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0B12. List of Mineral Abbreviations

Recommendations by the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks: Web

version 01.02.07

Jaakko Siivola1

and Rolf Schmid2

1 J. Siivola, Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, Finland2 R. Schmid, ETH-Centre, Zrich, Switzerland

1BIntroduction

This list contains abbrevations for 240 mineral species, series, subgroups and groups. It mainly

follows the list published by Kretz (1983), critically reviewed and adapted to the currentclassification and nomenclature of minerals. 182 of the 192 abbreviations listed by Kretz have

been accepted. 58 new abbreviations have been added, in part new mineral names, and in part

names for groups of mineral species. Rules are given on how to expand the abbreviations togenerate abbreviations for numerous other mineral names based on the same root term.

The use of prefixes and suffixes with the mineral abbreviations is also explained

2BImportance of recommended mineral abbreviations

The use of systematic compound names as recommended by the SCMR (Schmid et al., this vol.)

requires all the mineral names to be given as prefixes to the structural root term. This may resultin very long names. If the mineral names are replaced by abbreviations, the length of the terms

can be reduced to more than the half. Also in phase diagrams, databases and for many otherpurposes mineral abbreviations are very helpful.

3BBasis of the list

In 1983 Kretz published a list of mineral abbreviations, containing 192 entries. It has been

widely accepted and its use is recommended by several journals (e.g. American Mineralogist).

The SCMR proposes to adopt this list with the following changes.

1. Due to incompatibility with the list of mineral species in Mandarino & Back (2004), thefour mineral names, carnegieite, fassaite (for ferrian aluminian diopside or augite), protoenstatiteand thompsonite are removed.

2. Acmite (Acm) is replaced by aegirine (Aeg)3. Cam and Cpx which currently stand for Ca-clinoamphibole and Ca-clinopyroxeneshould simply stand for clinoamphibole and clinopyroxene.4. Chrysotile (Ctl) becomes a group name comprising the polymorphs clino-, ortho- andparachrysotile (Cctl, Octl and Pctl).

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5. The abbreviations Fac, Fed, Fts, Mkt and Mrb are replaced by Fe2-Act, Fe2-Ed, Fe2-Ts,Mg-Kt and Mg-Rbk. Though longer, these abbreviations follow the general rules for usingabbreviations as outlined below.

The list of names for minerals and mineral groups proposed by Mandarino & Back (2004) wasexamined and a number of prominent names for minerals and mineral groups were selected for

use in the SCMR list (these new entries are indicated in Table 12.1 with the entry Newabbreviation in the second last column and with no entry in the last column).Farther names for groups or subgroups which are not found in Mandarino & Back (2004) but

which were thought to be useful for field-based studies have also been included in the SCMR list(these are indicated in Table 12.1 with the entry Not mentioned in the last column). These

new names do not have, of course, the same character and rank as names listed by Mandarino &

Back (2004). The latter are here termed certified names, in contrast to uncertified namesencompassing all other names not given by Mandarino & Back.

All of these additional names were given abbreviations, mostly with three letters (three letterswere used to avoid possible confusion with symbols for chemical elements, and to allow

sufficient flexibility for further abbreviations in the future), only 4 important mineral groups

were given two letter abbreviations, namely: amphibole (Am), pyroxene (Px), carbonatemineral (Cb) and opaque mineral (Op).

4BRules for using the abbreviations

a) Mineral or chemical component? Distinction made by using capital or lower case initialletters in the mineral name or abbreviation: If in a paper the same mineral name or mineral

abbreviation is used for a natural mineral as well as for a chemical component (end member),and if it is not evident which of the two connotations is meant, it is recommended that the

mineral name and its abbreviation are written with a capital letter (e.g. Albite, Ab) and that lower

case is used if the reference is to a chemical component (e.g. albite, ab). In other cases where it isevident that a mineral is meant, lower case initial letters may be used for both the mineral name

and its abbreviation.

b) Expansion of the abbreviations in Table 12.1 by specifying the chemical composition of amineral: The chemical composition can be specified by placing chemical element symbols witha hyphen in front of the abbreviation: e.g. Ca-Cpx (Ca-clinopyroxene). The valence of Fe (or

other elements) may be indicated by Fe2 or Fe3, for example, CaMgFe2-Grt (grossular-pyrope-

almandine garnet). Prefixing of chemical elements in front of mineral names or theirabbreviations should follow the same rule as prefixing mineral names or mineral abbreviations in

front of rock names (see below and Schmid et al., this vol.) that is, they should be arranged inorder of increasing abundance. This means, in the case of the garnet example given above that

