Instructions for Authors preparing manuscripts for publication in the EMU Notes
in Mineralogy series
The EMU Notes in Mineralogy Series publishes, in English, reviews on the state of the
art of arguments of relevance for international schools organised by the EMU or
possibly by groups of researchers or National Societies. The fields of interest involve
mineralogy, geochemistry and petrology, including extra-terrestrial materials.
Parts of the manuscripts
1. Cover page including title, running title, plan, name, mailing address, e-mail address,
phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author, data of the electronic version of the
manuscript (file name, file format, operating system and word processor used)
2. Text with the title section including the name(s) of author(s), name(s) and mailing
address(es) of institution(s) and e-mail addresses of the authors
3. Reference list
4. Tables
5. Figures and figure captions
1. Cover page
The title should be concise but informative. Please avoid complex symbols in titles. The
running title should be less than 60 letters (including spaces), it will be printed at the top
of every right-hand page. The plan indicates the hierarchy of the sub-titles and will be
included in the Table of Contents of the Notes. Do not use more than 3 levels.
2. Text
Authors
Write the forename middle initial and surname for each author, indicating by means of
superscripted numerals the their addresses which will follow below. Addresses are
given in the official English version of the name(s) of the relevant institution(s) and full
postal address(es) according to the local usage.
General
Papers should be written in a free literary style, but should be as concise as is consistent
with clarity. Unnecessary detail should be avoided and complex data (such as databases)
should be deposited with the editor who will make copies available on request (on paper
or electronic versions). Publication delays and much extra work for the editors often
result from a lack of attention to proper presentation. It is useful to invite a colleague
who is not a specialist in the subject under discussion to read the paper before it is
submitted and to criticize it for style as well as content. The manuscript should be in its
final form when submitted and modifications are not normally possible after acceptance
for publication by the volume and series editor.
The editor should be consulted at once if serious errors are noticed after submission of a
typescript. Do not delay notifying such errors until the proof stage, otherwise the
authors may be asked to pay for alterations.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary will be taken as standard for spelling and H.W. Fowler's
Dictionary of Modern English usage for grammar and punctuation.
Please follow British spelling conventions (e.g. centre not center, colour not color,
sulphide not sulfide, etc.)
Headings
There are three levels of heading used in this series. These are numbered as in the
following example:
1. Introduction
1.1. Samples
1.1.1. Muscovite
1.1.2. Biotite
Authors are not required to add formatting to headings.
Citations of references
(Alpha, 1992; Alpha and Beta, 1994; Alpha et al., 1995)
or
according to Alpha (1992), Alpha and Beta (1994), and Alpha et al. (1995)
Multiple references to the same author(s) with the same publication year must be
distinguished by a letter as follows: (Alpha, 1993a; Alpha and Beta, 1995a, 1995b)
General
Do not use equation editor etc. for drawing bars above numbers (e.g. 1011) in the text,
write a negative sign before the relevant number (e.g. 10-11).
Miscellaneous instructions and notes related mainly to the text
Approximate values: “therefore a  b” but “it forms ~ 2 mm wide lamellae”
Crystallographic symbols
As used in the International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A, Space-Group
Symmetry; edited by Th. Hahn; fourth, revised edition; Dordrecht: Kluwer; 1995.
N-Dash
Use n-dash (ALT+0150 on numeric keypad using Word for Windows) or double hyphen
(--) instead of hyphen (-) to indicate a range (e.g. page range 5–12), or a bond (e.g.
Bi2S3–Cu2S join).
Footnotes within text
Avoid using footnotes whenever possible.
Italics
The following abbreviations are written in italics: ca., cf., e.g., et al., etc., i.e., vs. Letters
other than chemical symbols are italicised in generalised formulae: ABO3. Letters
denoting layer types, positions etc. are italicised O (octahedral) layer, but O (oxygen)
plane; M1 position, but B (boron) position; other abbreviations are usually not italicised,
e.g. MDO structure. In the equations variables are italicised (Etot = Ek + Eh + Ec; log V =
log k + a log P).
