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Dominant valency, end members, and reciprocal systems

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The rules of choosing names of minerals pertaining to solid solutions, including those forming reciprocal systems, are discussed. The dominant-valency rule suggested in 2008 is not sufficiently justified and cannot be recommended for use.

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    V. V. Dolivo-Dobrovol’sky

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Dolivo-Dobrovol’sky, 2009, published in Zapiski RMO (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society), 2009, No. 4, pp. 44–52.

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Dolivo-Dobrovol’sky, V.V. Dominant valency, end members, and reciprocal systems. Geol. Ore Deposits 52, 618–623 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701510070135

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