不仅在岩石学中,而且几乎在地质学的所有领域中,我们对一些复杂而混乱的术语感到头痛。尽管在这些领域中,有几部好的专门性词典,但一些质量差的词典而增加了这种混乱程度。在岩石学领域中,Arthur Holme的《岩石学词汇》(1920)以及Albert Johannsen作为他的《火成岩描述岩石学》一书的附录而编的岩石学词典第一卷(1931)已被广泛使用。然而他们的书都过时了,因为这些书偏重于描述性而且极不完 Not only in petrology, but in almost all areas of geology, we are having some headaches in complex and confusing terms. Although there are several good specialized dictionaries in these areas, some poor quality dictionaries add to this level of confusion. In the field of petrology, Arthur Holme’s Petrology Vocabulary (1920) and Albert Johannsen’s Vol. I (1931) Dictionary of Petrology as an appendix to his book “Igneous Description of Petrology” have been widely used. However, their books are outdated, because these books focus on descriptive and extremely incomplete