Open AccessMineral Names from Toponyms
Author(s) -
Breandán S. Mac Aodha
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1989.37.1.19
Subject(s) - toponymy , mineral , history , archaeology , nomenclature , geography , chemistry , biology , botany , taxonomy (biology) , organic chemistry
AbstractOf the nearly 1,500 minerals which have names commonly used among English-speaking geologists, approximately one fifth bear names derived from placenames, usually those places at which or near where the mineral was first found or is found in significant amounts. A complete list of the names of these minerals shows that places in Europe have contributed nearly half of these names and the Americas another fourth.