矿物名称及其若干问题的讨论

矿物名称在矿物学的发展中起到了重要的作用。到目前为止，地球上已发现的矿物种已经达到4000余种，它们如何科学和系统地命名成为了一个重要的问题。因此，矿物命名的标准和规则问题也越来越为矿物学家所重视。本文对矿物名称的历史渊源和命名方法进行了简要介绍，并对矿物名称中蕴涵的共有特性进行了较为深入的分析和总结。在此基础上，结合中、英文矿物名称的特点对当前矿物命名中存在的一些问题进行了讨论，并提出了相应的改进建议。

Argumentation on Some Issues of Mineral Names and Nomenclature

The mineral names and their nomenclature play an important role in the development of mineralogy. At present, over 4000 minerals on the Earth have been found, how their names are given scientifically and systematically seems to be an important question. Therefore, the regulations and criterions for the mineral nomenclature receive more and more attentions. This review firstly introduces the brief history of mineral names and mineral nomenclature, and then summarizes the mutual characteristics that drawn out form the mineral names. Some problems about the present mineral nomenclature existed in English and Chinese mineral names, especially in terms of Chinese to English and English to Chinese translations, are discussed and the improving suggestions are also mentioned.