“…calcite, magnesite, dolomite and aragonite) plus those of quartz, a few silicates such as some members of the olivine group (forsterite Mg 2 SiO 4 and monticellite CaMgSiO 4 ), andalusite Al 2 SiO 5 , diopside CaMgSi 2 O 6 and some oxides containing Al or Be, such as corundum, chrysoberyl and bromellite. Most of these data are Raman-and IR-active frequencies obtained by different authors (Hellwege et al, 1970;Cowley & Pant, 1973;Frech et al, 1980; for additional details, and reference to the sources for data on noncarbonates, see Pilati, Demartin, Cariati et al, 1993, Pilati et al, 1990c, 1994, 1995. The lowest branches of the phonon dispersion curves were included when available, as for calcite, quartz, forsterite and andalusite.…”