This paper discusses the confusion in writing forms of adjectival modifiers for mineralogical nomenclature, especially in Chinese, and analyses the reasons resulting in this situation. Based on the above analyses, the author proposes a unified rule for writiag adjectival modifiers in the mineralogical nomenclature in Chinese.
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