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928
Icosahedrite, Al63Cu24Fe13, the first natural quasicrystal
Luca Bindi, Paul J. Steinhardt, Nan Yao, and Peter J. Lu
932
Sulfides from martian and lunar basalts: Comparative chemistry for Ni, Co, Cu, and Se
J.J. Papike, P.V. Burger, C.K. Shearer, S.R. Sutton, M. Newville, Y. Choi, and A. Lanzirotti
REGULAR ARTICLE
697
Comparative in situ X-ray diffraction study of San Carlos olivine: Influence of water on the 410 km seismic velocity jump in Earth’s mantle
Jiuhua Chen, Haozhe Liu, and Jennifer Girard
703
Visualizing trace element distribution in quartz using cathodoluminescence, electron microprobe, and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Brian Rusk, Alan Koenig, and Heather Lowers
709
Krotite, CaAl2O4, a new refractory mineral from the NWA 1934 meteorite
Chi Ma, Anthony R. Kampf, Harold C. Connolly Jr., John R. Beckett, George R. Rossman, Stuart A. Sweeney Smith, and Devin L. Schrader
716
Translation interface modulation in NC-pyrrhotites: Direct imaging by TEM and a model toward understanding partially disordered structural states
Dennis Harries, Kilian Pollok, and Falko Langenhorst
732
Crystal chemistry of Ti-rich fluorophlogopite from Presidente Olegario, Alto Parana??ba igneous province, Brazil
E. Schingaro, M. Lacalamita, F. Scordari, M.F. Brigatti, and G. Pedrazzi
744
First-principles study of diffusion and viscosity of anorthite (CaAl2Si2O8) liquid at high pressure
Bijaya B. Karki, Bidur Bohara, and Lars Stixrude
752
Aluminous and alkali-deficient tourmaline from the Singhbhum Shear Zone, East Indian shield: Insight for polyphase boron infiltration during regional metamorphism
Nandini Sengupta, Pulak Sengupta, and Himanshu Kumar Sachan
768
Effect of lactate, glycine, and citrate on the kinetics of montmorillonite dissolution
M. Elena Ramos, Chiara Cappelli, Marisa Rozalén, Saverio Fiore, and F. Javier Huertas
781
Acid neutralization by dissolution of alkaline paper mill wastes and implications for treatment of sulfide-mine drainage
Rafael Pérez-López, Dino Quispe, Julio Castillo, and José Miguel Nieto
792
Fast ion conduction character and ionic phase-transition in silver sulfosalts: The case of fettelite [Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8]
Luca Bindi and Silvio Menchetti
797
Structure of walstromite, BaCa2Si3O9, and its relationship to CaSiO3-walstromite and wollastonite-II
Madison C. Barkley, Robert T. Downs, and Hexiong Yang
802
Cathodoluminescence properties and trace element signature of hydrothermal quartz: A fingerprint of growth dynamics
Thomas Götte, Thomas Pettke, Karl Ramseyer, Monika Koch-Müller, and Joseph Mullis
814
Formation conditions for triple-chain silicates
Bridget E. Ams and David M. Jenkins
820
In situ determination of the spinel–post-spinel transition in Fe3O4 at high pressure and temperature by synchrotron X-ray diffraction
K. Schollenbruch, A.B. Woodland, D.J. Frost, Y. Wang, T. Sanehira, and F. Langenhorst
828
PVT equation of state of epsilon iron and its densities at inner core conditions
Jozsef Garai, Jiuhua Chen, and Gabor Telekes
833
Pressure-induced structural phase transition of the iron end-member of ringwoodite (γ-Fe2SiO4) investigated by X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy
Eran Greenberg, Leonid S. Dubrovinsky, Catherine McCammon, Jerome Rouquette, Innokenty Kantor, Vitali Prakapenka, Gregory Kh. Rozenberg, and Moshe P. Pasternak
841
Non-bridging oxygen and high-coordinated aluminum in metaluminous and peraluminous calcium and potassium aluminosilicate glasses: High-resolution 17O and 27Al MAS NMR results
Linda M. Thompson and Jonathan F. Stebbins
854
The crystal structure of δ-Al(OH)3: Neutron diffraction measurements and ab initio calculations
Masanori Matsui, Kazuki Komatsu, Emi Ikeda, Asami Sano-Furukawa, Hirotada Gotou, and Takehiko Yagi
860
Electrical properties of natural and synthetic nano-crystalline MgTiO3 geikielite at mantle pressure and temperature conditions
