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danalite

tectosilicate mineral
Class type of: sodalite group, sodalite framework (SOD) Q2573999

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
sodalite group, sodalite framework (SOD)
Chemical formula
Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S[5]
Crystal system
cubic crystal system[6]
Described by source
On danalite, a new mineral species from the Granit of Rockport, Mass[13]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Dan[17]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[7]
Named after
James Dwight Dana[4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.FB.10[12]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.FB.10[11]
Point group
cubic-hextetrahedral[8]
Solid solution series with
helvine, genthelvite[14][15]
Space group
space group P-43n[9]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/F.08[10]
Type locality (geology)
Rockport[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en danalite da Danalit de Danalith es danalita he דיינאליט ja デーナ石 ru Даналит th ดานาไลต์ uk Даналіт zh 铍榴石
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Danalite-202028.jpg ↗
Dana 8th edition
76.2.4.2
Freebase ID
/m/09ggpqz
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781305837
Mindat mineral ID
14k (1.3k–14k, n=3)

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🔗 Connections
Solid solution series with 2
helvine, genthelvite
← Solid solution series with 2
helvine, genthelvite
Crystal system 1
cubic crystal system
Named after 1
James Dwight Dana
Type locality (geology) 1
Rockport
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Summary

danalite is a mineral species[1]. danalite is a type of sodalite group[2] and sodalite framework (SOD)[3].

Related Entities

James Dwight Dana

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . On danalite, a new mineral species from the Granit of Rockport, Mass. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . On danalite, a new mineral species from the Granit of Rockport, Mass. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mineral species
    Point group → cubic-hextetrahedral
    Type locality (geology) → Rockport
    IMA status and/or rank → grandfathered mineral (G)
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: cubic-hextetrahedral, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269343|batch #269343]]"
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