Strunz-mindat (2026) Classification - Primary Groups
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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
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| 1 | ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
| 2 | SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.) |
| 3 | HALIDES |
| 4 | OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates) |
| 5 | CARBONATES (NITRATES) |
| 6 | BORATES |
| 7 | SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates) |
| 8 | PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES |
| 9 | SILICATES (Germanates) |
| 10 | ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