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rules: 1): replace clino by C, ortho by O, para by P, etc., and add the letter without a hyphen

directly to the root name. 2) Use the symbol for the chemical element mentioned in the mineralname according to Mandarino and Back (2004) and place it with a hyphen in front of the root

name or the qualified root name (e.g. C + root name, O + root name, etc.). Ferro- is given as Fe2-, ferri- as Fe3-, magnesio- as Mg-, calcio- as Ca-, hydroxy- and hydroxyl- as OH-, sodic- as Na-,

etc. Examples: from the root name holmquistite (Hq), clinoferroholmquistite is given as Fe2-Chq; from the root name chrysotile (Ctl), orthochrysotile as Octl; parachrysotile (Pctl); from theroot name glaucophane (Gln), ferroglaucophane as Fe2-Gln; from the root name pyrophillite

(Prl), ferripyrophillite as Fe3-Prl; from the root name hastingsite (Hs), magnesiohastingsite asMg-Hs; from the root name humite (Hu), hydroxyclinohumite as OH-Chu; from the root name

gedrite (Ged), sodic-ferrogedrite as NaFe2-Ged. This rule makes the abbreviations Fac, Fed, Fts,

Mkt and Mrb of Kretz redundant. Some examples of expanded abbreviations following the rulesb and c are already incorporated in Table 12.1, as a memo for this kind of expansion. They are

indicated by the entry expanded from in the second last column of the table.d) Expansion of the abbreviations of Table 12.1 by suffixes: Suffixes may be added to theabbreviations. As an example: Allanite (Aln) is a mineral of the epidote group. It may be

considered as a type of mineral subgroup consisting of the mineral species Allanite-(Ce) andAllanite-(Y). It is recommended to abbreviate these names as Aln-(Ce) and Aln-(Y). Thebrackets around the chemical element symbols are necessary in order to distiguish the symbolsfrom possible similar root names.

e) Internal hyphenation of certified mineral names and their abbreviations: In some caseswhen prefixes or suffixes are added to mineral abbreviations, it might not be clear whether these

qualifiers are an integral part of a certified mineral name (as listed by Mandarino & Back, 2004),for example, NaFe2-Ged (Sodic-Ferrogedrite) or whether they are chemical modifiers additionalto a name, for example, CaMgFe2-Grt (grossular-pyrope-almandine garnet). To remove this

ambiguity it is recommended that the hyphen(s) are replaced by the underscore character ( _ )

when the abbreviation is part of a certified mineral name, that is, NaFe2_Ged

(Sodic_Ferrogedrite), and to use the hypen(s) in uncertified names that is, CaMgFe2-Grt(grossular-pyrope-almandine garnet). See also the following paragraph.

f) Prefixing rock names with abbreviations for major minerals 1: Using mineral abbreviationsfor specifying that a major mineral ( 5% by volume) is present in a rock: If the mineral is an

essential constitutent of that rock it is not mentioned. If it is not an essential mineral then set it in

front of the rock name (without a hyphen). Example: grt amphibolite, that is an amphibolite withplagioclase and amphibole in the amounts specified by its definition, and in addition garnet in an

amount of 5%. If more than one major mineral is present, place the mineral names or themineral abbreviations in order of increasing abundance in front of the rock name and hyphenate

them (without a hyphen before the rock name). Example: am-grt pyriclasite, that is a rock with

the essential minerals pyroxene (cpx and/or opx) and plagioclase, and containing garnet andamphibole both in amounts of5%. Garnet is more abundant than amphibole. Special case: an

abbreviation within several others prefixing a rock name contains an internal hyphen. In order tomake clear that this internal hyphen is part of the abbreviation and doesnt separate two

abbreviations, the following is recommended: if the whole abbreviation with the internal hyphen

is a certified mineral name, replace it by the underscore character ( _ ) (see also paragraph e). Ifit is not a certified name: add a space in front and after the abbreviation (or mineral name) in

order to separate it clearly from the adjacent abbreviations.



