The oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O2−) 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.

Oxide mineral exhibit at the Museum of Geology in South Dakota

Simple oxides

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  • XO form
    • Periclase group
      • Periclase MgO
      • Manganosite MnO
    • Zincite group

Nickel–Strunz class 4: oxides

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IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009). This list uses it to modify the Nickel–Strunz classification (mindat.org, 10 ed, pending publication).

  • Abbreviations:
    • "*": discredited (IMA/CNMNC status)
    • "?": questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status)
    • "REE": Rare-earth element (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
    • "PGE": Platinum-group element (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)
    • 03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates (04.H V[5,6] Vanadates), 09 Silicates:
      • Neso: insular (from Greek: νησος, romanizednēsos, lit.'island')
      • Soro: grouping (from Greek: σωροῦ, romanized: sōros; heap, mound (especially of corn))
      • Cyclo: ring
      • Ino: chain (from Greek: ις [genitive: ινος, inos], fibre)
      • Phyllo: sheet (from Greek: φύλλον, romanized: phyllon, lit.'leaf')
      • 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

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Class: hydroxides

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References

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  • Palache, Charles, Harry Berman and Clifford Frondel, 1944, The System of Mineralogy, Wiley, 7th ed. Vol. 1, p. 490 ff.
  • Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, Wiley, 20th ed., pp. 295–318
  • Webmineral Dana Oxides
  • Stuart J. Mills; Frédéric Hatert; Ernest H. Nickel & Giovanni Ferraris (2009). "The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals" (PDF). Eur. J. Mineral. 21: 1073–1080. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  • Nickel, Ernest H.; Nichols, Monte C. (March 2009). "IMA-CNMNC List of Mineral Names" (PDF). IMA-CNMNC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  • Ferraiolo, Jim. "Nickel–Strunz (Version 10) Classification System". webmineral.com.