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Article: DIACRITICAL MARKS IN MINERAL NAMES
- Article from:
- Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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At least 168 mineral species names should properly include diacritical marks if they are to conform perfectly with the spelling approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (now the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification) of the International Mineralogical Association.
For several years I have been growing increasingly concerned about the problem of the omission of diacritical marks that should be included in some mineral names. English is one of the few European languages thai does nol generally require the use of diacritical marks, except for a few borrowed words such as café (the dots on i and j have no significance) and a rarely used dieresis. For ...