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g) Prefixing or suffixing abbreviations for minerals only sporadic in a rock series, inamounts of 0 up to 5%: Example: Garnet in a series of cpx amphibolites. The name of theseries is: cpx amphibolites grt, or: cpx grt amphibolites (see definition of the symbol in

Schmid et al., this vol., Table 1.2). Another example: if either garnet or biotite occur in a seriesof amphibolites, both in amounts of 0 up to 5%, but never together: grt or bt amphibolites,

or: amphibolites grt or bt. If garnet and biotite may sometimes coexist: grt bt amphibolites,or: amphibolites grt bt. If garnet and biotite always occur together or are both absent: grt-btamphibolites, or: amphibolites grt-bt.

h) Prefixing abbreviations for minor minerals in front of rock names: According to theSCMR rules for naming rocks, minor minerals (< 5% by volume)need not be implicit in rock

names, in contrast to major minerals. But they may be mentioned, and it is recommended to do

so, if they are thought to be critical (see critical constituent, Schmid et al., this vol.). Thisshould be done using the form mineral-bearing. For example, bt-ttn-bearing cpx amphibolite

represents a rock (an amphibolite) that contains: amphibole, plagioclase and clinopyroxene asmajor constitutents and titanite and biotite as minor constituents.

i) Prefixing or suffixing abbreviations for minerals only sporadically present in a specificrock type or rock series, in amounts of < 5%: Example: Rutile and/or graphite in a series ofbiotite-quartz-feldspar gneisses. The name of the series is: rt gr-bearing bt-qtz-fsp gneisses,or: bt-qtz-fsp gneisses rt gr-bearing. If in this series ilmenite is sometimes present as a minormineral, but only if rutile is also present, the name of the series would be: ilm-rt- or rt- and

gr-bearing bt-qtz-fsp gneisses, or: bt-qtz-fsp gneisses ilm-rt- or rt- and gr-bearing. If there

is no correlation with the presence of rutile, ilmenite and garnet then the form would be rt

ilm gr-bearing bt-qtz-fsp gneisses, or: bt-qtz-fsp gneisses rt ilm gr-bearing.j) Prefixing minerals to rock names: For more information about the use of mineral prefixesand on how to deal with minor minerals (< 5%) see Schmid et al. (this vol.).

5B

Conclusion

The value of mineral abbreviations depends largely on their consistent and frequent use. TheSCMR hopes that the list presented here may find international acceptance.

6BReferences

Kretz, R. (1983): Symbols for rock-forming minerals. Am. Mineral., 68, 277 - 279.

Mandarino, J.A. (1999): Fleischers Glossary of Mineral Species 1999. Eighth Edition, 1999. The MineralogicalRecord Inc., Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Mandarino, J.A. & Back, M.E. (2004): Fleischers Glossary of Mineral Species 2004. Ninth Edition, 2004. The

Mineralogical Record Inc., Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Schmid R., Fettes D., Harte B., Davis E., and Desmons J.,2007. A systematic nomenclature for metamorphic rocks.1. How to name a metamorphic rock. Recommendations by the IUGS Subcommission on the systematics of

metamorphic rocks. SCMR website ( Hwww.bgs.ac.uk/SCMRH ).



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Table 2.12.1. Abbreviations of mineral names recommended by SCMR.The same abbreviations can be used for chemical components of the same name. If it is not evident whether a mineral or achemical component is meant, chemical components may be written with small letters, e.g. ab for pure NaAlSi3O8, whereas anatural Albite crystal may be abbreviated Ab, starting with a capital letter.In this list mineral names (not their abbreviations) are arranged in alphabetical order.

Mineral name Abbre-

viation

Name for:

Mineral-

Abbreviation (Name) in

Kretz (1983)

Term in Mandarino &

Back (2004)

or Mandarino (1999)

Group, Sub-

group orSeries

Species

orcompo-

nent

Actinolite Act 0 1 IdenticalAegirine Aeg 0 1 New abbreviation replacing

Acm = Acmite not mentionedby Mandarino & Back (2004)

Aegirine-augite Agt 0 1 Identical

kermanite (Akermanite) Ak 0 1 IdenticalAlbite Ab 0 1 Identical

Alkalifeldspar Afs 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned butuseful for feldspar poorin an- but rich in or- and

ab-component

Allanite Aln 1 0 IdenticalAlmandine Alm 0 1 Identical

Alumosilicate Als 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned butuseful

