American Mineralogist
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995
A nanoscopic approach to the kinetics of anhydrite (100) surface growth in the range of temperatures between 60 and 120 °C
Juan Morales, José Manuel Astilleros, and Lurdes Fernández-DÃaz
999
High-pressure phase transitions in Ca-Mn carbonates (Ca,Mn)CO3 studied by Raman spectroscopy
Weiguang Shi, Michael E. Fleet, and Sean R. Shieh
ACTINIDES IN GEOLOGY, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1002
Thermally induced transformation of vorlanite to “protovorlaniteâ€: Restoration of cation ordering in self-irradiated CaUO4
Evgeny V. Galuskin, Irina O. Galuskina, Leonid S. Dubrovinsky, and Janusz Janeczek
AMORPHOUS MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, STRUCTURE, AND DURABILITY
779
Determination of water content in silicate glasses using Raman spectrometry: Implications for the study of explosive volcanism
Charles Le Losq, Daniel R. Neuville, Roberto Moretti, and Jacques Roux
MSA DANA MEDAL LECTURE
765
Tilts and tetrahedra: The origin of the anisotropy of feldspars
Ross J. Angel, Lindsay M. Sochalski-Kolbus, and Mario Tribaudino
REGULAR ARTICLE
791
Density functional calculations of the enthalpies of formation of rare-earth orthophosphates
James R. Rustad
800
U-Pb ID-TIMS dating applied to U-rich inclusions in garnet
Selma M. Lima, Fernando Corfu, Ana M.R. Neiva, and João M.F. Ramos
807
Wassonite: A new titanium monosulfide mineral in the Yamato 691 enstatite chondrite
Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Simon J. Clemett, Alan E. Rubin, Byeon-Gak Choi, Shouliang Zhang, Zia Rahman, Katsunari Oikawa, and Lindsay P. Keller
816
Determination of Mn valence states in mixed-valent manganates by XANES spectroscopy
Alain Manceau, Matthew A. Marcus, and Sylvain Grangeon
828
The morphology of the reaction front of the dissolution-precipitation reaction rutile + wollastonite = titanite in time series experiments at 600 °C/400 MPa
Friedrich Lucassen, Gerhard Franz, Richard Wirth, Matthias Weise, and Andreas Hertwig
840
Precipitation of rutile and ilmenite needles in garnet: Implications for extreme metamorphic conditions in the Acadian Orogen, U.S.A.
Jay J. Ague and James O. Eckert Jr.
856
The genesis of mantle-derived sapphirine
Ben-Xun Su, Hong-Fu Zhang, Yan Hu, M. Santosh, Yan-Jie Tang, and Yan Xiao
864
Experimental investigation of smectite interaction with metal iron at 80 °C: Structural characterization of newly formed Fe-rich phyllosilicates
Bruno Lanson, Sébastien Lantenois, Peter A. van Aken, Andreas Bauer, and Alain Plançon
872
High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite
Paolo Lotti, G. Diego Gatta, Nicola Rotiroti, and Fernando Cámara
883
Investigation of cation ordering in triclinic sodium birnessite via 23Na MAS NMR spectroscopy
Kellie A. Aldi, Jordi Cabana, Paul J. Sideris, and Clare P. Grey
890
The dual behavior of the β-As4S4 altered by light
Matteo Zoppi and Giovanni Pratesi
897
Pressure-induced changes in local electronic structures of SiO2 and MgSiO3 polymorphs: Insights from ab initio calculations of O K-edge energy-loss near-edge structure spectroscopy
Yoo Soo Yi and Sung Keun Lee
910
Structural stability, cation ordering, and local relaxation along the AlNbO4-Al0.5Cr0.5NbO4 join
Matteo Ardit, Michele Dondi, and Giuseppe Cruciani
918
Europium oxidation state and local structure in silicate glasses
M. Rita Cicconi, Gabriele Giuli, Eleonora Paris, Werner Ertel-Ingrisch, Peter Ulmer, and Donald B. Dingwell
930
Kinetics of partial dehydroxylation in dioctahedral 2:1 layer clay minerals
Victor A. Drits, Arkadiusz Derkowski, and Douglas K. McCarty
951
Determination of Fe3+/Fe using the electron microprobe: A calibration for amphiboles
William M. Lamb, Renald Guillemette, Robert K. Popp, Steven J. Fritz, and Gregory J. Chmiel
962
Characterization of smectite to NH4-illite conversion series in the fossil hydrothermal system of Harghita Bãi, East Carpathians, Romania
Iuliu Bobos
983
Allanite-(Nd), CaNdAl2Fe2+(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH), a new mineral from Ã…skagen, Sweden
Radek Å koda, Jan CempÃrek, Jan Filip, Milan Novák, FrantiÅ¡ek Veselovský, and Radim ÄŒtvrtlÃk
989
Tsilaisite, NaMn3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from Grotta d’Oggi, San Pietro in Campo, island of Elba, Italy
Ferdinando Bosi, Henrik Skogby, Giovanna Agrosì, and Eugenio Scandale
AWARD
1005
Presentation of the 2011 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Juhn G. Liou
W.G. Ernst
1006
Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2011
Juhn G. Liou
1008
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2011 to Motohiko Murakami
Jay D. Bass
1009
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2011
Motohiko Murakami
1010
Presentation of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2011 to Ross Angel
Michael A. Carpenter
1011
Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2011
Ross Angel
DEPOSIT ITEMS
765
Tilts and tetrahedra: The origin of the anisotropy of feldspars
Ross J. Angel, Lindsay M. Sochalski-Kolbus, and Mario Tribaudino
Item#: AM-12-042
Guide to deposits and movie files illustrating the tilt systems
AM-12-042.zip zipped
Guide to deposits and movie files illustrating the tilt systems
AM-12-042.zip zipped
779
Determination of water content in silicate glasses using Raman spectrometry: Implications for the study of explosive volcanism
Charles Le Losq, Daniel R. Neuville, Roberto Moretti, and Jacques Roux
816
Determination of Mn valence states in mixed-valent manganates by XANES spectroscopy
Alain Manceau, Matthew A. Marcus, and Sylvain Grangeon
Item#: AM-12-037
Supplementary data, tables, and figures in PDF and two ASCII files (Mn XANES database).
AM-12-037.zip zipped
Supplementary data, tables, and figures in PDF and two ASCII files (Mn XANES database).
AM-12-037.zip zipped
872
High-pressure study of a natural cancrinite
Paolo Lotti, G. Diego Gatta, Nicola Rotiroti, and Fernando Cámara
890
The dual behavior of the β-As4S4 altered by light
Matteo Zoppi and Giovanni Pratesi
910
Structural stability, cation ordering, and local relaxation along the AlNbO4-Al0.5Cr0.5NbO4 join
Matteo Ardit, Michele Dondi, and Giuseppe Cruciani
Item#: AM-12-035
Atomic coordinates, atomic displacement parameters, and site occupancy fractions for the five refined crystal structures; Supplementary Figures 1a and 1b
AM-12-035.zip zipped
Atomic coordinates, atomic displacement parameters, and site occupancy fractions for the five refined crystal structures; Supplementary Figures 1a and 1b
AM-12-035.zip zipped
989
Tsilaisite, NaMn3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from Grotta d’Oggi, San Pietro in Campo, island of Elba, Italy
Ferdinando Bosi, Henrik Skogby, Giovanna Agrosì, and Eugenio Scandale
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