The IMA-CNMNC dominant-constituent rule revisited and extended

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-728

  Hatert, Frédéric ^a   Burke, Ernst A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dominant constituent rule; Dominant valency rule; IMA CNMNC; Mineral nomenclature; Solid solution series

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TERMINOLOGY;

DOMINANT-CONSTITUENT RULE; DOMINANT-VALENCY RULE; IMA-CNMNC; MINERAL NOMENCLATURE; SOLID-SOLUTION SERIES;

ATOMS;

MINERALOGY; NEW MINERAL; NOMENCLATURE; SOLID SOLUTION; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 50649117511     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.3.717     Document Type: Article

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