Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals

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Research Article| January 01, 2010 Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals Donna L. Whitney; Donna L. Whitney * 1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, U.S.A. *E-mail: dwhitney@umn.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bernard W. Evans Bernard W. Evans 2Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Box 351310, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98185, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Donna L. Whitney * 1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, U.S.A. Bernard W. Evans 2Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Box 351310, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98185, U.S.A. *E-mail: dwhitney@umn.edu Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America Received: 11 Aug 2009 Accepted: 13 Aug 2009 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1945-3027 Print ISSN: 0003-004X © 2010 American Mineralogist American Mineralogist (2010) 95 (1): 185–187. https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2010.3371 Article history Received: 11 Aug 2009 Accepted: 13 Aug 2009 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Donna L. Whitney, Bernard W. Evans; Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals. American Mineralogist 2010;; 95 (1): 185–187. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2010.3371 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyAmerican Mineralogist Search Advanced Search Nearly 30 years have elapsed since Kretz (1983) provided the mineralogical community with a systematized list of abbreviations for rock-forming minerals and mineral components. Its logic and simplicity have led to broad acceptance among authors and editors who were eager to adopt a widely recognized set of mineral symbols to save space in text, tables, and figures. Few of the nearly 5000 known mineral species occur in nature with a frequency sufficient to earn repeated mention in the geoscience literature and thus qualify for the designation "rock-forming mineral," but a reasonable selection of the most common and useful rock-forming minerals... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.