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The oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O^2-) is bonded to one or more metal ions. The hydroxide bearing minerals are typically included in the oxide class. The minerals with complex anion groups such as the silicates, sulfates, carbonates and phosphates are classed separately.

Simple oxides:

• X₂O and XO
  • Cuprite Cu₂O
  • Ice H₂O
  • Periclase group
    • Periclase MgO
    • Manganosite MnO
  • Zincite group
    • Zincite ZnO
    • Bromellite BeO
    • Tenorite CuO
    • Litharge PbO
• X₂O₃
  • Hematite group
    • Corundum Al₂O₃
    • Hematite Fe₂O₃
    • Ilmenite FeTiO₃
• XO₂
  • Rutile group
    • Rutile TiO₂
    • Pyrolusite MnO₂
    • Cassiterite SnO₂
  • Baddeleyite ZrO₂
  • Uraninite UO₂
  • Thorianite ThO₂
• XY₂O₄
  • Spinel group
    • Spinel MgAl₂O₄
    • Gahnite ZnAl₂O₄
    • Magnetite Fe₃O₄ (Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄)
    • Franklinite (Zn,Fe,Mn)(Fe,Mn)₂O₄
    • Chromite FeCr₂O₄
  • Chrysoberyl BeAl₂O₄
  • Columbite(Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)₂O₆

Hyroxide subgroup:

• Brucite Mg(OH)₂
• Manganite MnO(OH)
• Romanechite BaMn²⁺Mn⁴⁺₈O₁₆(OH)₄
• Goethite group
  • Diaspore αAlO(OH)
  • Goethite αFeO(OH)

References

• 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