Amphibole Am 1 0 New abbreviationAnalcime Anl 0 1 Identical

Anatase Ant 0 1 IdenticalAndalusite And 0 1 IdenticalAndradite Adr 0 1 IdenticalAnhydrite Anh 0 1 IdenticalAnkerite Ank 0 1 Identical

Annite Ann 0 1 IdenticalAnorthite An 0 1 Identical

Anthophyllite Ath 0 1 IdenticalAntigorite Atg 0 1 IdenticalApatite Ap 1 0 IdenticalApophyllite Apo 1 0 Identical

Aragonite Arg 1 1 Identical

Arfvedsonite Arf 0 1 IdenticalArsenopyrite Apy 1 1 Identical

Augite Aug 0 1 IdenticalAxinite Ax 1 0 IdenticalBarite Brt 1 1 Identical

Barroisite Brs 0 1 New abbreviationBeryl Brl 1 1 IdenticalBiotite Bt 1 0 IdenticalBhmite (Boehmite) Bhm 0 1 Identical

Bornite Bn 0 1 IdenticalBrookite Brk 0 1 Identical

Brucite Brc 1 1 IdenticalBustamite Bst 0 1 IdenticalCalcite Cal 1 1 IdenticalCancrinite Ccn 1 1 Identical

Carbonate mineral Cb 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned butuseful

Carpholite Cph 1 1 New abbreviationCassiterite Cst 0 1 Identical

Celadonite Cel 0 1 New abbreviationCelestine Cls 0 1 IdenticalChabazite Cbz 1 0 IdenticalChalcocite Cc 0 1 Identical

Chalcopyrite Ccp 1 1 IdenticalChamosite Chm 0 1 New abbreviationChlorite Chl 1 0 Identical

Chloritoid Cld 0 1 IdenticalChondrodite Chn 0 1 IdenticalChromite Chr 0 1 IdenticalChrysocolla Ccl 0 1 Identical

Chrysotile Ctl 1 0 Identical Not mentioned butuseful as root name forthe polymorphs clino-,

ortho- andparachrysotile

Clinoamphibole Cam 1 0 Cam = Ca clinoamphiboleIn this paper: Clinoamphibole(expanded from Am); for Ca

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Clinoamphibole:Ca-Cam (expanded from

Cam)Clinochlore Clc 0 1 New abbreviationClinoenstatite Cen 0 1 Identical

Clinoferroholmquistite Fe2-Chq 0 1 New abbreviation (expandedfrom Chq)

Clinoferrosilite Cfs 0 1 IdenticalClinoholmquistite Chq 0 1 New abbreviationClinohumite Chu 0 1 Identical

Clinopyroxene Cpx 1 0 Cpx = Ca clinopyroxeneIn this paper:

Clinopyroxene (expandedfrom Px); for CaClinopyroxene:

Ca-Cpx (expanded from Cpx)

Not mentioned butuseful

Clinozoisite Czo 0 1 Identical

Coesite Coe 0 1 New abbreviationCordierite Crd 0 1 IdenticalCorundum Crn 0 1 Identical

Covellite Cv 0 1 IdenticalCristobalite Crs 0 1 IdenticalCummingtonite Cum 0 1 IdenticalDeerite Dee 0 1 New abbreviation

Diaspore Dsp 0 1 IdenticalDigenite Dg 0 1 Identical

Diopside Di 0 1 IdenticalDolomite Dol 1 1 Identical

Dravite Drv 0 1 IdenticalEckermannite Eck 0 1 Identical

Edenite Ed 0 1 IdenticalElbaite Elb 0 1 IdenticalEnstatite En 0 1 Identical

Epidote Ep 1 1 IdenticalFayalite Fa 0 1 IdenticalFeldspar Fsp 1 0 New abbreviationFerro-Actinolite Fe2-Act 0 1 Fac;

New abbreviation (expandedfrom Act)

Ferro-Edenite Fe2-Ed 0 1 Fed;New abbreviation (expanded

from Ed)Ferrohornblende Fe2-Hbl 0 1 New abbreviation (expanded

from Hbl)

Ferrosilite Fs 0 1 IdenticalFerrotschermakite Fe2-Ts 0 1 Fts;

New abbreviation (expandedfrom Ts)

Fluorite Fl 0 1 Identical

Forsterite Fo 0 1 IdenticalGadolinite Gad 1 0 New abbreviationGalena Gn 1 1 IdenticalGarnet Grt 1 0 Identical

