NEW MINERALS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION ON NEW MINERALS AND MINERAL NAMES INTERNATIONAL MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Some time ago the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names decided that we could do a distinct service to the mineralogical community if we published very short descriptions of newly approved mineral species without, of course, their names. The purpose of this is to assist mineralogists who are working on new minerals which may be the same ar; these approved species, which have not been published yet The frequency of multiple proposals for the same species is increasing and it is hoped that this service will alert prospective proposers to the existence of these new species and thus save them some time and frustration in coming in second or third with the same mineral.