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The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals

¹ Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA–CNMNC), Secretary
² Laboratoire de Minéralogie et de Cristallochimie, B-18, Université de Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium IMA–CNMNC, Vice-Chairman
³ CSIRO, Private Bag 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia
⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche e Petrologiche, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125, Torino, Italy

^* Corresponding author, e-mail: smills{at}eos.ubc.ca

A simplified definition of a mineral group is given on the basis of structural and compositional aspects. Then a hierarchical scheme for group nomenclature and mineral classification is introduced and applied to recent nomenclature proposals. A new procedure has been put in place in order to facilitate the future proposal and naming of new mineral groups within the IMA–CNMNC framework.

Key-words: mineral group, supergroup, nomenclature, mineral classification, IMA–CNMNC.