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Mineral names applied to synthetic substances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Ernest H. Nickel
Ernest H. Nickel*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Exploration & Mining Wembley, WA 6014, Australia
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Extract

Guidelines on mineral nomenclature published by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International Mineralogical Association (Nickel and Mandarino, 1988) include the following statement: "If an artificial substance has been given a name, and a mineral corresponding to that substance is subsequently discovered, the name given to the artificial substance does not necessarily have to be applied to the mineral".

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Short Communications
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 60 , Issue 401 , August 1996 , pp. 670
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1996

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References

Nickel, E.H. and Mandarino, J.A. (1988) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, and guidelines on mineral nomenclature. Mineral. Mag., 52, 275–92.CrossRefGoogle Scholar