This selection method is recommended only for those interested in strict scientific classification.

Select a mineral order on the left. The minerals in that order will be displayed in this frame. The classification is in accordance with the latest edition of Dana's guide to mineralogy.

[Note: The groups (in the left frame) are organized by the old Dana classification group instead of the newer classes. It is more efficient and practical for a guide like this to maintain the old order for selections. However, the mineral numbers are all in accordance with the latest edition.]

The Dana classification numbers used in this guide is based on Dana's New Mineralogy, Eighth Edition, by Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig, (ISBN: 0471-19310-0) Copyright 1997, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

(Please realize that we are in the midst of creating this site and there are still many minerals that are not available. In addition, this is not a database of all minerals. Only minerals that are applicable to the collector and hobbyist are mentioned here.)