Gedrite Ged 0 1 IdenticalGehlenite Gh 0 1 IdenticalGibbsite Gbs 0 1 Identical

Glauconite Glt 0 1 IdenticalGlaucophane Gln 0 1 IdenticalGoethite Gt 0 1 Identical

Graphite Gr 0 1 Identical

Greenalite Gre 0 1 New abbreviationGrossular Grs 0 1 IdenticalGrunerite Gru 0 1 Identical

Gypsum Gp 0 1 IdenticalHaematite (Hematite) Hem 1 1 Identical

Halite Hl 1 1 IdenticalHastingsite Hs 0 1 IdenticalHayne Hyn 0 1 IdenticalHedenbergite Hd 0 1 IdenticalHercynite Hc 0 1 Identical

Heulandite Hul 1 0 IdenticalHgbomite (Hoegbomite) Hgb 1 0 New abbreviation

Holmquistite Hq 0 1 New abbreviationHornblende Hbl 1 0 Identical Not mentioned but

useful as a name for the

series Fe2-Hbl Mg-HblHumite Hu 1 1 Identical

Illite Ill 1 0 IdenticalIlmenite Ilm 1 1 IdenticalJadeite Jd 0 1 IdenticalJoesmithite Joe 0 1 New abbreviation



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Johannsenite Jh 0 1 IdenticalKaersutite Krs 0 1 IdenticalKalsilite Kls 0 1 IdenticalKaolinite Kln 0 1 Identical

Kaolinite-Serpentine Kln-Srp 1 0 New abbreviation (expandedfrom Kln and Srp)

Katophorite Ktp 0 1 IdenticalK-feldspar Kfs 1 0 Identical Not mentioned but

useful forAlkalifeldspar

containing more or-than ab-component

Kieserite Kie 1 1 New abbreviationKornerupine Krn 0 1 Identical

Kzulite (Kozulite) Koz 0 1 New abbreviationKyanite Ky 0 1 IdenticalLaumontite Lmt 0 1 IdenticalLawsonite Lws 1 1 Identical

Lazulite Laz 1 1 New abbreviationLepidolite Lpd 1 0 Identical

Leucite Lct 0 1 IdenticalLimonite Lm 1 0 Identical Not mentioned but

useful for hydrous Fe-oxides, mostly Goethite

Lizardite Lz 0 1 IdenticalLllingite(Loellingite) Lo 1 1 Identical

Maghemite Mgh 0 1 IdenticalMagnesiohornblende Mg-Hbl 0 1 New abbreviation (expanded

from Hbl)Magnesiokatophorite Mg-Ktp 0 1 Mkt;

New abbreviation (expandedfrom Ktp)

Magnesioriebeckite Mg-Rbk 0 1 Mrb;New abbreviation (expanded

from Rbk)Magnesiosadanagaite Mg-Sdg 0 1 New abbreviation (expanded

from Sdg)Magnesite Mgs 0 1 Identical

Magnetite Mag 0 1 IdenticalMarcasite Mrc 1 1 New abbreviationMargarite Mrg 0 1 Identical

Marialite Mar 0 1 New abbreviationMeionite Mei 0 1 New abbreviationMelilite Mel 1 1 Identical

Merwinite Mw 0 1 New abbreviationMica Mca 1 0 New abbreviationMicrocline Mc 0 1 IdenticalMinnesotaite Mns 0 1 New abbreviation

Molybdenite Mo 0 1 IdenticalMonazite Mnz 1 0 IdenticalMonticellite Mtc 0 1 Identical

Montmorillonite Mnt 0 1 IdenticalMullite Mul 0 1 IdenticalMuscovite Ms 0 1 IdenticalNatrolite Ntr 0 1 Identical

Nepheline Ne 0 1 IdenticalNorbergite Nrb 0 1 Identical

Nosean Nsn 0 1 IdenticalNybite (Nyboeite) Nyb 0 1 New abbreviationOlivine Ol 1 0 IdenticalOmphacite Omp 0 1 Identical

Opaque mineral Op 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned butuseful

Orthoamphibole Oam 1 0 Identical (expanded from Am) Not mentioned butuseful

Orthoclase Or 0 1 IdenticalOrthopyroxene Opx 1 0 Identical (expanded from Px) Not mentioned but

usefulOsumilite Osu 1 1 New abbreviationParagonite Pg 0 1 Identical

Pargasite Prg 0 1 IdenticalPectolite Pct 0 1 IdenticalPentlandite Pn 1 1 IdenticalPericlase Per 1 1 Identical

