American Mineralogist
LETTERS
1304
Experimental confirmation of high-temperature silicate liquid immiscibility in multicomponent ferrobasaltic systems
Tong Hou and Ilya V. Veksler
1308
Discovery of stishovite in Apollo 15299 sample
Shohei Kaneko, Masaaki Miyahara, Eiji Ohtani, Tomoko Arai, Naohisa Hirao and Kazuhisa Sato
HIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1017
Reaction pathways toward the formation of dolomite
Carlos M. Pina
1019
Zircon dissolution and growth during metamorphism
Suzanne L. Baldwin
INVITED CENTENNIAL ARTICLE
1021
Linear partitioning in binary solutions: A review with a novel partitioning array
S.A. Morse
SPECIAL COLLECTION: APATITE: A COMMON MINERAL, UNCOMMONLY VERSATILE
1033
The many facets of apatite
John M. Hughes
1040
Thermal expansion of F-Cl apatite crystalline solutions
Guy Hovis, Tony Abraham, William Hudacek, Sarah Wildermuth, Brian Scott, Caitlin Altomare, Aaron Medford, Maricate Conlon, Matthew Morris, Amanda Leaman, Christine Almer, Gary Tomaino and Daniel Harlov
1047
Pieczkaite, ideally Mn5(PO4)3Cl, a new apatite-supergroup mineral from Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada: Description and crystal structure
Kimberly Tait, Neil A. Ball and Frank C. Hawthorne
CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF EARTH'S MANTLE
1053
First-principles prediction of pressure-enhanced defect segregation and migration at MgO grain boundaries
Bijaya B. Karki, Dipta B. Ghosh and Ashok K. Verma
1059
Optical properties of siderite (FeCO3) across the spin transition: Crossover to iron-rich carbonates in the lower mantle
Sergey S. Lobanov, Alexander F. Goncharov and Konstantin D. Litasov
1065
Calculation of the energetics of water incorporation in majorite garnet
Jeffrey S. Pigott, Kate Wright, Julian D. Gale and Wendy R. Panero
1076
Influence of hydration on 23Na, 27Al, and 29Si MAS-NMR spectra of sodium saponites and sodium micas
Jesus Sanz, Isabel Sobrados and Jean-Louis Robert
1084
Quantification of water in majoritic garnet
Sylvia-Monique Thomas, Kathryn Wilson, Monika Koch-Müller, Erik H. Hauri, Catherine McCammon, Steven D. Jacobsen, John Lazarz, Dieter Rhede, Minghua Ren, Neal Blair, and Stephan Lenz
BUILDING PLANETS: THE DYNAMICS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF CORE FORMATION
1093
How to make a planet: An introduction
Tracy Rushmer and Heather Watson
1098
Modeling siderophile elements during core formation and accretion, and the role of the deep mantle and volatiles
Kevin Righter
WHAT LURKS IN THE MARTIAN ROCKS AND SOIL? INVESTIGATIONS OF SULFATES, PHOSPHATES, AND PERCHLORATES
1110
Optical constants of synthetic potassium, sodium, and hydronium jarosite
Elizabeth C. Sklute, Timothy D. Glotch, Jennifer L. Piatek, William R. Woerner, Alexis A. Martone and Meredith L. Kraner
REGULAR ARTICLE
1123
A photoluminescence study of REE3+ emissions in radiation-damaged zircon
Christoph Lenz and Lutz Nasdala
1134
Hydrothermal chloritization processes from biotite in the Toki granite, Central Japan: Temporal variations of of the compositions of hydrothermal fluids associated with chloritization
Takashi Yuguchi, Eiji Sasao, Masayuki Ishibashi and Tadao Nishiyama
1153
Fayalite oxidation processes in Obsidian Cliffs rhyolite flow, Oregon
Audrey M. Martin, Etienne Médard, Bertrand Devouard, Lindsay P. Keller, Kevin Righter, Jean-Luc Devidal and Zia Rahman
1165
Effect of pores and grain size on the elastic and piezoelectric properties of quartz-based materials
Julie Aufort, Oktay Aktas, Michael A. Carpenter and Ekhard K.H. Salje
1172
A route for the direct crystallization of dolomite
Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco, Samuel Shaw and Liane G. Benning
1182
Very large differences in intramolecular D-H partitioning in hydrated silicate melts synthesized at upper mantle pressures and temperatures
Ying Wang, Samantha X. Cody, Dionysis Foustoukos, Bjorn O. Mysen and George D. Cody
1190
Temperature dependence of crystal structure of CaGeO3 high-pressure perovskite phase and experimental determination of its Debye temperatures studied by low- and high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Akihiko Nakatsuka, Shoichi Kuribayashi, Noriaki Nakayama, Hiroshi Fukui, Hiroshi Arima, Akira Yoneda and Akira Yoshiasa
1203
Insights into the structure of mixed CO2/CH4 in gas hydrates
S. Michelle Everett, Claudia J. Rawn, Bryan C. Chakoumakos, David J. Keffer, Ashfia Huq and Tommy J. Phelps
1209
Hydrous species in feldspars: A reassessment based on FTIR and SIMS
