American Mineralogist
Open AccessLETTER
698
Crystal structure and Raman spectrum of hydroxyl-bästnasite-(Ce), CeCO3(OH)
Hexiong Yang, Robert F. Dembowski, Pamela G. Conrad, and Robert T. Downs
REGULAR ARTICLE
501
Compositional variability and crystal structural features of guanacoite
Atsushi Kyono
508
Interferometric study of pyrite surface reactivity in acidic conditions
M. Pilar Asta, Jordi Cama, J.M. Soler, R.S. Arvidson, and Andreas Lüttge
520
White mica domain formation: A model for paragonite, margarite, and muscovite formation during prograde metamorphism
Kenneth J.T. Livi, George E. Christidis, Péter Ãrkai, and David R. Veblen
528
High-pressure phase transitions in MgSiO3 orthoenstatite studied by atomistic computer simulation
Sandro Jahn
533
Possible structural polymorphism in Al-bearing magnesiumsilicate post-perovskite
Oliver Tschauner, Boris Kiefer, Haozhe Liu, Stanislas Sinogeikin, Maddury Somayazulu, and Sheng-Nian Luo
540
Time-resolved synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study of magnetite formation by the Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens
Victoria S. Coker, Anthony M.T. Bell, Carolyn I. Pearce, Richard A.D. Pattrick, Gerrit van der Laan, and Jonathan R. Lloyd
548
Low-temperature calorimetric and magnetic data for natural end-members of the axinite group
Jan Filip, Edgar Dachs, Jiřà TuÄek, Milan Novák, and Petr BezdiÄka
558
Temperature derivatives of elastic wave velocities in plagioclase (An51±1) above and below the order-disorder transition temperature
Yoshio Kono, Akira Miyake, Masahiro Ishikawa, and Makoto Arima
565
Disordered silica with tridymite-like structure in the Twiggs clay
Lori G. Eversull and Ray E. Ferrell
573
Crystal structures of synthetic melanotekite (Pb2Fe2Si2O9), kentrolite (Pb2Mn2Si2O9), and the aluminum analogue (Pb2Al2Si2O9)
G. D??rsam, A. Liebscher, B. Wunder, and G. Franz
584
Structure and reactivity of synthetic Co-substituted goethites
Mariana Alvarez, Elsa E. Sileo, and Elsa H. Rueda
591
The crystal chemistry of Fe-bearing sphalerites: An infrared spectroscopic study
Allan Pring, Serena C. Tarantino, Christophe Tenailleau, Barbara Etschmann, Michael A. Carpenter, Ming Zhang, Yun Liu, and Ray L. Withers
598
Effects of hydration on the structure and compressibility of wadsleyite, β-(Mg2SiO4)
Christopher M. Holl, Joseph R. Smyth, Steven D. Jacobsen, and Daniel J. Frost
608
Metastability of sillimanite relative to corundum and quartz in the kyanite stability field: Competition between stable and metastable reactions
Daniel E. Harlov, Ralf Milke, and Matthias Gottschalk
618
Diffusion, discontinuous precipitation, metamorphism, and metasomatism: The complex history of South African upper-mantle symplectites
Stephen W. Field
632
Thermal behavior of a Ti-rich phlogopite from Mt. Vulture (Potenza, Italy): An in situ X-ray single-crystal diffraction study
Gennaro Ventruti, Michele Zema, Fernando Scordari, and Giuseppe Pedrazzi
644
The high-pressure behavior of an Al- and Fe-rich natural orthopyroxene
F. Nestola, T. Boffa Ballaran, T. Balić-Žunić, L. Secco, and A. Dal Negro
653
High-pressure phase relation of MnSiO3 up to 85 GPa: Existence of MnSiO3 perovskite
Kiyoshi Fujino, Keisuke Suzuki, Daisuke Hamane, Yusuke Seto, Takaya Nagai, and Nagayoshi Sata
658
Linking M??ssbauer and structural parameters in elbaite-schorl-dravite tourmalines
Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Ferdinando Bosi, and Micaela Longo
667
Synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study of the structure and dehydration behavior of palygorskite
Jeffrey E. Post and Peter J. Heaney
676
Maskelynite-hosted apatite in the Chassigny meteorite: Insights into late-stage magmatic volatile evolution in martian magmas
Francis M. McCubbin and Hanna Nekvasil
685
Eskolaite associated with diamond from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Russia
Alla M. Logvinova, Richard Wirth, Nikolai V. Sobolev, Yuri V. Seryotkin, Emiliya S. Yefimova, Christine Floss, and Lawrence A. Taylor
691
Lakebogaite, CaNaFe3+2H(UO2)2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8, a new uranyl phosphate with a unique crystal structure from Victoria, Australia
Stuart J. Mills, William D. Birch, Uwe Kolitsch, W. Gus Mumme, and Ian E. Grey
NEW MINERAL NAMES
702
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Glenn Poirier, Kim Tait, T. Scott Ercit, Ralph Rowe, and Paula C. Piilonen
IMA REPORT
707
IMA REPORT: Codification of unnamed minerals
Dorian G.W. Smith, and Ernest H. Nickel
MEMORIAL
710
MEMORIAL: Memorial of John L. Jambor, 1936–2008
Lynne Jambor and John Dutrizac
DEPOSIT ITEMS
528
High-pressure phase transitions in MgSiO3 orthoenstatite studied by atomistic computer simulation
Sandro Jahn
548
Low-temperature calorimetric and magnetic data for natural end-members of the axinite group
Jan Filip, Edgar Dachs, Jiřà TuÄek, Milan Novák, and Petr BezdiÄka
Item#: AM-08-013
Appendix B. Experimental molar heat capacities of natural axinites in the temperature range 2 – 300 K
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Appendix B. Experimental molar heat capacities of natural axinites in the temperature range 2 – 300 K
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573
Crystal structures of synthetic melanotekite (Pb2Fe2Si2O9), kentrolite (Pb2Mn2Si2O9), and the aluminum analogue (Pb2Al2Si2O9)
G. D??rsam, A. Liebscher, B. Wunder, and G. Franz
618
Diffusion, discontinuous precipitation, metamorphism, and metasomatism: The complex history of South African upper-mantle symplectites
Stephen W. Field
Item#: AM-08-015
Figure 3. A plot of bulk-rock wt% K2O vs. wt% TiO2Êof Kimberley symplectite-bearing and symplectite-free, Table 1. Bulk element compositions of symplectite-bearing peridotites., Table 2. Selected olivine compositions., Table 3. Selected symplectite clinopyroxene compositions., Table 4. Selected spinel compositions., Table 5. Selected orthopyroxene compositions., Table 8. Amphibole compositions and Table 9. Phlogopite compositions.
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Figure 3. A plot of bulk-rock wt% K2O vs. wt% TiO2Êof Kimberley symplectite-bearing and symplectite-free, Table 1. Bulk element compositions of symplectite-bearing peridotites., Table 2. Selected olivine compositions., Table 3. Selected symplectite clinopyroxene compositions., Table 4. Selected spinel compositions., Table 5. Selected orthopyroxene compositions., Table 8. Amphibole compositions and Table 9. Phlogopite compositions.
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667
Synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study of the structure and dehydration behavior of palygorskite
Jeffrey E. Post and Peter J. Heaney
Item#: AM-08-018
Appendix 1. Atomic coordinates and isotropic displacement factors for 100 K palygorskite (Korea)
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Appendix 1. Atomic coordinates and isotropic displacement factors for 100 K palygorskite (Korea)
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