1:1.25); with small to medium-sized cations only
- - M:O = 1:1 (and up to 1:1.25); with large cations (+- smaller ones)
- Metal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similar
- - With small and medium-sized cations
- - With only medium-sized cations
- - With medium-sized and large cations
- - With only large cations
- Metal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similar
- - With small cations
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With large and medium-sized cations
- Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
- - With small cations: Silica family
- - With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With medium-sized cations; frameworks of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With medium-sized cations; with various polyhedra
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; dimers and trimers of edgesharing octahedra
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; polyhedral frameworks
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; tunnel structures
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; fluorite-type structures
- - With large (+- medium-sized) cations; unclassified
- Metal: Oxygen = < 1 :2
- Hydroxides (without V or U)
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; corner-sharing tetrahedra
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; insular octahedra
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; corner-sharing octahedra
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; various polyhedra
- - Hydroxides with OH, without H2 O; unclassified
- - Hydroxides with H2 O +- (OH); insular octahedra
- - Hydroxides with H2 O +- (OH); corner-sharing octahedra
- - Hydroxides with H2 O +- (OH); chains of edge-sharing octahedra
- - Hydroxides with H2 O +- (OH); sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
- - Hydroxides with H2 O +- (OH); unclassified
- - Hydroxides with H2 O±(OH); frameworks of corner and/or face-sharing octahedra
- Uranyl Hydroxides
- - Without additional cations
- - With additional cations (K, Ca, Ba, Pb, etc.); with mainly UO2 (O,OH)5 pentagonal polyhedra
- - With additional cations; with mainly UO2 (O,OH)6 hexagonal polyhedra
- V[5,6] Vanadates
- - V[>4] Nesovanadates
- - Uranyl Sorovanodates
- - [6]-Sorovanadates
- - Inovanadates
- - Phyllovanadates
- - Tektovanadates
- - Unclassified V oxides
- Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites; iodates
- - Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; without additional anions, without H2 O
- - Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; with additional anions, without H2 O
- - Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; without additional anions, with H2 O
- - Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; with additional anions, with H2 O
- - Sulfites
- - Selenites without additional anions, without H2 O
- - Selenites with additional anions, without H2 O
- - Selenites without additional anions, with H2 O
- - Selenites with additional anions, with H2 O
- - Tellurites without additional anions, without H2 O
- - Tellurites with additional anions, without H2 O
- - Tellurites without additional anions, with H2 O
- - Tellurites with additional anions, with H2 O
- Iodates: Trigonal [IO3 ] pyramids (mostly).
- - Iodates without additional anions, without H2 O
- - Iodates with additional anions, without H2 O
- - Iodates without additional anions, with H2 O
- - Iodates with additional anions, with H2 O
Carbonates (nitrates)
- Carbonates without additional anions, without H2 O
- - Alkali carbonates
- - Alkali-earth (and other M2+ ) carbonates
- - Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates
- - With rare-earth elements (REE)
- Carbonates with additional anions, without H2 O
- - With Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Mg, Mn
- - With alkalies, etc.
- - With alkali-earth cations
- - With rare earth elements (REE)
- - With Pb, Bi
- - With (Cl), SO4 , PO4 , TeO3
- Carbonates without additional anions, with H2 O
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With large cations (alkali and alkali-earth carbonates)
- - With rare earth elements (REE)
- Carbonates with additional anions, with H2 O
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With large and medium-sized cations
- - With large cations
- Uranyl Carbonates
- - UO2 :CO3 > 1:1
- - UO2 :CO3 = 1:1
- - UO2 :CO3 < 1:1 - 1:2
- - UO2 :CO3 = 1:3
- - UO2 :CO3 = 1:4
- - UO2 :CO3 = 1:5
- - With SO4 or SiO4
- NITRATES
- - Without OH or H2 O
- - With OH
- - With H2 O
- - With OH (etc.) and H2 O
Borates
- Monoborates
- - BO3 , without additional anions; 1(D).
- - BO3 , with additional anions; 1(D) + OH, etc.
- - B(O,OH)4 , without and with additional anions; 1(T), 1(T)+OH, etc
- Diborates
- - Neso-diborates with double triangles B2 (O,OH)5 ; 2(2D); 2(2D) + OH, etc.