Jed L. Mosenfelder, George R. Rossman and Elizabeth A. Johnson
1222
An insight into the inverse transformation of realgar altered by light
Giovanni Pratesi and Matteo Zoppi
1230
First evidence of CaCO3-III and CaCO3-IIIb high-pressure polymorphs of calcite: Authigenically formed in near surface sediments
Maike Schaebitz, Richard Wirth, Christoph Janssen and Georg Dresen
1236
Surface transformations of platinum grains from Fifield, New South Wales, Australia
S. Gordon Campbell, Frank Reith, Barbara Etschmann, Joël Brugger, Gema Martinez-Criado, Robert A. Gordon and Gordon Southam
1244
Cation exchange capacity and water content of opal in sedimentary basins: Example from the Monterey Formation, California
Arkadiusz Derkowski, Jan Środoń and Douglas K. McCarty
SPINELS RENAISSANCE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THOSE UBIQUITOUS MINERALS AND MATERIALS
1257
Impact of preparation method and chemical composition on physicochemical and photocatalytic properties of nano-dimensional magnetite-type materials
Zara P. Cherkezova-Zheleva, Katerina L. Zaharieva, Martin P. Tsvetkov, Vilma S. Petkova, Maria M. Milanova and Ivan G. Mitov
SPECIAL COLLECTION: OLIVINE
1265
Transition metal cation site preferences in forsterite (Mg2SiO4) determined from paramagnetically shifted NMR resonances
Ryan J. McCarty, Aaron C. Palke, Jonathan F. Stebbins and J. Stephen Hartman
REVIEW
1277
Routine characterization and interpretation of complex alkali feldspar intergrowths
Ian Parsons, John D. Fitz Gerald and Martin R. Lee
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
1312
Presentation of the 2014 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Bernard J. Wood
Jon Blundy
1313
Acceptance of the 2014 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America
Bernard J. Wood
1315
Presentation of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2015 to Marc Hirschmann
Mark S. Ghiorso
1316
Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2015
Marc M. Hirschmann
1317
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2014 to Fang-Zhen Teng
William F. McDonough
1318
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2014
Fang-Zhen Teng
NEW MINERALS
1319
New Mineral Names
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1021
Linear partitioning in binary solutions: A review with a novel partitioning array
S.A. Morse
1040
Thermal expansion of F-Cl apatite crystalline solutions
Guy Hovis, Tony Abraham, William Hudacek, Sarah Wildermuth, Brian Scott, Caitlin Altomare, Aaron Medford, Maricate Conlon, Matthew Morris, Amanda Leaman, Christine Almer, Gary Tomaino and Daniel Harlov
1047
Pieczkaite, ideally Mn5(PO4)3Cl, a new apatite-supergroup mineral from Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada: Description and crystal structure
Kimberly Tait, Neil A. Ball and Frank C. Hawthorne
1053
First-principles prediction of pressure-enhanced defect segregation and migration at MgO grain boundaries
Bijaya B. Karki, Dipta B. Ghosh and Ashok K. Verma
1065
Calculation of the energetics of water incorporation in majorite garnet
Jeffrey S. Pigott, Kate Wright, Julian D. Gale and Wendy R. Panero
1153
Fayalite oxidation processes in Obsidian Cliffs rhyolite flow, Oregon
Audrey M. Martin, Etienne Médard, Bertrand Devouard, Lindsay P. Keller, Kevin Righter, Jean-Luc Devidal and Zia Rahman
1172
A route for the direct crystallization of dolomite
Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco, Samuel Shaw and Liane G. Benning
1190
Temperature dependence of crystal structure of CaGeO3 high-pressure perovskite phase and experimental determination of its Debye temperatures studied by low- and high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Akihiko Nakatsuka, Shoichi Kuribayashi, Noriaki Nakayama, Hiroshi Fukui, Hiroshi Arima, Akira Yoneda and Akira Yoshiasa
1203
Insights into the structure of mixed CO2/CH4 in gas hydrates
S. Michelle Everett, Claudia J. Rawn, Bryan C. Chakoumakos, David J. Keffer, Ashfia Huq and Tommy J. Phelps
1209
Hydrous species in feldspars: A reassessment based on FTIR and SIMS
Jed L. Mosenfelder, George R. Rossman and Elizabeth A. Johnson
1222
An insight into the inverse transformation of realgar altered by light
Giovanni Pratesi and Matteo Zoppi
1304
Experimental confirmation of high-temperature silicate liquid immiscibility in multicomponent ferrobasaltic systems
Tong Hou and Ilya V. Veksler
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