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Nomenclature of the Micas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Milan Rieder ,
Giancarlo Cavazzini ,
Yurii S. D'yakonov ,
Viktor A. Frank-Kamenetskii ,
Glauco Gottardi ,
Stephen Guggenheim ,
Pavel W. Koval’ ,
Georg Müller ,
Ana M. R. Neiva  and
Edward W. Radoslovich
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Milan Rieder
Affiliation:
Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Giancarlo Cavazzini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Università di Padova, Corso Garibaldi, 37, I-35122 Padova, Italy
Yurii S. D'yakonov
Affiliation:
VSEGEI, Srednii pr., 74, 199 026 Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Stephen Guggenheim
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor St., Chicago, Illinois 60607-7059, USA
Pavel W. Koval’
Affiliation:
Institut geokhimii SO AN Rossii, ul. Favorskogo 1 a, Irkutsk-33, Russia 664 033
Georg Müller
Affiliation:
Institut für Mineralogie und Mineralische Rohstoffe, Technische Universität Clausthal, Postfach 1253, D-38670 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Ana M. R. Neiva
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Universidade de Coimbra, Apartado 3014, 3049 Coimbra CODEX, Portugal
Jean-Louis Robert
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur la Synthèse et la Chimie des Minéraux, C.N.R.S., 1A, Rue de la Férollerie, 45071 Orléans CEDEX 2, France
Francesco P. Sassi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Università di Padova, Corso Garibaldi, 37, I-35122 Padova, Italy
Hiroshi Takeda
Affiliation:
Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino City, Chiba 275, Japan
Zdeněk Weiss
Affiliation:
Central Analytical Laboratory, Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy, Tř. 17.listopadu, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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Abstract

End members and species defined with permissible ranges of composition are presented for the true micas, the brittle micas and the interlayer-cation-deficient micas. The determination of the crystallochemical formula for different available chemical data is outlined, and a system of modifiers and suffixes is given to allow the expression of unusual chemical substitutions or polytypic stacking arrangements. Tables of mica synonyms, varieties, ill-defined materials and a list of names formerly or erroneously used for micas are presented. The Mica Subcommittee was appointed by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (“Commission”) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA). The definitions and recommendations presented were approved by the Commission.

Keywords

MicaNomenclature
Type
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 46 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 586 - 595
Copyright
Copyright © 1998, The Clay Minerals Society

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Russia; died 1994.

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Italy; died 1988.

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Australia; resigned 1986.

U.S.A.; died 1984.

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