- - Neso-diborates with double tetrahedra B2 O(OH)6 ; 2(2T)
- - Ino-diborates with triangles and/or tetrahedra
- - Tektodiborates with tetrahedra
- Triborates
- - Neso-triborates
- - Ino-triborates
- - Phyllo-triborates
- Tetraborates
- - Neso-tetraborates
- - Ino-tetraborates
- - Phyllo-tetraborates
- - Tekto-tetraborates
- Pentaborates
- - Neso-pentaborates
- - Ino-pentaborates
- - Phyllo-pentaborates
- - Tekto-pentaborates
- Hexaborates
- - Neso-hexaborates
- - Ino-hexaborates
- - Phyllo-hexaborates
- Heptaborates and other megaborates
- - Tekto-heptaborates
- - Phyllo-nonborates, etc.
- - Tekto-dodecaborates
- - Mega-tektoborates
- Unclassified borates
Sulfates (selenates, Tellurates, Chromates, Molybdates, Wolframates)
- Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without additional anions, without H2 O
- - With small cations
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With medium-sized and large cations
- - With only large cations
- Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2 O
- - With small cations
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With medium-sized and large cations
- - With only large cations
- Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without additional anions, with H2 O
- - With small cations
- - With only medium-sized cations
- - With medium-sized and large cations
- - With only large cations
- Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2 O
- - With small cations
- - With only medium-sized cations; insular octahedra and finite units
- - With only medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra
- - With only medium-sized cations; unclassified
- - With large and medium-sized cations
- - With large and medium-sized cations; with NO3 , CO3 , B(OH)4 , SiO4 or IO3
- Uranyl sulfates
- - Without cations
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With medium-sized and large cations
- Chromates
- - Without additional anions
- - With additional O,V, S, Cl
- - With PO4 , AsO4 , SiO4
- - Dichromates
- Molybdates, Wolframates and Niobates
- - Without additional anions or H2 O
- - With additional anions and/or H2 O
- Uranium and uranyl molybdates and wolframates
- - With U4+
- - With U6+
- Thiosulfates
- - Thiosulfates of Pb
Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates
- Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2 O
- - With small cations (some also with larger ones)
- - With medium-sized cations
- - With medium-sized and large cations
- - With only large cations
- Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2 O
- - With small and medium-sized cations
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 1:1 and < 2:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 < 0.5:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.5:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 = 1:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:5:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1, 2.5:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1
- - With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 4:1
- - With only large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.33:1
- - With only large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1
- Phosphates without additional anions, with H2 O
- - With small and large/medium cations
- - With only medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O = 1:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O = 1:1.5
- - With only medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O = 1:2
- - With only medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O about 1:2.5
- - With large and medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O > 1:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O = 1:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, RO4 :H2 O < 1:1
- - With only large cations
- Phosphates, etc. with additional anions, with H2 O
- - With small (and occasionally larger) cations
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 < 1:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:1 and < 2:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1
- - With only medium-sized cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 > 3:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 < 0.5:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 < 1:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 1:1 and < 2:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
- - With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1
- - With only large cations
- - With CO3 , SO4 , SiO4
- Uranyl phosphates and arsenates
- - UO2 :RO4 = 1:2
- - UO2 :RO4 = 1:1
- - UO2 :RO4 = 3:2
- - Unclassified
- Polyphosphates, Polyarsenates, [4]-Polyvanadates
- - Polyphosphates, etc., without OH and H2 O; dimers of corner-sharing RO4 tetrahedra.
- - Polyphosphates, etc., with OH only
- - Polyphosphates, etc., with H2 O only
- - Polyphosphates, etc., with OH and H2 O
- - Ino-[4]-vanadates
Silicates (germanates)
- Nesosilicates
- - Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] coordination
- - Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [4] and greater coordination
- - Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in octahedral [6] coordination
- - Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
- - Nesosilicates with additional anions (O,OH,F,H2 O); cations in tetrahedral [4] coordination
- - Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in [4], [5] and/or only [6] coordination
- - Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in > [6] +- [6] coordination
- - Nesosilicates with CO3 , SO4 , PO4 , etc.
