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MUSEOLOGIA SCIENTIFICA E DIDATTICA MUSEALE SABRINA NAZZARENI
L18 5
CRITERI DI CLASSIFICAZIONE
La sistematica utilizza sette raggruppamenti detti categorie sistematiche.
Le categorie sistematiche sono ordinate in senso gerarchico dalla pi piccola alla pi grande: Specie,
genere, famiglia, ordine, classe, phylum, regno.
Classificazione in base a
STRUTTURA CRISTALLINA OMOGENEITÀ CHIMICA
SERIE POLIMORFE
STRUNZ CLASSIFICATION
"Prof Hugo Strunz introduced a chemical-structural classification of the entire domain of minerals
(Mineralogische Tabellen, 1941), followed by A.S.Povarennykh with a modified classification (1966 in
Russian, 1972 in English). The chemical-structural classification of H. Strunz has gone through a number
of editions, and is currently in the process of being refined in the light of recent crystal-structure
determinations (Nickel-Strunz Version 10) by the late Ernest H. Nickel and others. In the current system,
minerals are divided into 10 major compositional classes (1)elements, 2)sulfides, 3)halides, 4)oxides,
5)nitrates, carbonates, 6)borates, 7)sulfates, 8)phosphates, 9)silicates, 10)organic compounds) which are
subdivided into divisions, families and groups on the basis of chemical composition and crystal
structure." (See IMA Commission on Classification of Minerals (CCM) activity report)
DANA CLASSIFICATION
"The first entry for each mineral species is a number containing four parts separated by periods. It
represents a hierarchical system parallel to that of Linneaus but based on a combination of chemistry and
crystal structure of the minerals. These numbers facilitate insertion and addition of a new species into a list
emphasizing close chemical and structural affiliations, an advantage since each mineral is known by a
different, and not necessarily related, name."
"The first consideration in generating the numbers was division into classes based on composition or, in the
case of silicates, on dominant structural elements." The first number, therefore, represents the class of the
mineral. The second number represents the type of mineral which in some cases is based on the atomic
characteristics. The third number represents the group to which these minerals belong based on structural
similarities. The fourth number is assigned to the individual mineral species.
SOLFURI SOLFURI
SILICATI SILICATI
COMPOSTI ORGANICI