Perovskite Prv 1 1 Identical

Phengite Phg 1 0 New abbreviationPhlogopite Phl 0 1 Identical

Pigeonite Pgt 0 1 IdenticalPlagioclase Pl 1 0 Identical Not mentioned but

useful for the series Ab(an=0) An (an=100)

Potassic- KMg-Sdg 0 1 New abbreviation (expanded



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Magnesiosadanagaite from Sdg)Potassicsadanagaite K-Sdg 0 1 New abbreviation (expanded

from Sdg)Prehnite Prh 0 1 Identical

Pumpellyite Pmp 1 0 IdenticalPyrite Py 1 1 IdenticalPyrochlore Pcl 1 1 New abbreviationPyrope Prp 0 1 Identical

Pyrophyllite Prl 0 1 IdenticalPyrophyllite-Talc Prl-Tlc 1 0 New abbreviation (expanded

from Prl and Tlc)Pyroxene Px 1 0 New abbreviation

Pyrrhotite Po 0 1 IdenticalQuartz Qtz 0 1 IdenticalRhodochrosite Rds 0 1 Identical

Rhodonite Rdn 0 1 IdenticalRichterite Rit 0 1 New abbreviationRiebeckite Rbk 0 1 Identical

Rutile Rt 1 1 IdenticalSadanagaite Sdg 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned but

useful for series Mg-Sdg KMg-Sdg and K-

Sdg KMg-SdgSanidine Sa 0 1 Identical

Sapphirine Spr 0 1 IdenticalScapolite Scp 1 0 IdenticalSchorl Srl 0 1 Identical

Sepiolite Sep 0 1 New abbreviation

Sericite Ser 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned butuseful for any fine

grained colorless micaSerpentine Srp 1 0 Identical Not mentioned but

useful for part of theminerals of the Kln-Srp

group

Siderite Sd 0 1 IdenticalSillimanite Sil 0 1 IdenticalSmectite Sme 1 0 New abbreviationSodalite Sdl 1 1 Identical

Spessartine Sps 0 1 IdenticalSphalerite Sp 1 1 IdenticalSpinel Spl 1 1 Identical

Spodumene Spd 0 1 IdenticalStaurolite St 1 1 Identical

Stilbite Stb 1 0 IdenticalStilpnomelane Stp 0 1 IdenticalStishovite Stv 0 1 New abbreviationStrontianite Str 0 1 IdenticalTalc Tlc 0 1 Identical

Taramite Tmt 0 1 New abbreviationTitanite Ttn 1 1 Identical

Topaz Toz 0 1 IdenticalTourmaline Tur 1 0 IdenticalTremolite Tr 0 1 IdenticalTridymite Trd 0 1 Identical

Troilite Tro 0 1 IdenticalTschermakite Ts 0 1 IdenticalUlvspinel (Ulvoespinel) Usp 0 1 Identical

Uvarovite Uvt 0 1 New abbreviation

Vermiculite Vrm 1 0 IdenticalVesuvianite Ves 0 1 Identical

Vivianite Viv 1 1 New abbreviationWairakite Wrk 0 1 New abbreviationWhite Mica Wmca 1 0 New abbreviation Not mentioned but

useful for any colorlessmica

Winchite Win 0 1 New abbreviation

Witherite Wth 0 1 IdenticalWollastonite Wo 1 1 IdenticalWstite (Wuestite) Wus 0 1 Identical

Xenotime Xtm 1 0 New abbreviationZeolite Zeo 1 0 New abbreviationZinnwaldite Zwd 1 0 New abbreviationZircon Zrn 1 1 Identical

Zoisite Zo 0 1 Identical

Remarks:

The terms "Carnegieite" (Crn), "Protoenstatite" (Pen), "Fassaite" (Fst) and "Thompsonite" (Tmp) from the list of Kretz (1983) are not included in this list,because these minerals are not mentioned in Mandarino and Back (2004).



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In the column Mineral name: Mineral names in brackets are written as we recommend it in case the font choosen is not able to produce the special charactersin that name.

