Organic compounds (minerals)

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Some organic compounds are valid minerals, recognized by the CNMNC (IMA).

Nickel–Strunz classification −10- Organic compounds

  • Abbreviations:
    • "*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
    • "?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • 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: organic compounds

  • 10.A Salts of organic acids
    • 10.AA Formates, Acetates, etc.: 05 formicaite, 10 dashkovaite, 20 acetamide, 25 calclacite, 30 paceite, 35 hoganite
    • 10.AB Oxalates: 05 humboldtine, 05 lindbergite; 10 glushinskite, 15 moolooite, 20 stepanovite, 25 minguzzite, 30 wheatleyite, 35 zhemchuzhnikovite, 40 weddellite, 45 whewellite, 50 caoxite, 55 oxammite, 60 natroxalate, 65 coskrenite-(Ce), 70 levinsonite-(Y), 75 zugshunstite-(Ce), 80 novgorodovaite
    • 10.AC Benzene Salts: 05 mellite, 10 earlandite, 15 pigotite?
    • 10.AD Cyanates: 05 julienite*, 10 kafehydrocyanite*
  • 10.B Hydrocarbons
  • 10.C Miscellaneous organic minerals

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