加拿大原型产地矿物种名称的中文译名

Recommended Chinese naming for minerals from type localities in Canada

加拿大原型产地的矿物种数计208种,其中118个是具有人名或地名意义的矿物种名。这些矿物的现中文译名多数采用化学成分名称,未能体现原作者的意愿,与IMA-CNMNC关于新矿物的命名原则和译名规则不相符合。本文根据英文的人名与地名,采用音译方法,列举这些矿物的英文名称、原命名依据和现中文译名,并列出新的建议中文译名。

There are 208 species of minerals first found in Canada.Among them 118 species were originally named after localities and persons.The current Chinese names of these minerals mostly were translated and named after chemical compositions characteristics.The Chinese naming for these minerals does not follow the description by original authors and the general guidelines for mineral nomenclature by IMA-CNMNC.According to the spelling rule,the recommended Chinese names are listed for the 118 mineral species with the English names,original naming rules,existing Chinese names,and recommended Chinese naming.