Abbreviation Conventions for Spectral Library Entries

    Full                                Abbreviations

Acetate buffer treatment                Ac-B AcB
Acid treated                            acid trtd
Areal mixture				AMX
Artifact removal try                    adj adj1 adj2 etc
Black                                   blck
Blue insulation                         bluInsul
Blue woven                              blu_wovn
Blue-green                              blugrn
Brown                                   brn
Calibrated                              calib
Chlorophyll                             chl
Clear                                   clr
Clear bluish                            clrbluis
Coarse Grained                          coar
Coated                                  coatd
Constant                                const
Corrigated                              corgted
Dry and brown                           dry&brn
Efflorescent                            efflorescnt
Fibrous                                 fib
Fine grained                            fr fn
Flakes                                  fls 
Fluvial                                 fluv
Glossy white translucent                gloswhtr
Grain                                   gr.
Grain Size                              gs
Gram per liter                          g/l
Green                                   grn
Heavy                                   hv
Heavy liquid separation                 HLsp
High Al                                 hAl
Hydrochloric acid treatment             HCL
Large Grained                           lggr
Medium                                  med
Micron                                  um
Milliter                                ml
Mineral                                 min
Mineral polytype classification         1Md
Mineral polytype classification         2m2
Monzonite                               monz
Needles                                 ndls
Phyllite                                phyl
Playa                                   ply
Poorly crystallized                     pxl
Quartzite                               qtzite
Rhyolite                                rhy
Scaled to beckman reflectance           scaled Bk
Sheet                                   sht
Shifted                                 shft shf shftd
Small Aperature                         sm. ap.
Smectite                                smect smectit 
Stonewall                               Stonewall
Synthetic                               syn
Tailings                                tail
Thin film				THNFLM
Translucent brown                       translbrn
Tunnel                                  Tnl
Tunnel Sludge wet                       TnlSldgWet
Unshifted                               unshf
Vegetation                              veg
Vein                                    vn
Weathered                               weath
Well crystallized                       wxl

for percent mixtures use decimal amount (i.e. 35% should be .35)

Example
An intimate mixture of 1% goethite, 1% jarosite, and quartz (GDS256) would be written as:

gth.01+jar.01+qtz GDS256 IMX 



Mineral Names				abbreviation

acmite					acm
actinolite				act
adularia				adu
albite					alb
allanite				all
almandine				alm
alunite					aln alun
ammonio-alunite				aal
ammonium chloride			ach
ammonio-jarosite			ajr
ammonio-smectite			asm
ammonio-illite/smectite			ais
amphibole				amp, amph, amphibol
analcime				anl
andalusite				and
andesine				ads
andradite				adr
annite					ann
anorthite				anr
anthophyllite				ant
antigorite				atg
arsenopyrite				apy
attapulgite                             attapulg
augite					aug
axinite					axn
azurite					azr

barite					bar
bassinite				bsn
beryl					ber
biotite					bio biot
bloedite				bld
bronzite				brz
brookite				brk
brucite					brc
buddingtonite				bud buddingtnt
butlerite				btl
bytownite				byt

calcite					cal calc calcit
carbon black				cbl
carnallite				car
cassiterite				cas
celestite				cel
celsian					cls
chabazite				chb
chalcedony				cha
chalcopyrite				cpy
chert					che
chlorapatite				cla
chlorite				chl chlor chlorit
chromite				chr
chrysocolla				crs
chrysotile				chr
cinnabar				cin
clinochlore				cli
clinochlore-Fe				clf
clinoptilolite-zeolite			clp
clinozoisite				clz
clintonite				clt
cobaltite				cob
colemanite				col
cookeite				cok
copiapite				cop
coquimbite				coq
cordierite				crd
corrensite				crr
corundum				cor
covellite				cov
cronstedtite				crn
cummingtonite				cum
cuprite					cup

datolite				dat
desert varnish				dvr
diaspore				dia
dickite					dic
diopside				dio
dipyre					dip
dolomite				dol dolo
dumortierite				dum

