The abstracts of new mineral species provided here have been prepared by Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino, former Chairman of the International Mineralogical Association's Council on New Minerals and Mineral Names. The original descriptions from which these abstracts have been derived have been gathered from the worldwide mineralogical literature, translated where necessary from a wide range of languages and journals. In the past we have been publishing these in The Mineralogical Record; now they will henceforth be posted here instead. This will allow us to present an unlimited number of new abstracts in a timely fashion, without having to wait for available space in the magazine. The abstracts can be called up from either of the two drop-down menus above. The alphabetical menu (on the left) will be most useful when a particular species is being sought. The chronological listing (on the right) presents the species according to the year of publication (and then alphabetically within that year), so that the most recently added species can easily be found.

An Introduction by Dr. Mandarino providing detailed background on the abstracts, what they include and how they are prepared may be called up by clicking on "INTRODUCTION" (below). Comments, suggestions, queries and corrections may be directed to the Publisher, Dr. Wendell E. Wilson (minrecord@comcast.net), or to Dr. Mandarino directly (j.a.mandarino@sympatico.ca).

INTRODUCTION