Oxide mineral

The oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion is bonded to one or more metal alloys. The hydroxide-bearing minerals are typically included in the oxide class. Minerals with complex anion groups such as the silicates, sulfates, carbonates and phosphates are classed separately.

Simple oxides

XO form
*Periclase group
**Periclase
**Manganosite
*Zincite group
**Zincite
**Bromellite
**Tenorite
**Litharge
form
*Cuprite
*Ice
form
*Hematite group
**Corundum
**Hematite
**Ilmenite
form
*Rutile group
**Rutile
**Pyrolusite
**Cassiterite
*Baddeleyite
*Uraninite
*Thorianite
form
*Spinel group
**Spinel
**Gahnite
**Magnetite
**Franklinite
**Chromite
*Chrysoberyl
*Columbite
Hydroxide subgroup:
*Brucite
*Manganite
*Romanèchite
*Goethite group:
**Diaspore
**Goethite

Nickel–Strunz class 4: oxides

IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme. This list uses it to modify the Nickel–Strunz classification.

Abbreviations:
*"*": discredited
*"?": questionable/doubtful
*"REE": Rare-earth element
*"PGE": Platinum-group element
*03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates, 09 Silicates:
**Neso: insular
**Soro: grouping
**Cyclo: ring
**Ino: chain
**Phyllo: sheet
**Tekto: three-dimensional framework
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: oxides

