[Rockhounds] New list of official mineral symbols (abbreviations)

[pmodreski at aol.com]

My apology, my error, re. my last post about this!
I've just realized that the IMA-approved list DOES keep the traditional, two-letter abbreviations for the most common minerals--like ab, an, or, fo, fa.
I was sure that I'd seen an earlier version of a proposed list that offered new abbreviations to replace those common ones--maybe I did, and maybe I'm mis-remembering.  But, my fault for not looking at the new list more carefully.
(Though I'm still sort of dubious about the need for abbreviations, up to 5 characters (not counting some of the chemical element suffixes!) for all those 5744 different minerals!).
Cheers again, and happy Thanksgiving weekend still,
Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com>
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Looks like an all-nighter there will be a quiz tomorrow morning :D

Tim Fisher
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Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 8:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] New list of official mineral symbols (abbreviations)

The splitters are not happy, and now we need to learn abbreviations, doubling the number of minerals.

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 9:03 PM Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:

> Warr, L.N., 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols.
> Mineralogical Magazine, pp.1-30.
> http://cnmnc.main.jp/imacnmnc_approved_mineral_symbols.pdf
>
> “Several text symbol lists for common rock-forming minerals have been 
> published over the last 40 years, but no internationally agreed 
> standard has yet been established. This contribution presents the 
> first International Mineralogical Association (IMA) Commission on New 
> Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (
> CNMNC) approved collection of 5744 mineral name abbreviations by 
> combining four methods of nomenclature based on the Kretz symbol 
> approach.”
>
> Your,
>
> Paul H.
>
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