Formal Definitions of Type Mineral Specimens

Pete J. Dunn* and Joseph A. Mandarino
Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
Department of Mineralogy and Geology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada M5S 2C6 and Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
*U.S.A. member, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association.
Chairman, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association.
Keywords: mineral • type specimens

Mineralogical Magazine; March 1988 v. 52; no. 364; p. 129-131; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1988.052.364.14
© 1988, The Mineralogical Society
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