04.A Metal:Oxygen = 2.1 and 1:1
* 04.AA Cation:Anion = 2:1 : 05 Ice, 10 Cuprite, 15 Paramelaconite
* 04.AB M:O = 1:1 ; with small to medium-sized cations only: 05 Crednerite, 10 Tenorite; 15 Delafossite, 15 Mcconnellite; 20 Bromellite, 20 Zincite; 25 Lime, 25 Bunsenite, 25 Monteponite, 25 Manganosite, 25 Periclase, 25 Wüstite
* 04.AC M:O = 1:1 ; with large cations : 05 Swedenborgite; 10 Brownmillerite, 10 Srebrodolskite; 15 Montroydite, 20 Litharge, 20 Romarchite, 25 Massicot
04.B Metal:Oxygen = 3:4 and similar
* 04.BA With small and medium-sized cations: 05 Chrysoberyl, 10 Manganostibite
* 04.BB With only medium-sized cations: 05 Filipstadite, 05 Donathite?, 05 Gahnite, 05 Galaxite, 05 Hercynite, 05 Spinel, 05 Cochromite, 05 Chromite, 05 Magnesiochromite, 05 Manganochromite, 05 Nichromite, 05 Zincochromite, 05 Magnetite, 05 Cuprospinel, 05 Franklinite, 05 Jacobsite, 05 Magnesioferrite, 05 Trevorite, 05 Brunogeierite, 05 Coulsonite, 05 Magnesiocoulsonite, 05 Qandilite, 05 Ulvospinel, 05 Vuorelainenite; 10 Hydrohetaerolite, 10 Hausmannite, 10 Iwakiite, 10 Hetaerolite; 15 Maghemite, 20 Tegengrenite, 25 Xieite
* 04.BC With medium-sized and large cations: 05 Marokite, 10 Dmitryivanovite
* 04.BD With only large cations: 05 Minium
04.C Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar
* 04.CB With medium-sized cations: 05 Tistarite, 05 Auroantimonate*, 05 Brizziite-VII, 05 Brizziite-III, 05 Corundum, 05 Eskolaite, 05 Hematite, 05 Karelianite, 05 Geikielite, 05 Ecandrewsite, 05 Ilmenite, 05 Pyrophanite, 05 Melanostibite, 05 Romanite*; 10 Bixbyite, 10 Avicennite; 15 Armalcolite, 15 Mongshanite*, 15 Pseudobrookite; 20 Magnesiohogbomite-6N6S, 20 Magnesiohogbomite-2N3S, 20 Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S, 20 Zincohogbomite-2N2S, 20 Ferrohogbomite-2N2S; 25 Pseudorutile, 25 Ilmenorutile; 30 Oxyvanite, 30 Berdesinskiite; 35 Olkhonskite, 35 Schreyerite; 40 Kamiokite, 40 Nolanite, 40 Rinmanite; 45 Stibioclaudetite, 45 Claudetite; 50 Arsenolite, 50 Senarmontite; 55 Valentinite, 60 Bismite, 65 Sphaerobismoite, 70 Sillenite, 75 Kyzylkumite
* 04.CC With large and medium-sized cations: 05 Chrombismite, 10 Freudenbergite, 15 Grossite, 20 Mayenite, 25 Yafsoanite; 30 Barioperovskite, 30 Lakargiite, 30 Natroniobite, 30 Latrappite, 30 Lueshite, 30 Perovskite; 35 Macedonite, 35 Isolueshite, 35 Loparite-(Ce), 35 Tausonite; 40 Crichtonite, 40 Dessauite, 40 Davidite-, 40 Davidite-, 40 Mathiasite, 40 Lindsleyite, 40 Landauite, 40 Loveringite, 40 Loveringite, 40 Cleusonite, 40 Gramaccioliite-(Y); 45 Hawthorneite, 45 Magnetoplumbite, 45 Haggertyite, 45 Batiferrite, 45 Hibonite, 45 Nezilovite, 45 Yimengite, 45 Diaoyudaoite, 45 Lindqvistite, 45 Plumboferrite; 50 Jeppeite, 55 Zenzenite, 60 Mengxianminite*
04.D Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
* 04.DA With small cations
**
* 04.DB With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Tripuhyite, 05 Tugarinovite, 05 Varlamoffite*, 05 Argutite, 05 Cassiterite, 05 Rutile, 05 Pyrolusite, 05 Plattnerite, 05 Squawcreekite?; 10 Bystromite, 10 Ordonezite, 10 Tapiolite-, 10 Tapiolite-, 10 Tapiolite*, 15a Paramontroseite, 15a Ramsdellite, 15b Akhtenskite, 15c Nsutite; 20 Scrutinyite; 25 Ixiolite, 25 Ishikawaite, 25 Srilankite, 25 Samarskite-, 25 Samarskite-, 25 Yttrocolumbite-(Y); 30 Heftetjernite, 30 Wolframoixiolite*, 30 Krasnoselskite*, 30 Ferberite, 30 Hubnerite, 30 Sanmartinite, 30 Wolframite*; 35 Tantalite-, 35 Tantalite-, 35 Tantalite-, 35 Columbite-, 35 Columbite-, 35 Columbite-, 35 Qitianlingite; 40 Ferrowodginite, 40 Lithiotantite, 40 Lithiowodginite, 40 Tantalowodginite*, 40 Titanowodginite, 40 Wodginite, 40 Ferrotitanowodginite; 45 Tivanite, 50 Carmichaelite, 55 Alumotantite, 60 Biehlite
