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Article: New book on new minerals!
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- Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright Mineralogical Record Mar/Apr 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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We are proud to present a new reference work containing detailed abstracts, written by Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino, covering all 219 new minerals described during the years 1991-1994. Most of these have not appeared previously in the Mineralogical Record, or anywhere else, but were written and compiled specifically for this book, the first of a series.
Joe Mandarino's abstracts of newly described mineral species have been appearing in the Mineralogical Record since 1995 and have been widely praised. Mandarino, as the former chairman of the I.M.A.'s Committee on New Minerals and Mineral Names, is an eminent authority on new minerals. In fact, some of his abstracts have the unique distinction of ...