G. Parthasarathy
864
Density measurement of liquid FeS at high pressures using synchrotron X-ray absorption
Keisuke Nishida, Eiji Ohtani, Satoru Urakawa, Akio Suzuki, Tatsuya Sakamaki, Hidenori Terasaki, and Yoshinori Katayama
869
Cranswickite MgSO4·4H2O, a new mineral from Calingasta, Argentina
Ronald C. Peterson
878
Ambrinoite, (K,NH4)2(As,Sb)8S13·H2O, a new mineral from Upper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy: The first natural (K,NH4)-hydrated sulfosalt
Cristian Biagioni, Elena Bonaccorsi, Marco Pasero, Yves Moëlo, Marco E. Ciriotti, Danilo Bersani, Athos Maria Callegari, and Massimo Boiocchi
888
Single-crystal Raman spectroscopy of natural schafarzikite FeSb2O4 from Pernek, Slovak Republic
Silmarilly Bahfenne, Llew Rintoul, and Ray L. Frost
895
Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals
Darrell J. Henry, Milan Novák (chairman), Frank C. Hawthorne, Andreas Ertl, Barbara L. Dutrow, Pavel Uher, and Federico Pezzotta
914
Quantitative Raman spectroscopy: Challenges, shortfalls, and solutions—Application to calcium silicate glasses
F. Herzog and V.P. Zakaznova-Herzog
NEW MINERAL NAMES
936
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Glenn Poirier, Kimberly T. Tait and Ralph Rowe
AWARD
946
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2010 to Benjamin Gilbert
Glenn Waychunas
947
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2010
Benjamin Gilbert
948
Presentation of the 2010 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Robert C. Newton
Craig E. Manning
950
Acceptance of the Roebling Medal for 2010 of the Mineralogical Society of America
Robert C. Newton
DEPOSIT ITEMS
709
Krotite, CaAl2O4, a new refractory mineral from the NWA 1934 meteorite
Chi Ma, Anthony R. Kampf, Harold C. Connolly Jr., John R. Beckett, George R. Rossman, Stuart A. Sweeney Smith, and Devin L. Schrader
792
Fast ion conduction character and ionic phase-transition in silver sulfosalts: The case of fettelite [Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8]
Luca Bindi and Silvio Menchetti
797
Structure of walstromite, BaCa2Si3O9, and its relationship to CaSiO3-walstromite and wollastonite-II
Madison C. Barkley, Robert T. Downs, and Hexiong Yang
Item#: AM-11-027
Tables 3 and 4 (Anisotropic displacement parameters and selected bond distances) and Walstromite Crystallographic Information File
AM-11-027.zip zipped
Tables 3 and 4 (Anisotropic displacement parameters and selected bond distances) and Walstromite Crystallographic Information File
AM-11-027.zip zipped
854
The crystal structure of δ-Al(OH)3: Neutron diffraction measurements and ab initio calculations
Masanori Matsui, Kazuki Komatsu, Emi Ikeda, Asami Sano-Furukawa, Hirotada Gotou, and Takehiko Yagi
869
Cranswickite MgSO4·4H2O, a new mineral from Calingasta, Argentina
Ronald C. Peterson
878
Ambrinoite, (K,NH4)2(As,Sb)8S13·H2O, a new mineral from Upper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy: The first natural (K,NH4)-hydrated sulfosalt
Cristian Biagioni, Elena Bonaccorsi, Marco Pasero, Yves Moëlo, Marco E. Ciriotti, Danilo Bersani, Athos Maria Callegari, and Massimo Boiocchi
895
Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals
Darrell J. Henry, Milan Novák (chairman), Frank C. Hawthorne, Andreas Ertl, Barbara L. Dutrow, Pavel Uher, and Federico Pezzotta
Item#: AM-11-036
Excel spreadsheet program to calculate the dominant cation or anion of the dominant valency on given sites to directly establish subgroup and species
AM-11-036.zip zipped
Excel spreadsheet program to calculate the dominant cation or anion of the dominant valency on given sites to directly establish subgroup and species
AM-11-036.zip zipped
932
Sulfides from martian and lunar basalts: Comparative chemistry for Ni, Co, Cu, and Se
J.J. Papike, P.V. Burger, C.K. Shearer, S.R. Sutton, M. Newville, Y. Choi, and A. Lanzirotti
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