Editing Mafic (section)

==Minerals==
The term ''mafic'' is still widely used for dark-colored ferromagnesian minerals.<ref name=Jackson1997/> Modern classification schemes, such as the [[International Union of Geological Sciences]] (IUGS) classification of igneous rocks, include some light-colored ferromagnesian minerals, such as [[melilite]], in the mafic mineral fraction.<ref name="lebas-streckeisen-1991">{{Cite journal|last1=Le Bas|first1=M. J.|last2=Streckeisen|first2=A. L.|title=The IUGS systematics of igneous rocks|journal=Journal of the Geological Society|volume=148|issue=5|pages=825–833|doi=10.1144/gsjgs.148.5.0825|bibcode=1991JGSoc.148..825L|year=1991|citeseerx=10.1.1.692.4446|s2cid=28548230}}</ref> [[Accessory mineral]]s, such as [[zircon]] or apatite, may also be included in the mafic mineral fraction for purposes of precise classification.<ref name=PhilpottsAgue2009>{{cite book |last1=Philpotts |first1=Anthony R. |last2=Ague |first2=Jay J. |title=Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |isbn=9780521880060 |edition=2nd |page=137}}</ref>