• 责任者：Liu Jinqiu (School of Earth and Space Sciences ; Peking University ; Beijing 100871 ; China) ; Qin Shan
• 刊名：Geological Review
• 出版年：2009
• 卷期：55(4)
• 关键词：矿物 ; minerals ; 术语 ; nomenclature
• 页码：p.496-502
• 图表：13 refs.
• 分类号：0700
• issnNo：ISSN0371-5736
• isbnNo：CN11-1952/P

The mineral names and their nomenclature play an important role in the development of mineralogy. At present, over 4 000 minerals on the Earth have been found, how their names are given scientifically and systematically seems to be an important question. Therefore, the regulations and criterions for the mineral nomenclature receive more and more attentions. This review firstly introduces the brief history of mineral names and mineral nomenclature, and then summarizes the mutual characteristics that drawn out form the mineral names.