Classification of silicate minerals

Classification of minerals

Introduction

Abbreviations

• "*" – mineral not IMA-approved.
• "^Q" – doubtful/questionable.
• Rn – renaming.
• Rd – redefinition.
• "REE" – rare-earth element.
• "PGE" – platinum-group element.
• "s.p." – special procedure.

Category '9': silicate minerals

• Unclassified silicates

Subclass '9.A': nesosilicates

• Zircon group:
• * Hafnon, Stetindite, Thorite, Zircon, Coffinite, Thorogummite, IMA2008-035
• Olivine group
• * Calcio-Olivine, Fayalite, Forsterite, Laihunite, Liebenbergite, Olivine, Tephroite
• Phenakite group
• * Phenakite, Willemite, Eucryptite
• * Sillimanite subgroup
• ** Sillimanite, Mullite, Boromullite
• * Andalusite subgroup
• ** Andalusite, Kanonaite, Yoderite
• * Kyanite
• Titanite group
• * Titanite, Malayaite, Vanadomalayaite
• Cerite group
• * Cerite-, Cerite-, Aluminocerite-(Ce)
• Silicate apatites
• * Ellestadite*, Britholite-, Britholite-, Ellestadite-, Ellestadite-, Ellestadite-, Mattheddleite, Karnasurtite-(Ce), Fluorbritholite-, Fluorcalciobritholite
• Uranophane group
• * Kasolite, Uranophane, Sklodowskite, Cuprosklodowskite, Boltwoodite, Natroboltwoodite, Oursinite, Swamboite, Uranophane-beta
• Datolite group
• * Datolite series
• ** Datolite, Hingganite-, Hingganite-, Hingganite-, Calcybeborosilite-(Y)
• * Homilite series
• ** Bakerite, Gadolinite-, Gadolinite-, Calciogadolinite?, Homilite, Minasgeraisite-(Y)
• Hellandite group
• * Hellandite-
• * Tadzhikite-
• * Tadzhikite-
• * Hellandite-
• * Mottanaite-(Ce)
• * Ciprianiite
• * Piergorite-(Ce)
• Vicanite group
• * Vicanite-(Ce)
• * Hundholmenite-(Y)
• * Proshchenkoite-(Y)

  "Garnet" supergroup

• Nesosilicate insular groups only with cations in and > coordination
• Garnet group,
• * Pyralspite series
• ** Pyrope, Almandine, Spessartine, Knorringite, Majorite, Calderite
• * Ugrandite series
• ** Andradite, Grossular, Uvarovite, Goldmanite, Yamatoite?
• * Schorlomite – Kimzeyite series
• ** Schorlomite, Kimzeyite, Morimotoite
• * Hydrogarnet
• ** Hibschite, Katoite
• * Tetragonal hydrogarnet
• ** Henritermierite, Holtstamite
• Bredigite, Merwinite, Wadalite, Rondorfite

  "Humite" supergroup

• Nesosilicate insular groups and O, OH, F, and with cations in coordination only
• Topaz group
• * Topaz, Krieselite
• Humite, general formula
• * Chondrodite series
• ** Alleghanyite, Chondrodite, Reinhardbraunsite, Ribbeite, Kumtyubeite
• * Humite series
• ** Humite, Leucophoenicite, Manganhumite, Chegemite
• * Clinohumite series
• ** Clinohumite, Jerrygibbsite, Sonolite, Hydroxylclinohumite
• *Norbergite
• Chloritoid group
• * Chloritoid, Magnesiochloritoid, Ottrelite, Carboirite-VIII

Subclass '9.B': sorosilicates

• Epidote supergroup,
• * Epidote group
• ** Clinozoisite, Niigataite, Epidote, Hancockite, Mukhinite, Piemontite, Piemontite-, Tweddillite
• * Allanite group
• ** Allanite-, Allanite-, Allanite-, Dissakisite-, Dissakisite-, Ferriallanite-(Ce), Manganiandrosite-, Manganiandrosite-, Vanadoandrosite-(Ce)
• * Dollaseite group
• ** Dollaseite-(Ce), Khristovite-(Ce), Mills et al.

