Classification of organic minerals
List of IMA recognized minerals and groupings
Some organic compounds are valid minerals, recognized by the CNMNC (IMA).
Nickel–Strunz classification −10- Organic compounds
- Abbreviations:
- "*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
- "?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
- Nickel–Strunz code scheme: NN.XY.##x
- NN: Nickel–Strunz mineral class number
- X: Nickel–Strunz mineral division letter
- Y: Nickel–Strunz mineral family letter
- ##x: Nickel–Strunz mineral/group number, x add-on letter
Class: organic compounds
- 10.A Salts of organic acids
- 10.AA Formates, Acetates, etc.: 05 formicaite, 10 dashkovaite, 20 acetamide, 25 calclacite, 30 paceite, 35 hoganite
- 10.AB Oxalates: 05 humboldtine, 05 lindbergite; 10 glushinskite, 15 moolooite, 20 stepanovite, 25 minguzzite, 30 wheatleyite, 35 zhemchuzhnikovite, 40 weddellite, 45 whewellite, 50 caoxite, 55 oxammite, 60 natroxalate, 65 coskrenite-(Ce), 70 levinsonite-(Y), 75 zugshunstite-(Ce), 80 novgorodovaite
- 10.AC Benzene Salts: 05 mellite, 10 earlandite, 15 pigotite?
- 10.AD Cyanates: 05 julienite*, 10 kafehydrocyanite*
- 10.B Hydrocarbons
- 10.BA Hydrocarbons: 05 fichtelite, 10 hartite, 15 dinite*, 20 idrialite, 25 kratochvilite, 30 karpatite, 35 phylloretine?, 40 ravatite, 45 simonellite, 50 evenkite
- 10.C Miscellaneous organic minerals
- 10.C amber*
- 10.CA Miscellaneous organic materials: 05 refikite, 10 flagstaffite, 15 hoelite, 20 abelsonite, 25 kladnoite; 30 tinnunculite, 30 guanine; 35 urea, 40 uricite
References
- Stuart J. Mills; Frédéric Hatert; Ernest H. Nickel & Giovanni Ferraris (2009). "The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals" (PDF). Eur. J. Mineral. 21 (5): 1073–1080. Bibcode:2009EJMin..21.1073M. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
- Nickel, Ernest H.; Nichols, Monte C. (March 2009). "IMA-CNMNC List of Mineral Names" (PDF). IMA-CNMNC. Retrieved 2013-04-26.[dead link]
- Ferraiolo, Jim. "Nickel–Strunz (Version 10) Classification System". webmineral.com.
- Mineralsystematik nach Strunz 9. Auflage von 2001 (aktuell)
- Hr. Dr. Udo Neumann der Uni-Tuebingen (Systematik der Minerale)
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IMA–CNMNC / Nickel–Strunz IDs
Mineral categories (classes, subclasses, divisions)
Mineral categories (classes, subclasses, divisions)
("native elements and organic minerals")
- "Native elements" (IDs 1)
- Organic minerals (IDs 10)
- Sulfides (IDs 2.A–F)
- Sulfosalts; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites (IDs 2.G)
- Sulfosalts; sulfarsenates, sulfantimonates (IDs 2.K)
- Other sulfosalts (IDs 2.H–J and 2.L–M)
- Oxides (IDs 4.A–E, e.g. pyrochlore supergroup and corundum group)
- Hydroxides (IDs 4.F–G)
- Arsenates(IV), sulfates(IV) and iodates (IDs 4.J–K)
- Tellurium oxysalts
- Vanadium oxides (IDs 4.H)
- Carbonates (IDs 5.A–E)
- Nitrates (IDs 5.N)
- Borates (IDs 6)
- Halides (IDs 3)
(sulfate anion, phosphate anion,
silicon, etc.)
- Monomeric minerals (similar to nesosilicates)
- Sulfates(VI) (IDs 7.A–E)
- Thiosulphates (IDs 7.J)
- Chromates(VI) (IDs 7.F)
- Molybdates, wolframates, niobates(VI) (IDs 7.G–H)
- Phosphates(V) (IDs 8)
- Arsenates, vanadates(V) (IDs 8)
- Monomeric, isolated silicates (IDs 9.A)
- Germanates (IDs 9.J)
- Silicate frameworks, tectosilicates
- Zeolite frameworks, zeolite family (IDs 9.G)
- Other feldspathoids: nephelines (IDs 9.FA.05)
- Cancrinite-sodalite groups (IDs 9.FB.)
- Other tectosilicates (IDs 9.FA. and 9.FB.15, e.g. feldspars)
- Other silicate frameworks
- Cyclosilicates (IDs 9.C)
- Phyllosilicates (IDs 9.E, e.g. clays)
- Silica family (IDs 4.DA.)
- Inosilicates
- Single chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. pyroxenes)
- Ribbon or multiple chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. amphiboles)
- Other non monomeric minerals
- Unclassified silicates (IDs 9.H)
- Sorosilicates (IDs 9.B, e.g. epidote and seidozerite supergroups)
- Polymeric, isolated silicates (IDs 9.A, e.g. olivine and gadolinite supergroups)
- Other inorganic polymers (e.g. polyoxometalates; "polyphosphates", IDs 8.F)
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