elbaite					elb
endellite				end
enstatite				ens
epidote					epd epid epidot
epsomite				eps
eugsterite				eug
europium oxide				eur

fassaite				fas
ferrihydrite				fhy
feldspar                                fspar
fluorapitite				flr

galena					gal
gaylussite				gls
gibbsite				gib
glauconite				glc
glaucophane				glp
goethite				gth goeth
grossular				grs
gypsum					gyp

halite					hlt
halloysite				hal
hectorite				hec
hedenbergite				hed
hematite				hem hemat
heulandite				heu
holmquistite				hlm
hornblende				hrb
howlite					how
hydrogrossular				hyg
hydromagnesite                          hms hydroma
hydroxyl-apatite			hya hydroxyapop
hypersthene				hyp

idocrase                                idocras
illite					ill
ilmenite				ilm

jadeite					jad
jarosite				jar jr

kainite					kan
kaolinite				kao kaol
kaolinite/smectite			ksm
kerogen					ker

labradorite				lab
laumontite				lau
lazurite				laz
lepidocrosite				lpc
lepidolite				lpd
limonite				lim
lizardite				liz

maghemite				mgh
magnetite				mag
malachite				mal
manganite				mng
margarite				mrg
marialite				mrl
mascagnite				mcg
meionite				mei
mesolite+hydroxyapophyll		msh
microcline				mcr
mirabilite				mir
mizzonite				miz
monazite				mnz
monticellite				mtc
montmorillonite				mon mont montmor
mordenite				mrd
muscovite				msc musc muscov

natrolite				nat
natrolite+zeolites			ntz
neodymium oxide				neo
nepheline				nph
nephrite amphibole			npa
niter					nit
nontronite				ntr

oligoclase plag				olg
olivine					olv
opal					opl
orthoclase				ort

palygorskite attapulgite		ply
paragonite				prg
pectolite				pec
perthite				prt
phlogopite				phl
pigeonite				pgn
pinnoite				pin
pitch limonite				plm
plagioclase                             plag, plagio
polyhalite				plh
praseodymium oxide			prs
prochlorite				prc
psilomelane				psi
pyrite					pyt
pyrope					pyp
pyrophyllite				pyr pyrop pyroph pyrophyl
pyroxene				pyx
pyrrhotite				prh

quartz sand				qts
quartz					qtz
quartz aventurine			qta

rectorite				rec
rhodochrosite				rhd
rhodonite				rdn
richterite				ric
riebeckite				rbk
rivadavite				riv
roscoelite				ros
rutile					rut

samarium oxide				sam
sanidine				snd
saponite				sap
sauconite				sau
scolectite zeolite			scl
scapolite                               scap, scapolte
sepiolite				sep
serpentine				srp
siderite				sid
siderophyllite				sdr
sillimanite				sil
smaragdite amphibole			smr
smectite                                smc smect smectit
sodium bicarbonate			sod
spessartine garnet			sps
sphalerite				sph
sphene, titanite			spn
spodumene				spd
staurolite				sta
stilbite				stl
strontianite				str
sulfur					sul
syngenite				syn

talc					tal
teepleite+trona				tpl
tephroite				tph
thenardite				thn
thuringite chlorite			thr
tincalconite				tin
topaz					tpz
tourmaline				tou
tremolite				trm
trona					trn tron

ulexite					ulx
uralite					url
uvarovite garnet			uvr

vermicullite				vrm
vesuvianite				ves

witherite				wth
wollastonite				wol

zeolite                                 zeo
zincite+franklinite			znc
zircon					zir
zoisite					zoi

PLANTS

aspen leaf A				asA
aspen leaf B				asB
blackbrush				blb
blue spruce				bsp
cheatgrass				chg
dry long grass				dlg
fir tree				ftr
juniper bush				jun
lawn grass				lng
maple leaves				mpl
pinon pine				pnp
rabbitbrush				rbt
russian olive				rso
sage brush				sgb
saltbrush				slb
tumbleweed				tmb
walnut leaf				wnl