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The crystal structure of synthetic autunite, Ca[(UO2)(PO4)]2(H2O)11
Andrew J. Locock and Peter C. Burns
REGULAR ARTICLE
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A molecular dynamics study of the behavior of sodium in low albite
Alberto Alberti, Ettore Fois, and Aldo Gamba
11
Observation and interpretation of paramagnetic defects in Brazilian and Central African carbonados
V.A. Nadolinny, V.S. Shatsky, N.V. Sobolev, D.J. Twitchen, O.P. Yuryeva, I.A. Vasilevsky, and V.N. Lebedev
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Dissolution of gibbsite: Direct observations using fluid cell atomic force microscopy
Clayton D. Peskleway, Grant S. Henderson, and Fred J. Wicks
27
Polytypes and higher-order structures of antigorite: A TEM study
Bernard Grobéty
37
An infrared spectroscopic study of the basic copper phosphate minerals: Cornetite, libethenite, and pseudomalachite
Wayde Martens and Ray L. Frost
47
Influence of F content on the composition of Al-rich synthetic phlogopite: Part I. New information on structure and phase-formation from 29Si, 1H, and 19F MAS NMR spectroscopies
Michael Fechtelkord, Harald Behrens, François Holtz, Colin A. Fyfe, Lee A. Groat, and Mati Raudsepp
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NMR evidence for formation of octahedral and tetrahedral Al and repolymerization of the Si network during dissolution of aluminosilicate glass and crystal
Natia Tsomaia, Susan L. Brantley, James P. Hamilton, Carlo G. Pantano, and Karl T. Mueller
68
Thermodynamic properties of hercynite (FeAl2O4) based on adiabatic calorimetry at low temperatures
S. Klemme and J.C. van Miltenburg
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The formation of Sr silicates at low temperature and the solubility product of tobermorite-like Sr5Si6O16(OH)2·5H2O
Andrew R. Felmy, Marvin J. Mason, Paul L. Gassman, and David E. McCready
80
Thermal equation of state of omphacite
Yu Nishihara, Eiichi Takahashi, Kyoko Matsukage, and Takumi Kikegawa
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The effect of thermal decarbonation on stable isotope compositions of carbonates
Z.D. Sharp, J.J. Papike, and T. Durakiewicz
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Synthetic MgAl2O4 (spinel) at high-pressure conditions (0.0001—30 GPa): A synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study
Davide Levy, Alessandro Pavese, and Michael Hanfland
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The stability of antigorite in the systems MgO-SiO2-H2O (MSH) and MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O (MASH): The effects of Al3+ substitution on high-pressure stability
Geoffrey D. Bromiley and Alison R. Pawley
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The fusion curve of albite revisited and the compressibility of NaAlSi3O8 liquid with pressure
Rebecca A. Lange
121
Correction of secondary X-ray fluorescence near grain boundaries in electron microprobe analysis: Application to thermobarometry of spinel lherzolites
Xavier Llovet and Gumer Galan
131
An overgrowth model to explain multiple, dispersed high-Mn regions in the cores of garnet porphyroblasts
David M. Hirsch, David J. Prior, and William D. Carlson
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Synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of the structure and dehydration behavior of todorokite
Jeffrey E. Post, Peter J. Heaney, and Jonathan Hanson
151
Retrograde mineral reactions in saline fluid inclusions: The transformation ferropyrosmalite ↔ clinopyroxene
Peter Kodera, Pamela J. Murphy, and Andrew H. Rankin
159
The effect of ionizing radiation on uranophane
Satoshi Utsunomiya, Lu-Min Wang, Matt Douglas, Susan B. Clark, and Rodney C. Ewing
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Hydration, expansion, structure, and dynamics of layered double hydroxides
Xiaoqiang Hou, David L. Bish, Shan-Li Wang, Cliff T. Johnston, and R. James Kirkpatrick
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Relict edenite in a garnet lherzolite from the Chinese Su-Lu UHP metamorphic terrane: Implications for metamorphic history
Jian-Jun Yang
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Norrishite, K(Mn3+2Li)Si4O10(O)2, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and 40Ar-39Ar dating
Edwin Gnos, Thomas Armbruster, and Igor M. Villa
195
The amblygonite (LiAlPO4F)-montebrasite (LiAlPO4OH) solid solution: A combined powder and single-crystal neutron diffraction and solid-state 6Li MAS, CP MAS, and REDOR NMR study
Lee A. Groat, Bryan C. Chakoumakos, Darren H. Brouwer, Christina M. Hoffman, Colin A. Fyfe, Heiko Morell, and Arthur J. Schultz
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An X-ray Rietveld, infrared, and Mössbauer spectral study of the NaMn(Fe1-xInx)2(PO4)3 alluaudite-type solid solution
Frédéric Hatert, Raphaël P. Hermann, Gary J. Long, André-Mathieu Fransolet, and Fernande Grandjean
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Gatelite-(Ce), a new REE-bearing mineral from Trimouns, French Pyrenees: Crystal structure and polysomatic relationships with epidote and t??rnebohmite-(Ce)
Paola Bonazzi, Luca Bindi, and Giancarlo Parodi
229
Hydroxyl in clinopyroxene from the deep subducted crust: Evidence for H2O transport into the mantle
Ikuo Katayama and Satoru Nakashima
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A model for the structure of the hydrated aluminum phosphate, kingite determined by ab initio powder diffraction methods
Kia S. Wallwork, Allan Pring, Max R. Taylor, and Brett A. Hunter
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Three-dimensional imaging of garnet porphyroblast sizes and chemical zoning: Nucleation and growth history in the garnet zone
Frank S. Spear and Christopher G. Daniel
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Isotope geochemistry of Proterozoic talc occurrences in Archean marbles of the Ruby Mountains, southwest Montana, U.S.A.
John B. Brady, John T. Cheney, Amy Larson Rhodes, Angela Vasquez, Chris Green, Mathieu Duvall, Ari Kogut, Lewis Kaufman, and Dana Kovaric
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The American Mineralogist crystal structure database
Robert T. Downs and Michelle Hall-Wallace
NEW MINERAL NAMES
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NEW MINERAL NAMES
John L. Jambor, and Andrew C. Roberts
BOOK REVIEW
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BOOK REVIEWS: MANTLE CONVECTION IN THE EARTH AND PLANETS, by G. Schubert, D. L. Turcotte, and P. Olson. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 940 p.
Hans-Peter Bunge
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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Gatelite-(Ce), a new REE-bearing mineral from Trimouns, French Pyrenees: Crystal structure and polysomatic relationships with epidote and t??rnebohmite-(Ce)
Paola Bonazzi, Luca Bindi, and Giancarlo Parodi
Item#: AM-03-020
Table 5. List of squared observed and calculated structure factors for gatelite
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Table 5. List of squared observed and calculated structure factors for gatelite
AM-03-020.zip zipped
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The crystal structure of synthetic autunite, Ca[(UO2)(PO4)]2(H2O)11
Andrew J. Locock and Peter C. Burns
Item#: AM-03-021
Table 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters (Å2 x 103) for autunite and Table 4. Observed and calculated structure factors for autunite
AM-03-021.zip zipped
Table 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters (Å2 x 103) for autunite and Table 4. Observed and calculated structure factors for autunite
AM-03-021.zip zipped
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