1 | ELEMENTOS (Metales and aleacciones intermetálicas; metaloides and no metales; carbures, siliciuros, nitruros, fosfuros) |
2 | SULFUROS y SULFOSALES (sulfuros, selenuros, teleruros; arseniuros, antimoniuros, bismutidos; sulfoarsenitos, sulfoantimonitos, sulfbismutitos, etc.) |
3 | HALUROS |
4 | OXIDOS (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadatos, arsenitos, antimonitos, bismuthitos, sulfitos, selenitos, telluritos, iodatos) |
5 | CARBONATOS (NITRATOS) |
6 | BORATOS |
7 | SULFATOS (selenatos, teluratos, cromatos, molibdatos, wolframatos) |
8 | FOSPHATOS, ARSENATES, VANADATES |
9 | SILICATOS (Germanatos) |
10 | COMPUESTOS ORGÁNICOS |
This classification is based on the Nickel-Strunz 9th Edition (2001), expanded on by Jim Ferraiolo and others, and now extended and maintained by mindat.org
8.A | Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2O |
8.B | Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O |
8.C | Phosphates without additional anions, with H2O |
8.D | Phosphates, etc. with additional anions, with H2O |
8.E | Uranyl phosphates and arsenates |
8.F | Polyphosphates, Polyarsenates, [4]-Polyvanadates |
8.A Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2O
8.AA | With small cations (some also with larger ones) |
8.AB | With medium-sized cations |
8.AC | With medium-sized and large cations |
8.AD | With only large cations |
8.AA With small cations (some also with larger ones)
8.AA.10 BERYLLONITA NaBePO4
8.B Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
8.BA | With small and medium-sized cations |
8.BB | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1 |
8.BC | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 1:1 and < 2:1 |
8.BD | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4= 2:1 |
8.BE | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1 |
8.BF | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4< 0.5:1 |
8.BG | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.5:1 |
8.BH | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 = 1:1 |
8.BJ | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4= 1:5:1 |
8.BK | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1, 2.5:1 |
8.BL | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1 |
8.BM | With medium-sized and large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 4:1 |
8.BN | With only large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.33:1 |
8.BO | With only large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1 |
8.BA With small and medium-sized cations
8.BA.10 HIDROXIHERDERITA CaBe(PO4)(OH)
8.BB With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 about 1:1
8.BB.30 ADAMITA Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
8.BE With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1
8.BE.15 CORNETITA Cu3(PO4)(OH)3
8.BN With only large cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.33:1
8.BN.05 SUPERGRUPO DEL APATITO M12 M23(TO4)3 X
M= Ca2+, Pb2+, Ba2+, Sr2+, Mn2+, Na+, Ce3+, La3+, Y3+, Bi3+
T= P5+, As5+, V5+, Si4+, S6+, B3+
X= F–, (OH)–, C l–,O2-
8.BN.05 MIMETITA Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
8.BN.05 PIROMORFITA Pb5(PO4)3Cl
8.BN.05 VANADINITA Pb5(VO4)3Cl
8.C Phosphates without additional anions, with H2O
8.CA | With small and large/medium cations |
8.CB | With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:1 |
8.CC | With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:1.5 |
8.CD | With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:2 |
8.CE | With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O about 1:2.5 |
8.CF | With large and medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O > 1:1 |
8.CG | With large and medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:1 |
8.CH | With large and medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O < 1:1 |
8.CJ | With only large cations |
8.CD With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O = 1:2
8.CD.10 VARISCITA Al(PO4) · 2H2O
8.CE With only medium-sized cations, RO4:H2O about 1:2.5
8.CE.40 ERITRITA Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
8.CE.40 Vivianita Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
8.D Phosphates, etc. with additional anions, with H2O
8.DA | With small (and occasionally larger) cations |
8.DB | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4< 1:1 |
8.DC | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:1 and < 2:1 |
8.DD | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4= 2:1 |
8.DE | With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 3:1 |
8.DF | With only medium-sized cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 > 3:1 |
8.DG | With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4< 0.5:1 |
8.DH | With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 < 1:1 |
8.DJ | With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:1 |
8.DK | With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 1:1 and < 2:1 |
8.DL | With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1 |
8.DM | With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 > 2:1 |
8.DN | With only large cations |
8.DO | With CO3, SO4, SiO4 |
8.DC With only medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 1:1 and < 2:1
8.DC.40 CACOXENITA Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
8.DC.50 Wavellita Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 · 5H2O
8.DL With large and medium-sized cations, (OH, etc.):RO4 = 2:1
8.DL.20 DUGGANITA Pb3Zn3(AsO4)2(TeO6)
8.E Uranyl phosphates and arsenates
8.EA | UO2:RO4 = 1:2 |
8.EB | UO2:RO4 = 1:1 |
8.EC | UO2:RO4 = 3:2 |
8.ED | Unclassified |
8.EB UO2:RO4 = 1:1
8.EB.05 AUTUNITA Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
8.EB.05 TOBERNITA Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O