* 04.DC With medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Bahianite, 10 Simpsonite
* 04.DD With medium-sized cations; frameworks of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Anatase, 10 Brookite
* 04.DE With medium-sized cations; with various polyhedra: 05 Downeyite, 10 Koragoite; 15 Koechlinite, 15 Russellite, 15 Tungstibite; 20 Tellurite, 25 Paratellurite; 30 Cervantite, 30 Bismutotantalite, 30 Bismutocolumbite, 30 Clinocervantite, 30 Stibiocolumbite, 30 Stibiotantalite; 35 IMA2007-058, 35 Baddeleyite
* 04.DF With large cations; dimers and trimers of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Nioboaeschynite-(Y), 05 Aeschynite-(Ce), 05 Aeschynite-(Nd), 05 Aeschynite-(Y), 05 Nioboaeschynite-, 05 Nioboaeschynite-, 05 Tantalaeschynite-(Y), 05 Rynersonite, 05 Vigezzite, 10 Changbaiite, 15 Murataite
* 04.DG With large cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Euxenite-(Y), 05 Loranskite-(Y), 05 Polycrase-(Y), 05 Uranopolycrase, 05 Fersmite, 05 Kobeite-(Y), 05 Tanteuxenite-(Y), 05 Yttrocrasite-(Y); 10 Fergusonite-beta-, 10 Fergusonite-beta-, 10 Fergusonite-beta-, 10 Yttrotantalite-(Y); 15 Foordite, 15 Thoreaulite; 20 Raspite
* 04.DH With large cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra:
** IMA/CNMNC revised the Pyrochlore supergroup 2010
** 05 Brannerite, 05 Orthobrannerite, 05 Thorutite; 10 Kassite, 10 Lucasite-(Ce)
** Pyrochlore group: Fluorcalciopyrochlore, Fluorkenopyrochlore, Fluornatropyrochlore, Fluorstrontiopyrochlore, Hydropyrochlore, Hydroxycalciopyrochlore, Kenoplumbopyrochlore, Oxycalciopyrochlore, Oxynatropyrochlore, Oxyplumbopyrochlore, Oxyyttropyrochlore-(Y)
** Microlite group: Fluorcalciomicrolite, Fluornatromicrolite, Hydrokenomicrolite, Hydromicrolite, Hydroxykenomicrolite, Kenoplumbomicrolite, Oxycalciomicrolite, Oxystannomicrolite, Oxystibiomicrolite
** Romeite group: Cuproromeite, Fluorcalcioromeite, Fluornatroromeite, Hydroxycalcioromeite, Oxycalcioromeite, Oxyplumboromeite, Stibiconite
** Betafite group: Calciobetafite, Oxyuranobetafite
** Elsmoreite group: Hydrokenoelsmoreite
** 25 Rosiaite; 30 Zirconolite-3O, 30 Zirconolite-3T, 30 Zirconolite-2M, 30 Zirconolite; 35 Liandratite, 35 Petscheckite; 40 Ingersonite, 45 Pittongite
** Discredited minerals 04.DH.15: Bariomicrolite, Bariopyrochlore, Betafite, Bismutomicrolite, Ceriopyrochlore, Jixianite, Natrobistantite, Plumbomicrolite, Plumbobetafite, Stannomicrolite, Stibiobetafite, Yttrobetafite, Yttropyrochlore, Bismutopyrochlore and Bismutostibiconite 04.DH.20
* 04.DJ With large cations; polyhedral frameworks: 05 Calciotantite, 05 Irtyshite, 05 Natrotantite
* 04.DK With large cations; tunnel structures: 05 Ankangite, 05 Coronadite, 05 Hollandite, 05 Manjiroite, 05 Mannardite, 05 Redledgeite, 05 Priderite, 05 Henrymeyerite, 05 Akaganeite, 10 Cryptomelane, 10 Romanechite, 10 Strontiomelane, 10 Todorokite
* 04.DL With large cations; fluorite-type structures: 05 Cerianite-(Ce), 05 Zirkelite, 05 Thorianite, 05 Uraninite; 10 Calzirtite, 10 Hiarneite, 10 Tazheranite
* 04.DM With large cations; unclassified: 05 Sosedkoite, 05 Rankamaite; 15 Cesplumtantite, 20 Eyselite, 25 Kuranakhite
04.E Metal:Oxygen = < 1:2
* 04.E: IMA2008-040
* 04.EA Oxides with metal : oxygen < 1:2 : 05 Tantite, 10 Krasnogorite*, 10 Molybdite
04.X Unclassified Strunz Oxides
*04.XX Unknown: 00 Allendeite, 00 Ashanite?, 00 Hongquiite*, 00 Psilomelane?, 00 Uhligite?, 00 Clinobirnessite*, 00 Kleberite*, 00 Chubutite*, 00 Struverite?, 00 IMA2000-016, 00 IMA2000-026

