American Mineralogist
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706
Transformation of pentlandite to violarite under mild hydrothermal conditions
Christophe Tenailleau, Allan Pring, Barbara Etschmann, Joël Brugger, Ben Grguric, and Andrew Putnis
REGULAR ARTICLE
489
Structural model for the biogenic Mn oxide produced by
Mario Villalobos, Bruno Lanson, Alain Manceau, Brandy Toner, and Garrison Sposito
503
Electron-beam (5—10 keV) damage in triplite-group phosphates: Consequences for electron-microprobe analysis of fluorine
Michel Fialin and Christian Chopin
511
Vacancy defects in MgO at high pressure
Bijaya B. Karki and Gaurav Khanduja
517
Plastic flow of pyrope at mantle pressure and temperature
Li Li, Hongbo Long, Paul Raterron, and Donald Weidner
526
Parvo-mangano-edenite, parvo-manganotremolite, and the solid solution between Ca and Mn2+ at the M4 site in amphiboles
Roberta Oberti, Fernando Cámara, Giancarlo Della Ventura, Gianluca Iezzi, and Alan I. Benimoff
533
Reinvestigation of the MgSiO3 perovskite structure at high pressure
Masahiko Sugahara, Akira Yoshiasa, Yutaka Komatsu, Takamitsu Yamanaka, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, Akihiko Nakatsuka, Satoshi Sasaki, and Masahiko Tanaka
537
The mechanism and kinetics of α-NiS oxidation in the temperature range 670—700 °C
Haipeng Wang, Allan Pring, Yung Ngothai, and Brian O’Neill
544
Influence of charge location on 29Si NMR chemical shift of 2:1 phyllosilicates
Jes??s Sanz, Jean-Louis Robert, Magali Diaz, and Isabel Sobrados
551
The size distribution of exsolution lamellae in iron-free clinopyroxene
Stephan Weinbruch, Volker Styrsa, and Thomas Dirsch
560
The high-pressure phase transformation and breakdown of MgFe2O4
Sofia Winell, Hans Annersten, and Vitali Prakapenka
568
Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime
G. Diego Gatta, Fabrizio Nestola, and Tiziana Boffa Ballaran
579
A new chemical etching technique for peridotites using molten anhydrous borax
Tomohiro Ohuchi
584
Poppiite, the V3+ end-member of the pumpellyite group: Description and crystal structure
Maria Franca Brigatti, Enrico Caprilli, and Marco Marchesini
589
Cation redistribution in the octahedral sheet during diagenesis of illite-smectites from Jurassic and Cambrian oil source rock shales
Lidia G. Dainyak, Victor A. Drits, Bella B. Zviagina, and Holger Lindgreen
604
A shock-induced polymorph of anatase and rutile from the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, U.S.A.
John C. Jackson, J. Wright Horton, Jr., I-Ming Chou, and Harvey E. Belkin
609
Water in the interlayer region of birnessite: Importance in cation exchange and structural stability
Elizabeth A. Johnson and Jeffrey E. Post
619
In situ HAFM study of the thermal dehydration on gypsum (010) surfaces
Guntram Jordan and José Manuel Astilleros
628
Influence of dehydration kinetics on T-O-T bridge breaking in zeolites with framework type STI: The case of stellerite
R. Arletti, E. Mazzucato, and G. Vezzalini
635
Estimation of volume fractions of liquid and vapor phases in fluid inclusions, and definition of inclusion shapes
Ronald J. Bakker and Larryn W. Diamond
658
Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: Enthalpies of formation of uranyl oxide hydrates
Karrie-Ann Kubatko, Katheryn Helean, Alexandra Navrotsky, and Peter C. Burns
667
SIMS investigation of electron-beam damage to hydrous, rhyolitic glasses: Implications for melt inclusion analysis
Madeleine C.S. Humphreys, Stuart L. Kearns, and Jon D. Blundy
680
Synthetic Ag-rich tourmaline: Structure and chemistry
David London, Andreas Ertl, John M. Hughes, George B. Morgan VI, Eric A. Fritz, and Brian S. Harms
685
Genesis and compositional heterogeneity of smectites. Part III: Alteration of basic pyroclastic rocks—A case study from the Troodos Ophiolite Complex, Cyprus
George E. Christidis
702
Ganterite, the barium mica Ba0.5K0.5Al2(Al1.5Si2.5)O10(OH)2, from Oreana, Nevada
Chi Ma and George R. Rossman
NEW MINERAL NAMES
710
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Andrew J. Locock, Paula C. Piilonen, T. Scott Ercit, Ralph Rowe, and Uwe Kolitsch
ERRATUM
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ERRATUM: Oxy-amphibole equilibria in Ti-bearing calcic amphiboles: Experimental investigation and petrologic implications for mantle-derived amphiboles by R.K. Popp, H.A. Hibbert, and W.M. Lamb (vol. 91, no. 1, p. 54–66, DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1838).
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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Parvo-mangano-edenite, parvo-manganotremolite, and the solid solution between Ca and Mn2+ at the M4 site in amphiboles
Roberta Oberti, Fernando Cámara, Giancarlo Della Ventura, Gianluca Iezzi, and Alan I. Benimoff
Item#: AM-06-014
Table 4. Observed and calculated structure factors and Table 5. Anisotropic component of the atomic displacement parameters
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Table 4. Observed and calculated structure factors and Table 5. Anisotropic component of the atomic displacement parameters
AM-06-014.zip zipped
568
Elastic behavior, phase transition, and pressure induced structural evolution of analcime
G. Diego Gatta, Fabrizio Nestola, and Tiziana Boffa Ballaran
Item#: AM-06-013
Table 5. Tetrahedral bond distances () of the triclinic polymorph at different pressures. Table 6. Bond distances () of extra-framework polyhedra of the triclinic polymorph at different pressures. Table 7. Observed and Calculated structure factors
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Table 5. Tetrahedral bond distances () of the triclinic polymorph at different pressures. Table 6. Bond distances () of extra-framework polyhedra of the triclinic polymorph at different pressures. Table 7. Observed and Calculated structure factors
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Poppiite, the V3+ end-member of the pumpellyite group: Description and crystal structure
Maria Franca Brigatti, Enrico Caprilli, and Marco Marchesini
Item#: AM-06-018
Table 8. Observed and calculated structure factors for poppiite (labeled Table 7 in the pdf)
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Table 8. Observed and calculated structure factors for poppiite (labeled Table 7 in the pdf)
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A shock-induced polymorph of anatase and rutile from the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, U.S.A.
John C. Jackson, J. Wright Horton, Jr., I-Ming Chou, and Harvey E. Belkin
Item#: AM-06-010
Table 1. X-ray diffraction data and miller indices collected for an acid-resistant mineral concentrate of sample ST2511.2.
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Table 1. X-ray diffraction data and miller indices collected for an acid-resistant mineral concentrate of sample ST2511.2.
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Water in the interlayer region of birnessite: Importance in cation exchange and structural stability
Elizabeth A. Johnson and Jeffrey E. Post
Item#: AM-06-012
Appendix 2. Percent of initial band area (2700-3600 cm-1) as a function of temperature for in situ heating experiments.
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Appendix 2. Percent of initial band area (2700-3600 cm-1) as a function of temperature for in situ heating experiments.
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