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List of Minerals
Description
International Mineralogical Association (IMA) Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) approved list of minerals, names and abbreviations \insertCiteWarr_2021georefdatar.
Usage
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Format
A data frame with 5744 minerals with the following columns: Symbol, Name, Formula, IMA Status.
Details
This list is based on the supplementary material of
\insertCiteWarr_2021;textualgeorefdatar. Some minor harmonizations have
been made in this list as some inconsistencies were found. In addition to
minerals, this list also includes groups such as amphibole, biotite, pyroxene
... and their abbreviations.
The list has the following attributes:
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Symbol: IMA symbol/abbreviation -
Name: IMA name of the mineral -
Formula: IMA mineral formula -
IMA Status:-
A: Approved
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G: Grandfathered
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GROUP: Name of a group of mineral species
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Rd: Redefined
-
Rn: Renamed
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Q: Questioned
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I: Informal
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NL: Not listed
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An up-to-date list of IMA approved minerals can be downloaded from
RRUFF \insertCiteLafuente_2015georefdatar. However,
this list only includes minerals and not groups.
References
\insertRefWarr_2021georefdatar
\insertRefLafuente_2015georefdatar
See Also
IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols: Paper and supplementary material, \insertCiteWarr_2021georefdatar
IMA approved minerals on RRUFF
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