Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-187

  Whitney, Donna L ^a   Evans, Bernard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCK-FORMING MINERALS;

MINERALS;

MINERAL; NOMENCLATURE;

EID: 77249112921     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3371     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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4. Spear, F.S. (1993) Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Pressure-Temperature- Time Paths. Monograph 1, Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, Virginia.