Fundamentals of Earth and Environmental Sciences A

Name : Defry Hastria

Student ID no : 1715061040
Grade : M1
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Rock is assemblage of minerals, (agglomerated)
Mineral is a naturally occurring homogenous characterized by a highly ordered atomic
structure and characteristic chemical composition. ( Mineralogy for Petrologist: Optic,
Chemistry, and Occurrences of Rock-Forming Minerals, Michel Demange, 2009)
A mineral is an element or chemical compound that is normally crystalline and that has been
formed as a result of geological processes. (Nickel, 1995)
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THE STANDARDISATION OF MINERAL GROUP HIERARCHIES:
APPLICATION TO RECENT NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS

Stuart J. MILLS, Frdric HATERT, Ernest H. NICKEL, and Giovanni FERRARIS

There has been no systematic approach to mineral group naming or a definite hierarchical
system put in place. There is also no system for the proposal and approval of mineral groups
and group names. This proposal aims to standardise group nomenclature by introducing a
hierarchy in which to classify mineral species (applied to recent nomenclature proposals) and
to introduce a new procedure for the approval of new mineral groups.

Definition of a Mineral Group

Mineral species can be grouped in a number of different ways, on the basis of chemistry, crystal
structure, occurrence, association, genetic history, or resource. To be simplified: a mineral
group consist of two or more minerals with the same or essentially the same structure, and
composed of chemically similar elements. The expression the same structure means isotypic
structures, i.e., structures belonging to one structural type. (MgO, FeO and NaCl have the same
atom arrangement octahedral), Chemically similar elements is taken to mean elements that
have similar crystal-chemical behaviour (Quartz and tridymite are SiO2).

Hierarchy of Mineral

Mineral
No. Definition Classification
Hierarchy
Mineral Classified primarily on the Native elements, sulphides,
Class main anion (O2-, S2- etc), sulphosalts, halides, oxides,
anionic complex (OH-, SO2-4, hydroxides, arsenites (including
CO2-2, PO3-2, BxOZ-y, antimonites, bismuthites, sulphites,
1.
SIxOZ-y etc) or lack of an selenites and tellurites), carbonates,
anion (native elements) to form nitrates, borates,sulphate, arsenates,
classes. vanadates, silicates and organic
Chemical composition. compounds.
Mineral Where the configuration and Neso-, soro-, cyclo-, ino-, phyllo-
Subclass bonding of tetrahedra are used and tecto-; borate and silicate classes
2.
to group structurally similar
minerals.
Mineral Apply to groups and/or Zeolite family (framework structures
3.
Family supergroups having similar containing cavities)
 structural and/or chemical
features that make them
unique.
Mineral Consist of two or more groups
Supergroup which have essentially the
same structure and composed
4.
of chemically similar elements.
Mineral Consist of two or more
Group(s) minerals with the same or
essentially the same structure
5.
and composed of chemically
similar element.
Feldspathoid family.
Chemical feature: pyrite-marcasite
family.
Same mineral class (epidote
supergroup),
Different mineral class (alunite
supergroup),
Apatite supergroup (vanadinite no
mineral group)
Ex.alunite group, benudantite group,
dussertite group, plumogummite
group (alunite supergroup),
Astrophyllite group

Mineral Should be used for minerals of Homologous series: illianite and

subgroup or homologous series or pavonite series, and sulphosalt series
6 mineral polysomatic series where they Polysomatic series: biopyriboles and
series do not meet the strict definition heterophyllosilicates
of a mineral group.

Naming the group and supergroup levels should be taken from the first mineral to have been
adequately characterised or a historically significant name which no longer defines a single
mineral species.
A mineral group (or supergroup) can be introduced in the following different ways:
1. If an author (or group of authors) is submitting a new mineral proposal to the CNMNC
Chairman, whereby the new mineral would either become the second mineral of a new group,
or a group has not been validated previously (and has more than two members), the author(s)
can submit at the same time as the new mineral proposal, a proposal for the creation of a new
group.
2. During a nomenclature report by a CNMNC subcommittee handled by the CNMNC
Secretary.
3. In a proposal by an author (or group of authors) to the CNMNC Vice-Chairman (responsible
for changes to existing nomenclature) to create a new mineral group (or supergroup) based on
data collected by those author(s).