Classification of non-silicate minerals


This list gives an overview of the classification of non-silicate minerals and includes mostly IMA recognized minerals and its groupings. This list complements the alphabetical list on List of minerals approved by IMA and List of minerals. Rocks, ores, mineral mixtures, not IMA approved minerals, not named minerals are mostly excluded. Mostly major groups only, or groupings used by New Dana Classification and Mindat.

Classification of minerals

Introduction

The grouping of the New Dana Classification and of the mindat.org is similar only, and so this classification is an overview only. Consistency is missing too on the group name endings between New Dana Classification and mindat.org. Category, class and supergroup name endings are used as layout tools in the list as well.
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IMA/CMNMC revised the Pyrochlore supergroup 2010.