- - Nesosilicates with BO3 triangles and/or B[4], Be[4] tetrahedra, cornersharing with SiO4
- - Uranyl neso- and polysilicates
- Sorosilicates
- - Si2 O7 groups, without non-tetrahedral anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] coordination
- - Si2 O7 groups, without non-tetrahedral anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination
- - Si2 O7 groups, without non-tetrahedral anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination
- - Si2 O7 groups, with additional anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination
- - Si2 O7 groups, with additional anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination
- - Sorosilicates with mixed SiO4 and Si2 O7 groups; cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination
- - Sorosilicates with mixed SiO4 and Si2 O7 groups; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination
- - Sorosilicates with Si3 O10 , Si4 O11 , etc. anions; cations in tetrahedral [4] and greater coordination
- - Sorosilicates with Si3 O10 , Si4 O11 , etc. anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordination
- - Unclassified sorosilicates
- Cyclosilicates
- - [Si3 O9 ]6 - 3-membered single rings (dreier-Einfachringe), without insular complex anions
- - [Si3 O9 ]6 - 3-membered single rings, with insular complex anions
- - [Si3 O9 ]6 - - branched 3-membered single rings
- - [Si3 O9 ]6 - 3-membered double rings
- - [Si4 O12 ]8 - 4-membered single rings (vierer-Einfachringe), without insular complex anions
- - [Si4 O12 ]8 - 4-membered single rings, with insular complex anions
- - [Si4 O12 ]8 - branched 4-membered single rings
- - [Si4 O12 ]8 - 4-membered double rings
- - [Si6 O18 ]12 - 6-membered single rings (sechser-Einfachringe), without insular complex anions
- - [Si6 O18 ]12 - 6-membered single rings, with insular complex anions
- - [Si6 O18 ]12 - branched 6-membered single rings
- - [Si6 O18 ]12 - 6-membered double rings (sechser-Doppelringe)
- - [Si8 O24 ]16 - 8-membered rings
- - [Si9 O27 ]18 - 9-membered rings
- - 12-membered and larger rings
- Inosilicates
- - Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si2 O6 ; pyroxene family
- - Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si2 O6 ; Pyroxene-related minerals
- - Inosilicates with branched 2-periodic single chains; Si2 O6 + 2SiO3 Si4 O12
- - Inosilicates with 2-periodic double chains, Si4 O11 ; Orthoamphiboles
- - Inosilicates with 2-periodic double chains, Si4 O11 ; Clinoamphiboles
- - Inosilicates with 2-periodic multiple chains
- - Inosilicates with 3-periodic single and multiple chains
- - Inosilicates with 4-periodic single chains, Si4 O12
- - Inosilicates with 4-periodic double and triple chains
- - Inosilicates with 5-periodic single chains
- - Inosilicates with 5-periodic double chains, Si10 O28
- - Inosilicates with 6-periodic single chains
- - Inosilicates with 6-periodic double chains
- - Inosilicates with 7-, 8-, 10-, 12- and 14-periodic chains
- - Transitional ino-phyllosilicate structures
- - Modular Inosilicate-Sorosilicate Structures
- Phyllosilicates
- - Single nets of tetrahedra with 4-, 5-, (6-), and 8-membered rings
- - Double nets with 4- and 6-membered rings
- - Phyllosilicates with mica sheets, composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets
- - Phyllosilicates with kaolinite layers composed of tetrahedral and octahedral nets
- - Single tetrahedral nets of 6-membered rings connected by octahedral nets or octahedral bands
- - Single nets with 6-membered rings, connected by M[4], M[8], etc.
- - Double nets with 6-membered and larger rings
- - Transitional structures between phyllosilicate and other silicate units
- - Unclassified phyllosilicates
- Tektosilicates without zeolitic H2 O
- - Tektosilicates without additional non-tetrahedral anions
- - Tektosilicates with additional anions
- Tektosilicates with zeolitic H2 O; zeolite family
- - Zeolites with T5 O10 Units – The Fibrous Zeolites
- - Chains of single connected 4-membered rings
- - Chains of doubly-connected 4-membered rings
- - Chains of 6-membered rings – tabular zeolites
- - Chains of T10 O20 Tetrahedra
- - Other Rare Zeolites
- - Unclassified zeolites
- Unclassified silicates
- - With Alkali and Alkali-earth Elements
- - With Ti, V, Cr
- - With Mn, Fe
- - With Co, Ni
- - With Cu, Zn
- - With Nb, Ta, Zr
- - With REE, Th
- - With Pb
- Germanates
Organic Compounds
- Salts of organic acids
- - Formates, Acetates, etc.
- - Oxalates
- - Benzine Salts
- - Cyanates
- Hydrocarbons
- - Hydrocarbons
- Miscellaneous Organic Minerals
- - Miscellaneous Organic Minerals