In the column Abbreviation (Name) in Kretz (1983): expanded from means: The abbreviation is expanded from a root name already existing in this listaccording to the Rules for using the abbreviations, paragraphs b, c and d, and could therefore be removed from this list too keep it short. The abbreviationsare listed as examples for correct expansions of root names. It is recommended to replace the hyphen used in such abbreviations in certain cases by theunderscore character _ (see paragraph f).



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Table 2.12.2. List of mineral abbreviations

arranged in alphabetical order.

Abbre-

viation

Mineral name Name for:

Mineral-Group, Sub-

group orSeries

Speciesorcompo-

nent

Ab Albite 0 1Act Actinolite 0 1Adr Andradite 0 1Aeg Aegirine 0 1Afs Alkalifeldspar 1 0Agt Aegirine-augite 0 1

Ak kermanite (Akermanite) 0 1Alm Almandine 0 1Aln Allanite 1 0Als Alumosilicate 1 0Am Amphibole 1 0An Anorthite 0 1And Andalusite 0 1Anh Anhydrite 0 1Ank Ankerite 0 1Anl Analcime 0 1Ann Annite 0 1

Ant Anatase 0 1Ap Apatite 1 0Apo Apophyllite 1 0Apy Arsenopyrite 1 1Arf Arfvedsonite 0 1Arg Aragonite 1 1Atg Antigorite 0 1Ath Anthophyllite 0 1Aug Augite 0 1Ax Axinite 1 0Bhm Bhmite (Boehmite) 0 1Bn Bornite 0 1

Brc Brucite 1 1Brk Brookite 0 1Brl Beryl 1 1Brs Barroisite 0 1Brt Barite 1 1Bst Bustamite 0 1Bt Biotite 1 0Cal Calcite 1 1Cam Clinoamphibole 1 0Cb Carbonate mineral 1 0Cbz Chabazite 1 0

Cc Chalcocite 0 1Ccl Chrysocolla 0 1Ccn Cancrinite 1 1Ccp Chalcopyrite 1 1Cel Celadonite 0 1Cen Clinoenstatite 0 1



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2Cfs Clinoferrosilite 0 1Chl Chlorite 1 0Chm Chamosite 0 1Chn Chondrodite 0 1Chq Clinoholmquistite 0 1Chr Chromite 0 1Chu Clinohumite 0 1Clc Clinochlore 0 1

Cld Chloritoid 0 1Cls Celestine 0 1Coe Coesite 0 1Cph Carpholite 1 1Cpx Clinopyroxene 1 0Crd Cordierite 0 1Crn Corundum 0 1Crs Cristobalite 0 1Cst Cassiterite 0 1Ctl Chrysotile 1 0Cum Cummingtonite 0 1

Cv Covellite 0 1Czo Clinozoisite 0 1Dee Deerite 0 1Dg Digenite 0 1Di Diopside 0 1Dol Dolomite 1 1Drv Dravite 0 1Dsp Diaspore 0 1Eck Eckermannite 0 1Ed Edenite 0 1Elb Elbaite 0 1En Enstatite 0 1Ep Epidote 1 1Fa Fayalite 0 1Fe2-Act Ferro-Actinolite 0 1Fe2-Chq Clinoferroholmquistite 0 1Fe2-Ed Ferro-Edenite 0 1Fe2-Hbl Ferrohornblende 0 1Fe2-Ts Ferrotschermakite 0 1Fl Fluorite 0 1Fo Forsterite 0 1Fs Ferrosilite 0 1Fsp Feldspar 1 0

Gad Gadolinite 1 0Gbs Gibbsite 0 1Ged Gedrite 0 1Gh Gehlenite 0 1Gln Glaucophane 0 1Glt Glauconite 0 1Gn Galena 1 1Gp Gypsum 0 1Gr Graphite 0 1Gre Greenalite 0 1Grs Grossular 0 1

Grt Garnet 1 0Gru Grunerite 0 1Gt Goethite 0 1Hbl Hornblende 1 0Hc Hercynite 0 1Hd Hedenbergite 0 1



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3Hem Haematite (Hematite) 1 1Hgb Hgbomite (Hoegbomite) 1 0Hl Halite 1 1Hq Holmquistite 0 1Hs Hastingsite 0 1Hu Humite 1 1Hul Heulandite 1 0Hyn Hayne 0 1