Class: hydroxides

04.F Hydroxides
* 04.FA Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; corner-sharing tetrahedra: 05a Behoite, 05b Clinobehoite; 10 Sweetite, 10 Wulfingite, 10 Ashoverite
* 04.FB Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; insular octahedra: 05 Shakhovite; 10 Cualstibite, 10 Zincalstibite
* 04.FC Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; corner-sharing octahedra: 05 Dzhalindite, 05 Sohngeite, 05 Bernalite; 10 Burtite, 10 Mushistonite, 10 Natanite, 10 Vismirnovite, 10 Schoenfliesite, 10 Wickmanite; 15 Jeanbandyite, 15 Mopungite, 15 Stottite; 15 Tetrawickmanite; 20 Ferronigerite-6N6S, 20 Ferronigerite-2N1S, 20 Magnesionigerite-6N6S, 20 Magnesionigerite-2N1S; 25 Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S, 25 Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S, 25 Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S
* 04.FD Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; chains of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Spertiniite; 10 Bracewellite, 10 Diaspore, 10 Guyanaite, 10 Groutite, 10 Goethite, 10 Montroseite, 10 Tsumgallite; 15 Manganitev; 20 Cerotungstite-(Ce), 20 Yttrotungstite-, 20 Yttrotungstite-; 25 Frankhawthorneite; 30 Khinite, 30 Parakhinite
* 04.FE Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Amakinite, 05 Brucite, 05 Portlandite, 05 Pyrochroite, 05 Theophrastite, 05 Fougerite; 10 Bayerite, 10 Doyleite, 10 Gibbsite, 10 Nordstrandite; 15 Boehmite, 15 Lepidocrocite; 20 Grimaldiite, 20 Heterogenite-2H, 20 Heterogenite-3R; 25 Feitknechtite, 25 Lithiophorite; 30 Quenselite, 35 Ferrihydrite; 40 Feroxyhyte, 40 Vernadite; 45 Quetzalcoatlite
* 04.FF Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; various polyhedra: 05 Hydroromarchite
* 04.FG Hydroxides with OH, without H₂O; unclassified: 05 Janggunite, 10 Cesarolite, 15 Kimrobinsonite
* 04.FH Hydroxides with H₂O ± ; insular octahedra: 05 Bottinoite, 05 Brandholzite
* 04.FJ Hydroxides with H₂O ± ; corner-sharing octahedra: 05 Sidwillite, 05 Meymacite; 10 Tungstite; 15 Ilsemannite, 15 Hydrotungstite; 20 Parabariomicrolite
* 04.FK Hydroxides with H₂O ± ; chains of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Bamfordite
* 04.FL Hydroxides with H₂O ± ; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra: 05 Meixnerite, 05 Jamborite, 05 Iowaite, 05 Woodallite, 05 Akdalaite, 05 Muskoxite; 10 Hydrocalumite, 15 Kuzelite; 20 Aurorite, 20 Chalcophanite, 20 Ernienickelite, 20 Jianshuiite; 25 Woodruffite, 30 Asbolane; 40 Takanelite, 40 Rancieite; 45 Birnessite, 55 Cianciulliite, 60 Jensenite, 65 Leisingite, 75 Cafetite, 80 Mourite, 85 Deloryite
* 04.FM Hydroxides with H₂O ± ; Unclassified: 15 Franconite, 15 Hochelagaite, 15 Ternovite; 25 Belyankinite, 25 Gerasimovskite, 25 Manganbelyankinite; 30 Silhydrite, 35 Cuzticite, 40 Cyanophyllite
* 04.FN: 05 Menezesite
04.G Uranyl Hydroxides
* 04.GA Without additional cations: IMA2008-022; 05 Metaschoepite, 05 Paraschoepite, 05 Schoepite; 10 Ianthinite; 15 Metastudtite, 15 Studtite
* 04.GB With additional cations ; with mainly UO₂₅ pentagonal polyhedra: 05 Compreignacite, 05 Agrinierite, 05 Rameauite; 10 Billietite, 10 Becquerelite, 10 Protasite; 15 Richetite; 20 Calciouranoite, 20 Bauranoite, 20 Metacalciouranoite; 25 Fourmarierite, 30 Wolsendorfite, 35 Masuyite; 40 Metavandendriesscheite, 40 Vandendriesscheite; 45 Vandenbrandeite, 50 Sayrite, 55 Curite, 60 Iriginite, 65 Uranosphaerite, 70 Holfertite
* 04.GC With additional cations; with UO₂₆ hexagonal polyhedra: 05 Clarkeite, 10 Umohoite, 15 Spriggite
04.H V Vanadates
*
04.I Ice group
04.X Unclassified Strunz Oxides
*04.XX Unknown: 00 Ungursaite*, 00 Scheteligite?