American Mineralogist
Open AccessREGULAR ARTICLE
589
Growth of megaspherulites in a rhyolitic vitrophyre
Robert K. Smith, Robin L. Tremallo, and Gary E. Lofgren
601
Electron microscope study of the reaction olivine + H2O + TiO2 → titanian clinohumite + titanian chondrodite synthesized at 8 GPa, 1300 K
Richard Wirth, Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya, and Harry W. Green II
611
In situ discovery of shock-induced graphite-diamond phase transition in gneisses from the Ries Crater, Germany
Ahmed El Goresy, Philippe Gillet, Ming Chen, Friedel Künstler, Günther Graup, and Volker Stähle
622
Evaluation of shear moduli and other properties of silicates with the spinel structure from IR spectroscopy
A.M. Hofmeister and H.K. Mao
640
Thermodynamics of the amphiboles: Anthophyllite-ferroanthophyllite and the ortho-clino phase loop
Bernard W. Evans, Mark S. Ghiorso, Hexiong Yang, and Olaf Medenbach
652
Illumination of vein quartz textures in a porphyry copper ore deposit using scanned cathodoluminescence: Grasberg Igneous Complex, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland
667
Rare earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 1. Synthesis, and rare earth element and phosphorus doping
John M. Hanchar, Robert J. Finch, Paul W.O. Hoskin, E. Bruce Watson, Daniele J. Cherniak, and Anthony N. Mariano
681
Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution
Robert J. Finch, John M. Hanchar, Paul W. O. Hoskin, and Peter C. Burns
690
Single-crystal in situ high-temperature structural investigation on strontium feldspar
Piera Benna and Emiliano Bruno
697
Evidence of heterovalent europium in zoned Llallagua apatite using wavelength dispersive XANES
John Rakovan, Matthew Newville, and Steve Sutton
701
Characterization of manganese oxide mineralogy in rock varnish and dendrites using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
David A. McKeown and Jeffrey E. Post
714
Oxidation state and coordination of Fe in minerals: An Fe K-XANES spectroscopic study
Max Wilke, François Farges, Pierre-Emmanuel Petit, Gordon E. Brown Jr., and François Martin
731
Mˆssbauer and XAS study of a green rust mineral; the partial substitution of Fe2+ by Mg2+
P. Refait, M. Abdelmoula, F. Trolard, J.-M. R. Génin, J.J. Ehrhardt, and G. Bourrié
740
Potential host phase of aluminum and potassium in the Earth’s lower mantle
Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Takehiko Yagi, Kei Hirose, Tadashi Kondo, Kiyoshi Fujino, and Hiroyuki Miura
747
Hardystonite from Franklin Furnace: A natural modulated melilite
Luca Bindi, Michael Czank, François Röthlisberger, and Paola Bonazzi
752
Molecular dynamics simulations of seismic discontinuities and phase transitions of MgSiO3 from 4 to 6-coordinated silicate via a novel 5-coordinated phase
S.L. Chaplot and N. Choudhury
762
Ab initio study of MgSiO3 low-clinoenstatite at high pressure
Wenhui Duan, Bijaya B. Karki, Renata M. Wentzcovitch, and B.L. Gu
MEMORIAL
771
MEMORIAL: Memorial of Charles B. Sclar, 1925≠2001
Bobb Carlson
NEW MINERAL NAMES
767
NEW MINERAL NAMES
John L. Jambor and Andrew C. Roberts
BOOK REVIEW
772
BOOK REVIEW:LUMINESCENCE. Edited by G. Remond, L. Balk, and D.J.Marshall. Scanning Microscopy Supplement 9, Proceedings of the 13th Pfefferkorn Conference, 1995
William B. White
DEPOSIT ITEMS
690
Single-crystal in situ high-temperature structural investigation on strontium feldspar
Piera Benna and Emiliano Bruno
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