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Mineralogical ClassificationMineral nomenclature. IMA 2014-A / 2014-C: thénardite and litidionite renamings

8th Jul 2016 08:51 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager

Reference:

▪ Bayliss, P. (2015): Mineral Nomenclature. Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 775.

Abstract:

CNMNC of IMA approved the mineral names thénardite (IMA 2014-A) and litidionite (IMA 2014-C).

8th Jul 2016 12:47 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

Hi Marco

Perhaps I'm a bit dim but I thought thenardite was already an approved mineral name/ species centuries ago.

How come CNMNC only just approved it? Or are the Canadians a bit slow (sorry Rob):-D

Cheers

Keith

8th Jul 2016 13:43 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

The name change from thenardite to thénardite was approved.

8th Jul 2016 14:43 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

Thanks Uwe

At least I don't have to change my labels - I already spelt it that way based on Handbook of Mineralogy.

And I take that back about the Canadians !!:-D

Cheers

Keith

12th Jul 2016 06:34 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

So what were the arguments of the CNMNC in favor of changing the spelling of this mineral name?

After all, it was first published as thenardite, without the accent ...

Is the CNMNC trying to correct all mineral names that were named after individuals and have "spelling errors"?

Cheers, Herwig

12th Jul 2016 06:54 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

They'll have a tough time imposing the use of accented letters on the english-speaking world. Most english speakers will continue to write names without accent marks, whether official or not. Most english speakers can't even find the accented letters on their computer keyboards. :-D

I can... áäéí... etc. ...but still a relatively trivial distinction, imho. Equally comprehensible with or without the accent marks.

And search engines don't care at all.