Subclass '9.C': cyclosilicates

• Tourmaline group
• * Alkali-Deficient Tourmaline subgroup - Foitite subgroup
• ** Foitite, Magnesiofoitite, Rossmanite, Oxy-Rossmanite Al₆₃O₃
• * Calcic Tourmaline subgroup - Liddicoatite subgroup
• **Liddicoatite, Uvite CaMg₃₃₄, Feruvite, Hydroxyuvite CaMg₃₃₃
• * Ferric Tourmaline subgroup - Buergerite subgroup
• ** Buergerite, Povondraite
• * Lithian Tourmaline subgroup - Elbaite subgroup
• ** Olenite NaAl₉B₃Si₆O₂₇O₃OH, Oxy-Dravite NaSi₆O₁₈₃₃O, Elbaite NaAl₆₃₃Si₆O₁₈
• *Sodic Tourmaline subgroup - Schorl subgroup
• ** Dravite, Fluor-Dravite NaMg₃Al₆₃F₃, Schorl, Schorl-, Chromdravite, Vanadiumdravite
• Eudialyte group
• * Carbokentbrooksite ₁₂₃Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb₃•H₂O
• * Eudialyte Na₄₂ZrSi₈O₂₂₂
• * Feklichevite Na₁₁Ca₉₂Zr₃Nb₅
• * Ferrokentbrooksite Na₁₅Ca₆₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₃₃₂
• * Georgbarsanovite Na₁₂₃Ca₆₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₆Cl₂•H₂O
• * Golyshevite ₁₀Ca₉₂Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₂₃•H₂O
• * Ikranite ₁₅₆₂Zr₃Si₂₄O₆₆₆Cl•2-3H₂O
• * Johnsenite-(Ce) Na₁₂₃Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃W₂
• * Kentbrooksite ₁₅₆Mn²⁺Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₄F₂•2H₂O
• * Khomyakovite Na₁₂Sr₃Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃W₃₂
• * Manganokhomyakovite Na₁₂Sr₃Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃W₃₂
• * Mogovidite Na₉₆Ca₆Fe₂Zr₃Si₂₅O₇₂₄
• * Oneillite Na₁₅Ca₃Mn₃₃Zr₃Nb₃₂
• * Raslakite Na₁₅Ca₃Fe₃₃Zr₃₃
• * Rastsvetaevite Na₂₇K₈Ca₁₂Fe₃Zr₆Si₅₂O₁₄₄₆Cl₂
• * Taseqite Na₁₂Sr₃Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₃₃Cl₂
• * Zirsilite-(Ce) ₁₂₃Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb₃•H₂O
• * Alluaivite Na₁₉₆₃₂₂Cl•2H₂O
• * Andrianovite Na₁₂₃Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb₅
• * Aqualite ₈₅Ca₆Zr₃Si₂₆O₆₆₉Cl
• * Dualite Na₃₀₁₂₆Zr₃Ti₃MnSi₅₁O₁₄₄₉
• * Labyrinthite ₃₅Ca₁₂Fe₃Zr₆TiSi₅₁O₁₄₄₉Cl₃, Mills et al.

Subclass '9.D': inosilicates

Single chain inosilicates

• Astrophyllite group
• * Astrophyllite K₂Na₇Ti₂Si₈O₂₆₄
• * Magnesioastrophyllite K₂NaTi₂Si₈O₂₆₄F
• * Hydroastrophyllite ₂Ca_5-6Ti₂Si₈O₂₆₄F
• * Niobophyllite K₂Na₇₂Si₈O₂₆₄
• * Zircophyllite K₂₇₂Si₈O₂₆₄F
• * Kupletskite K₂Na₇₂Si₈O₂₆₄F
• * Kupletskite- ₂Na₇₂Si₈O₂₆₄F
• * Niobokupletskite K₂Na₇₂Si₈O₂₆₄, Mills et al.
• Sapphirine supergroup
• * Sapphirine group
• ** Khmaralite ₁₆₁₂O₄₀, Sapphirine ₈₆O₂₀
• * Aenigmatite group
• ** Aenigmatite ₄₁₂Si₁₂O₄₀, Krinovite NaMg₂CrSi₃O₁₀, Wilkinsonite Na₂₄₂Si₆O₂₀
• * Rhoenite group
• ** Dorrite Ca₂Mg₂₄₄Si₂O₂₀, Hogtuvaite 2₆₆O₂₀, Makarochkinite Ca₂₄Fe³⁺TiSi₄BeAlO₂₀, Rhonite Ca₂₆₆O₂₀, Serendibite Ca₂₆₆O₂₀, Welshite Ca₄Mg₉Sb₃O₄
• * Surinamite ₃Al₄BeSi₃O₁₆, Mills et al.