Mathematical expressions within text
Use symbol characters for mathematical symbols and leave spaces wherever
appropriate, e.g.: a  b  c and not a-b=c
Equations etc. that are referred to subsequently should be written in a new paragraph
and numbered sequentially:
=
c 
i
i
i
Mineral nomenclature
The usage of mineral names should follow the rules of the IMA Commission on New
Minerals Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC (http://www.ima-mineralogy.org/).
Polytype and space-group symbols
Letters in italics, signs and numbers regular, e.g. muscovite-2M2, P2/m
Quotation marks
The correct usage of “quotation marks” and ‘single quotation marks’. Please use the
proper signs rather than prime symbols (i.e. " and '). “ ” should be used in the case of a
direct quotation from another work. ‘ ’ are used when an informal term is being
employed. Do not use quotation marks for emphasis.
Underlining should be used in no circumstances.
For all Greek characters, first press the key of the corresponding Latin character (see
below) and then apply character formatting (Symbol). The lower and upper case letters
of the Latin alphabet correspond to  and
 characters, respectively, in the Symbol
character set.
Symbols and units
Symbols (l, p, V, m, t, T, etc.) are usually in italics, units (Å, kbar, cm3, kg, s, K etc.) are
never in italics. Leave a space between number and unit (100 K). Do not leave space
between number and % sign (5%).
3. Reference list
All references cited in the text, figures, tables etc. must be included in the reference list
and vice versa. Please follow the style of the sample references given below; including
the usage of “&” symbol and punctuation; use an n-dash between page numbers etc. Do
not format the reference list using an in-built style or reference manager.
Do not abbreviate the names of journals or publishers in the reference list.
Please give the place of publication and the name of the publisher for books, series,
abstract volumes.
Multiple references to an author should be listed in the following order: (1) publications
of the author alone, in chronological order; (2) publications of the author with a single
co-author, in alphabetical order of the co-author; (3) publications of an author with more
than one co-author in chronological order.
The number of an issue of a journal within a volume should not be given unless
numbering is recurrent (the issues are paginated separately), e.g.:
Khomyakov, A.P., Polezhaeva, L.I., Merlino, S. and Pasero, M. (1990) Lintisite,
Na3LiTi2Si4O142H2O – a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo
Obshchestva, 119(3), 76–80 (in Russian).
Please check the names and dates in the list and cross-check the references in the list
against those in the text before submission. Pay special attention to the references in
tables and figure captions.
Sample references
Article in a journal:
Abbona, F., Calleri, M. and Ivaldi, G. (1984) Synthetic struvite, MgNH4PO46H2O:
correct polarity and surface features of some complementary forms. Acta
Crystallographica, B40, 223–227.
Article in a series of separately edited volumes:
Hawthorne, F.C., Burns, P.C. and Grice, J.D. (1996) The crystal chemistry of boron. Pp.
41–115 in: Boron Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry (E.S. Grew and L.M. Anovitz,
editors). Reviews in Mineralogy, 33. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington,
D.C.
Article in a book:
Baur, W.H. (1981) Interatomic distance predictions for computer simulations of crystal
structures. Pp. 31–51 in: Structure and Bonding in Crystals (M. O’Keeffe and A.
Navrotsky, editors). Academic Press, New York.
Abstract in an abstract volume:
Pósfai, M., Sharp, T.G. and Kontny, A. (1997) Pyrrhotite varieties and their magnetic
properties in rocks from the German continental deep drilling project (KTB). In Annual
Meeting of the Geological Society of America (Salt Lake City), Abstracts, A460.
Soregaroli, B.A. and Lawrence, R.W. (1997) Waste rock characterization at Dublin
Gulch: a case study. Pp. 633–645 in: Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, ICARD, Vancouver. MEND, Natural Resources,
Ottawa, Canada.
