gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1988.052.364.14 Short Communications Formal Definitions of Type Mineral Specimens Dunn Pete J. * Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. Mandarino Joseph A. † Department of Mineralogy and Geology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada M5S 2C6 and Department of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1

U.S.A. member, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association.

Chairman, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association.

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