  Pyroxene supergroup

• Orthopyroxene group
• * Donpeacorite Mg₂, Enstatite MgSiO₃, Ferrosilite, FeSiO₃
• Clinopyroxene group
• * Aegirine NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆, Augite, Clinoenstatite MgSiO₃, Clinoferrosilite Fe²⁺SiO₃, Diopside CaMg, Esseneite CaFe³⁺, Grossmanite CaTi³⁺AlSiO₆, Hedenbergite CaFe²⁺, Jadeite Na, Jervisite, Johannsenite CaMn²⁺, Kanoite Mn²⁺, Kosmochlor NaCr, Kushiroite CaAl, Namansilite NaMn3+, Natalyite Na, Petedunnite Ca, Pigeonite Si₂O₆, Spodumene LiAlSi₂O₆

  Multiple chain inosilicates

Amphibole supergroup

• w-dominant amphibole: calcic subgroup
• * Cannilloite root name: fluoro-cannilloite CaCa₂Mg₄AlO₂₂₂
• * Edenite root name: edenite Na, ferro-edenite, fluoro-edenite Na
• * Hastingsite root name: hastingsite, magnesio-fluoro-hastingsite Ca₂₅₈O₂₂F₂, magnesio-hastingsite Na, potassic-fluoro-hastingsite KCa2S₅₈O₂₂F₂, potassic-chloro-hastingsite KCa₂O₂₂Cl₂, potassic-magnesio-hastingsite Ca₂₅₈O₂₂₂
• * Joesmithite PbCa₂₅Si₆Be₂O₂₂₂
• * Magnesio-hornblende root name: ferro-hornblende, magnesio-hornblende
• * Pargasite root name: chromio-pargasite, ferro-pargasite, fluoro-pargasite NaCa₂₅F₂, pargasite, potassic-chloro-pargasite KCa₂S₈O₂₂Cl₂, potassic-ferro-pargasite KCa₂Si₆Al₂O₂₂₂, potassic-fluoro-pargasite, potassic-pargasite
• * Sadanagaite root name: potassic-ferro-ferri-sadanagaite, potassic-ferro-sadanagaite KCa₂Fe²⁺₃₂O₂₂₂, potassic-sadanagaite Ca₂₅, sadanagaite
• * Tremolite-actinolite root name: actinolite Ca₂₅₂, ferro-actinolite, tremolite
• * Tschermakite root name: tschermakite
• w-dominant amphibole: lithium subgroup
• * Clino-holmquistite root name: clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite ☐Li₂₂Si₈O₂₂₂
• * Holmquistite root name: ferro-holmquistite ☐Si₈O₂₂₂, holmquistite ☐Si₈O₂₂₂
• * Pedrizite root name: ferri-pedrizite NaLi₂Si₈O₂₂₂, ferro-ferri-pedrizite NaLi₂₂Si₈O₂₂₂, ferro-fluoro-pedrizite NaLi₂Si₈O₂₂F₂, fluoro-pedrizite NaLi₂Si₈O₂₂F₂
• w-dominant amphibole: Mg-Fe-Mn subgroup
• *Anthophyllite root name: anthophyllite ☐Mg₇Si₈O₂₂₂, ferro-anthophyllite ☐₇Si₈O₂₂₂, proto-anthophyllite ₇Si₈O₂₂₂, protoferro-anthophyllite ₂₅₂₂, protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite ₂₅₂₂
• * Gedrite root name: ferro-gedrite ☐₅Al₂Si₆Al₂O₂₂₂, gedrite ☐Mg₅Al₂Si₆Al₂O₂₂₂
• * Minerals: cummingtonite ☐Mg₇Si₈O₂₂₂, grunerite ☐₇Si₈O₂₂₂
• w-dominant amphibole: sodic subgroup
• * Arfvedsonite root name: arfvedsonite NaNa₂Si₈O₂₂₂, magnesio-arfvedsonite NaNa₂Si₈O₂₂₂, magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite NaNa₂₄Fe³⁺₂, potassic-arfvedsonite KNa₂₄Fe³⁺Si₈O₂₂₂, potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite KNa₂Si₈O₂₂F₂
• * Eckermannite root name: eckermannite NaNa₂Si₈O₂₂₂, mangano-ferri-eckermannite NaNa₂₄Si₈O₂₂₂
• * Glaucophane root name: ferro-glaucophane ☐Na₂Si₈O₂₂₂, glaucophane ☐Na₂Si₈O₂₂₂
• * Leakeite root name: ferri-fluoro-leakeite NaNa₂Si₈O₂₂F₂, ferri-leakeite NaSi₈O₂₂₂, ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite NaNa₂₂Si₈O₂₂F₂, fluoro-leakeite NaNa₂Si₈O₂₂F₂, potassic-ferri-leakeite KNa₂Mg₂₂LiSi₈O₂₂₂, potassic-leakeite KNa₂Si₈O₂₂₂, potassic-mangani-leakeite KNa₂Si₈O₂₂₂
• * Nybøite root name: ferro-ferri-nybøite NaNa₂₃₂O₂₂₂, fluoro-nybøite NaNa₂O₂₂₂, nybøite NaNa₂Si₇AlO₂₂₂
• * Riebeckite root name: fluoro-riebeckite ☐Na₂Si₈O₂₂F₂, magnesio-riebeckite ☐Na₂Si₈O₂₂₂, riebeckite ☐Na₂₃Si₈O₂₂₂
• w-dominant amphibole: sodic-calcic subgroup
• * Barroisite root name: barroisite
• * Katophorite root name: ferri-fluoro-katophorite NaO₂₂F₂, ferri-katophorite Na₂Ca₄Fe³⁺O₂₂₂, ferro-katophorite NaO₂₂₂, katophorite NaO₂₂₂
• * Richterite root name: ferro-richterite Na, fluoro-richterite NaMg₅F₂, potassic-fluoro-richterite K, richterite Na
• * Taramite root name: ferro-taramite Na, fluoro-taramite Na₂CaMg₃Al₂O₂₂F₂, potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite KO₂₂₂, potassic-ferro-taramite KO₂₂₂, taramite Na₂CaMg₃Al₂O₂₂₂
• * Winchite root name: ferri-winchite ₂₄Fe³⁺₂, ferro-winchite, winchite
• w-dominant amphibole: Na-Mg-Fe-Mn subgroup
• * Ghoseite root name: ferri-ghoseite NaSi₈O₂₂₂
• w-dominant amphibole group
• * Kaersutite root name: ferri-kaersutite NaCa₂O₂₂O₂, kaersutite NaCa₂O₂₃
• * Minerals: mangani-dellaventuraite NaNa₂Si₈O₂₂O₂, mangano-mangani-ungarettiite NaNa₂₂Si₈O₂₂O₂

