Fewer Women in Mineral Names

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What's in a mineral name? Not very many women, U-M study finds

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Of the minerals named after people, 94% have been named after men.

U-M study finds 50.7% of all minerals are named for men, 2.8% of them are named after women.

Researchers found that growth in the proportion of women among new minerals named for people had stalled decades ago .

Russia has nearly three times the number of women with minerals named for them, 72 , compared to 72 in the U.S. Russians comprise 15% of all minerals named after people, but are responsible for nearly half of those named for women.

Researchers projected how long it would take for men and women to be equally represented by new mineral names.

They found gender parity would occur around the year 2266 .

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