Abstract in another publication:
Ghose, S., Wan, C. and Okamura, F.P. (1975) Site preference and crystal chemistry of
transition metal ions in pyroxenes and olivines. Acta Crystallographica, A31, S76
(abstr.).
Thesis (total pages optional):
Agnew, M. (1998) The formation of hardpans within tailings as possible inhibitors of
acid mine drainage, contaminant release and dusting. Ph.D. thesis, University of
Adelaide, Australia.
Papers submitted, accepted or in press
Taunton, A.E., Welch, S.A. and Banfield, J.F. (2009) Geomicrobiological controls on
lanthanide distributions during granite weathering and soil formation. Journal of Alloys
and Compounds (in press).
Finished manuscript, not yet submitted (with the year of closing)
Zvyagin, B.B. and Merlino, S. (1997) The pyroxene–spinel polysomatic system. (in
prep.)
The title of a reference in a language other than English, French, German or Italian
should be translated into English (the title of the English abstracts should be used if
such exists) and the language of the paper (book) should be given in parentheses, e.g.:
Pen, Z.Z. and Shen, T.C. (1963) Crystal structure of bafertisite, a new mineral from
China. Scientifica Sinica, 12, 278–280 (in Russian).
Belov, N.V. (1947) The Structure of Ionic Crystals and Metallic Phases. Izd Akademii
Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 237 pp. (in Russian).
Transcription of Cyrillic characters: corresponding to British Standard 2979:1958, in
the order of the Russian alphabet: a, b, v, g, d, e, ë, zh, z, i, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, f,
kh, ts, ch, sh, shch, ”, y, ’, é, yu, ya.
4. Tables
Titles of tables must be kept short, explanations should be placed below the table. Do
not use the “insert footnote” function of the word processor for footnotes to tables.
References to footnotes should be numbered as (1), (2) etc. as superscripts, and the
footnotes should be placed below the other explanations (abbreviations etc.)
Sample tables
2M1 plane angle chosen
(ideal)
(h0l)
(hhl)
(h.3h.l)
(0kl)
corresponding
2M2 plane
angle chosen
(ideal)
corresponding
setting
Standard
Fixed-angle
Fixed-angle
Not distinguishable
(0kl)
(hhl)
(3h.h.l)
(h0l)
* = 90°
* = 81.3°
* = 75.2°
* = 81.3°
Not distinguishable
Fixed-angle
Fixed-angle
Standard
* = 85.0°
* = 81.3°
* = 85.0°
* = 90°
corresponding
setting
Table 6a. Selected cannizzarite homologues
Mineral
Cannizzarite
Formula
Cell type
Pb46Bi54S127(1)
Unit cell
Q subcell
H subcell
Synthetic
Pb38Bi28S80
Q subcell
H subcell
unit cell not determined
Synthetic
Cr2Sn3Se7
Unit cell
(1)
c [Å] 
a [Å]
b [Å]
189.8
4.13
7.03
4.09
4.09
4.09
74.06
15.48
15.46
11.9 P21/m
98.6 P21/m
98.0 C2/m
S.g.
4.11
7.03
4.08
4.08
18.58
27.16
93.6 P2/m(2)
93.6 F2/m [2]
12.77
3.84
11.79
105.2 P21/m
Ref.
[1]
[3]
(1)
The compositions are derived from the crystal structure.
Probably P21/m (Matzat 1979).
[1] Matzat (1979); [2] Graham et al. (1953); [3] Jobic et al. (1994)
(2)
5. Figures and Figure captions
Figures and tables should be kept to a minimum and will only be printed if essential.
Tables should be prepared or saved using a word processing package with entries in
adjacent columns separated by tabs. Authors should use footnotes to the tables to
provide ancillary information rather than add such text to the title.
Since use of authors’ electronic figures for publication became common, we have
encountered many difficulties with file type, image size, image format and image
resolution. Please follow the guidelines below closely when creating your figures.
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letters after reduction is 8–10 pts.)
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