Subclass '9.E': phyllosilicates

• :Category:Clay minerals group
• :Category:Medicinal clay
• :Category:Mica group
• :Category:Serpentine group/ Kaolinite-Serpentine group
• :Category:Smectite group/ Montmorillonite group
• Pyrophyllite-Talc group
• Chlorite group: Clinochlore, Nimite, Pennantite, Baileychlore, Cookeite, Donbassite, Gonyerite, Odinite, Sudoite, Orthochamosite

Subclass '9.F': tectosilicates

Tectosilicates without zeolitic H₂O

• :Category:Quartz varieties
• Feldspar family
• Feldspathoid family
• *Sodalite group
• *Helvine group
• * :Category:Cancrinite group

  Tectosilicates with zeolitic H₂O

• Category:Zeolite group
• Alflarsenite NaCa₂Be₃Si₄O₁₃•2H₂O
• Zeolites with T₅O₁₀ Units – fibrous zeolites
• * Natrolite subgroup
• ** Gonnardite ₂₅O₁₀·3H₂O, Mesolite Na₂Ca₂Si₉Al₆O₃₀·8H₂O, Natrolite Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O, Paranatrolite Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀·3H₂O, Scolecite CaAl₂Si₃O₁₀·3H₂O
• *Tetranatrolite? Na₂•2H₂O, Thomsonite-Sr ₂Na•7H₂O, Thomsonite-Ca NaCa₂Al₅Si₅O₂₀•6H₂O, Kalborsite K6Al₄Si₆BO₂₀₄Cl, Edingtonite BaAl₂Si₃O₁₀•4H₂O
• Chains of single connected 4-membered rings
• * Ammonioleucite AlSi₂O₆, Leucite KAlSi₂O₆, Analcime NaAlSi₂O₆•H₂O, Hsianghualite Ca₃Li₂Be₃₃F₂, Lithosite K₆Al₄Si₈O₂₅•H₂O, Pollucite ₂Al₂Si₄O₁₂•H₂O, Wairakite CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂•2H₂O, Laumontite CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂•4H₂O, Yugawaralite CaAl₂Si₆O₁₆•4H₂O, Roggianite Ca₂•2.5H₂O, Goosecreekite CaAl₂Si₆O₁₆•5H₂O, Montesommaite ₉Al₉Si₂₃O₆₄•10H₂O, Partheite Ca₂Al₄Si₄O₁₅₂•4H₂O
• Chains of doubly connected 4-membered rings
• * Amicite K₂Na₂Al₄Si₄O₁₆•5H₂O, Garronite Na₂Ca₅Al₁₂Si₂₀O₆₄•27H₂O, Gobbinsite ₂K₂Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂•12H₂O, Gismondine Ca₂Al₄Si₄O₁₆•9H₂O, Harmotome ₈O₁₆•6H₂O, Phillipsite-Na ₈O₁₆•6H₂O, Phillipsite-Ca ₈O₁₆•6H₂O, Phillipsite-K ₈O₁₆•6H₂O, Merlinoite ₇Si₂₃Al₉O₆₄•23H₂O, Mazzite-Mg K₂CaMg₂₃₆O₇₂•28H₂O, Mazzite-Na Na₈Al₈Si₂₈O₇₂•30H₂O, Perlialite K₈Tl₄Al₁₂Si₂₄O₇₂•20H₂O, Boggsite NaCa₂•17H₂O, Paulingite-Ca ₅•34H₂O, Paulingite-K ₅Al₁₀Si₃₅O₉₀•45H₂O, Paulingite-Na ₅Al₁₀Si₃₅O₉₀•45H₂O