Ill Illite 1 0Ilm Ilmenite 1 1Jd Jadeite 0 1Jh Johannsenite 0 1Joe Joesmithite 0 1Kfs K-feldspar 1 0Kie Kieserite 1 1Kln Kaolinite 0 1Kln-Srp Kaolinite-Serpentine 1 0Kls Kalsilite 0 1KMg-Sdg Potassic-

Magnesiosadanagaite

0 1

Koz Kzulite (Kozulite) 0 1Krn Kornerupine 0 1Krs Kaersutite 0 1K-Sdg Potassicsadanagaite 0 1Ktp Katophorite 0 1Ky Kyanite 0 1Laz Lazulite 1 1Lct Leucite 0 1Lm Limonite 1 0Lmt Laumontite 0 1Lo Lllingite(Loellingite) 1 1Lpd Lepidolite 1 0Lws Lawsonite 1 1Lz Lizardite 0 1Mag Magnetite 0 1Mar Marialite 0 1Mc Microcline 0 1Mca Mica 1 0Mei Meionite 0 1Mel Melilite 1 1Mgh Maghemite 0 1Mg-Hbl Magnesiohornblende 0 1

Mg-Ktp Magnesiokatophorite 0 1Mg-Rbk Magnesioriebeckite 0 1Mgs Magnesite 0 1Mg-Sdg Magnesiosadanagaite 0 1Mns Minnesotaite 0 1Mnt Montmorillonite 0 1Mnz Monazite 1 0Mo Molybdenite 0 1Mrc Marcasite 1 1Mrg Margarite 0 1Ms Muscovite 0 1Mtc Monticellite 0 1Mul Mullite 0 1Mw Merwinite 0 1Ne Nepheline 0 1Nrb Norbergite 0 1Nsn Nosean 0 1



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4Ntr Natrolite 0 1Nyb Nybite (Nyboeite) 0 1Oam Orthoamphibole 1 0Ol Olivine 1 0Omp Omphacite 0 1Op Opaque mineral 1 0Opx Orthopyroxene 1 0Or Orthoclase 0 1

Osu Osumilite 1 1Pcl Pyrochlore 1 1Pct Pectolite 0 1Per Periclase 1 1Pg Paragonite 0 1Pgt Pigeonite 0 1Phg Phengite 1 0Phl Phlogopite 0 1Pl Plagioclase 1 0Pmp Pumpellyite 1 0Pn Pentlandite 1 1

Po Pyrrhotite 0 1Prg Pargasite 0 1Prh Prehnite 0 1Prl Pyrophyllite 0 1Prl-Tlc Pyrophyllite-Talc 1 0Prp Pyrope 0 1Prv Perovskite 1 1Px Pyroxene 1 0Py Pyrite 1 1Qtz Quartz 0 1Rbk Riebeckite 0 1Rdn Rhodonite 0 1Rds Rhodochrosite 0 1Rit Richterite 0 1Rt Rutile 1 1Sa Sanidine 0 1Scp Scapolite 1 0Sd Siderite 0 1Sdg Sadanagaite 1 0Sdl Sodalite 1 1Sep Sepiolite 0 1Ser Sericite 1 0Sil Sillimanite 0 1

Sme Smectite 1 0Sp Sphalerite 1 1Spd Spodumene 0 1Spl Spinel 1 1Spr Sapphirine 0 1Sps Spessartine 0 1Srl Schorl 0 1Srp Serpentine 1 0St Staurolite 1 1Stb Stilbite 1 0Stp Stilpnomelane 0 1

Str Strontianite 0 1Stv Stishovite 0 1Tlc Talc 0 1Tmt Taramite 0 1Toz Topaz 0 1Tr Tremolite 0 1



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5Trd Tridymite 0 1Tro Troilite 0 1Ts Tschermakite 0 1Ttn Titanite 1 1Tur Tourmaline 1 0Usp Ulvspinel (Ulvoespinel) 0 1Uvt Uvarovite 0 1Ves Vesuvianite 0 1

Viv Vivianite 1 1Vrm Vermiculite 1 0Win Winchite 0 1Wmca White Mica 1 0Wo Wollastonite 1 1Wrk Wairakite 0 1Wth Witherite 0 1Wus Wstite (Wuestite) 0 1Xtm Xenotime 1 0Zeo Zeolite 1 0Zo Zoisite 0 1

Zrn Zircon 1 1Zwd Zinnwaldite 1 0

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