American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
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Boron in natural type IIb blue diamonds: Chemical and spectroscopic measurements
Eloïse Gaillou, Jeffrey E. Post, Detlef Rost, and James E. Butler
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Mejillonesite, a new acid sodium, magnesium phosphate mineral, from Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile
Daniel Atencio, Nikita V. Chukanov, Fabrizio Nestola, Thomas Witzke, José M.V. Coutinho, Aleksandr E. Zadov, Reynaldo R. Contreira Filho, and Gunnar Färber
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Silician magnetite from the Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Group, Western Australia
Jason M. Huberty, Hiromi Konishi, Philipp R. Heck, John H. Fournelle, John W. Valley, and Huifang Xu
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The mechanism of thermal decomposition of dolomite: New insights from 2D-XRD and TEM analyses
Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro, Krzysztof Kudlacz, and Encarnacion Ruiz-Agudo
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A revised diamond-graphite transition curve
Howard W. Day
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Insights into the crystal and aggregate structure of Fe3+ oxide/silica co-precipitates
Laurence G. Dyer, Karena W. Chapman, Phillip English, Martin Saunders, and William R. Richmond
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Compositional dependence of alkali diffusivity in silicate melts: Mixed alkali effect and pseudo-alkali effect
Huaiwei Ni
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Kinetics of evaporation of forsterite in vacuum
Kazuhito Ozawa, Hiroko Nagahara, Masana Morioka, Naoko Matsumoto, Ian D. Hutcheon, Takaaki Noguchi, and Hiroyuki Kagi
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X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) study of the speciation of uranium and thorium in Al-rich CaSiO3 perovskite
Steeve Gréaux, François Farges, Laurent Gautron, Nicolas Trcera, Anne-Marie Flank, and Pierre Lagarde
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Rehydration of dehydrated-dehydroxylated smectite in a low water vapor environment
Arkadiusz Derkowski, Victor A. Drits, and Douglas K. McCarty
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Effect of high pressure on the crystal structure and electronic properties of magnetite below 25 GPa
K. Glazyrin, C. McCammon, L. Dubrovinsky, M. Merlini, K. Schollenbruch, A. Woodland, and M. Hanfland
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OH group behavior and pressure-induced amorphization of antigorite examined under high pressure and temperature using synchrotron infrared spectroscopy
Naoki Noguchi, Taro Moriwaki, Yuka Ikemoto, and Keiji Shinoda
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Single-crystal Raman spectroscopy of natural paulmooreite Pb2As2O5 in comparison with the synthesized analog
Silmarilly Bahfenne, Llew Rintoul, J??rgen Langhof, and Ray L. Frost
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The dissolution of laumontite in acidic aqueous solutions: A controlled-temperature in situ atomic force microscopy study
Marco Voltolini, Gilberto Artioli, and Massimo Moret
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Crystal structure of CaRhO3 polymorph: High-pressure intermediate phase between perovskite and post-perovskite
Y. Shirako, H. Kojitani, A.R. Oganov, K. Fujino, H. Miura, D. Mori, Y. Inaguma, K. Yamaura, and M. Akaogi
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Oxide melt solution calorimetry of Fe2+-bearing oxides and application to the magnetite–maghemite (Fe3O4–Fe8/3O4) system
Kristina I. Lilova, Fen Xu, Kevin M. Rosso, Carolyn I. Pearce, Saeed Kamali, and Alexandra Navrotsky
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Static compression of (Mg0.83,Fe0.17)O and (Mg0.75,Fe0.25)O ferropericlase up to 58 GPa at 300, 700, and 1100 K
Masanori Matsui, Eiji Ito, Daisuke Yamazaki, Takashi Yoshino, Xinzhuan Guo, Shuangming Shan, Yuji Higo, and Ken-Ichi Funakoshi
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Implications of ferrous and ferric iron in antigorite
Bernard W. Evans, M. Darby Dyar, and Scott M. Kuehner
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Markascherite, Cu3(MoO4)(OH)4, a new mineral species polymorphic with szenicsite, from Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A.
H. Yang, R.A. Jenkins, R.M. Thompson, R.T. Downs, S.H. Evans, and E.M. Bloch
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Natural hydrous amorphous silica: Quantitation of network speciation and hydroxyl content by 29Si MAS NMR and vibrational spectroscopy
Steven M. Chemtob, George R. Rossman, and Jonathan F. Stebbins
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Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VII. Chromschieffelinite, Pb10Te6O20(OH)14(CrO4)(H2O)5, the chromate analog of schieffelinite
Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, Robert M. Housley, Michael S. Rumsey, and John Spratt
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Experimental growth of diopside + merwinite reaction rims: The effect of water on microstructure development
Bastian Joachim, Emmanuel Gardés, Boza Velickov, Rainer Abart, and Wilhelm Heinrich
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Menchettiite, AgPb2.40Mn1.60Sb3As2S12, a new sulfosalt belonging to the lillianite series from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru
R. Abart, E. Petrishcheva, and B. Joachim
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The high-pressure behavior of micas: Vibrational spectra of muscovite, biotite, and phlogopite to 30 GPa
Quentin Williams, Elise Knittle, Henry P. Scott, and Zhenxian Liu
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Critical evaluation of the revised akdalaite model for ferrihydrite—Discussion
Vidal Barrón, José Torrent, and F. Marc Michel
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Critical evaluation of the revised akdalaite model for ferrihydrite—Reply
Alain Manceau
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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Mejillonesite, a new acid sodium, magnesium phosphate mineral, from Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile
Daniel Atencio, Nikita V. Chukanov, Fabrizio Nestola, Thomas Witzke, José M.V. Coutinho, Aleksandr E. Zadov, Reynaldo R. Contreira Filho, and Gunnar Färber
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Silician magnetite from the Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Group, Western Australia
Jason M. Huberty, Hiromi Konishi, Philipp R. Heck, John H. Fournelle, John W. Valley, and Huifang Xu
52
A revised diamond-graphite transition curve
Howard W. Day
159
Crystal structure of CaRhO3 polymorph: High-pressure intermediate phase between perovskite and post-perovskite
Y. Shirako, H. Kojitani, A.R. Oganov, K. Fujino, H. Miura, D. Mori, Y. Inaguma, K. Yamaura, and M. Akaogi
184
Implications of ferrous and ferric iron in antigorite
Bernard W. Evans, M. Darby Dyar, and Scott M. Kuehner
203
Natural hydrous amorphous silica: Quantitation of network speciation and hydroxyl content by 29Si MAS NMR and vibrational spectroscopy
Steven M. Chemtob, George R. Rossman, and Jonathan F. Stebbins
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