• Chains of 6-membered rings – tabular zeolites
• * Gmelinite-Ca Al₂Si₄O₁₂•6H₂O, Gmelinite-K ₆•22H₂O, Gmelinite-Na Al₂Si₄O₁₂•6H₂O, Chabazite-K •6H₂O, Chabazite-Ca ₄•12H₂O, Chabazite-Na •6H₂O, Chabazite-Sr •6H₂O, Herschelite? AlSi₂O₆•3H₂O, Willhendersonite KCaAl₃Si₃O₁₂•5H₂O, Levyne-Ca Al₂Si₄O₁₂•6H₂O, Levyne-Na Al₂Si₄O₁₂•6H₂O, Bellbergite ₂Sr₂Ca₂₄Al₁₈Si₁₈O₇₂•30H₂O, Erionite-Ca ₂•15H₂O, Erionite-K ₂•15H₂O, Erionite-Na ₂•15H₂O, Wenkite Ba₄Ca₆₂₀O₃₉₂₃•nH₂O, Offretite _2.5Al₅Si₁₃O₃₆•15H₂O, Faujasite-Ca _3.5•32H₂O, Faujasite-Mg _3.5•32H₂O, Faujasite-Na _3.5•32H₂O, Maricopaite Pb₇Ca₂₄₈O₁₀₀•32H₂O, Mordenite Al₂Si₁₀O₂₄•7H₂O, Dachiardite-Ca ₅Al₁₀Si₃₈O₉₆•25H₂O, Dachiardite-Na ₄Al₄Si₂₀O₄₈•13H₂O, Epistilbite CaAl₂Si₆O₁₆•5H₂O, Ferrierite-K ₂Mg₁₈O₃₆•9H₂O, Ferrierite-Mg ₂Mg₁₈O₃₆•9H₂O, Ferrierite-Na ₂Mg₁₈O₃₆•9H₂O, Bikitaite Li₂•2H₂O
• Chains of T₁₀O₂₀ tetrahedra
• * Clinoptilolite-Na Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Clinoptilolite-K Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Clinoptilolite-Ca Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Heulandite-Ba ₅Al₉Si₂₇O₇₂•22H₂O, Heulandite-Ca Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Heulandite-K Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Heulandite-Na Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Heulandite-Sr Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆•12H₂O, Stilbite-Ca NaCa₄•H₂O, Stilbite-Na Na₃Ca₃•H₂O, Barrerite ₂Al₂Si₇O₁₈•6H₂O, Stellerite CaAl₂Si₇O₁₈•7H₂O, Brewsterite-Ba Al₂Si₆O₁₆•5H₂O, Brewsterite-Sr Al₄Si₁₂O₃₂•10H₂O
• Other rare zeolites
• * Terranovaite ₈O₁₆₀•29H₂O, Gottardiite Na₃Mg₃Ca₅Al₁₉Si₁₁₇O₂₇₂•93H₂O, Lovdarite K₂Na₆Be₄Si₁₄O₃₆•9H₂O, Gaultite Na₄Zn₂Si₇O₁₈•5H₂O, Chiavennite CaMnBe₂Si₅O₁₃₂•2H₂O, Tschernichite O₁₆•H₂O, Mutinaite Na₃Ca₄Si₈₅Al₁₁O₁₉₂•60H₂O, Tschortnerite Ca₄₃Cu₃₈•H₂O,, Thornasite Na₁₂Th₃₄•18H₂O, Direnzoite NaK₆MgCa₂•36H₂O
• Unclassified zeolites
• * Cowlesite CaAl₂Si₃O₁₀•H₂O, Mountainite ₂Si₄O₁₀•3H₂O