American Mineralogist
LETTERS
1161
Isotopic signature of core-derived SiO2
George Helffrich, Anat Shahar, and Kei Hirose
1165
Heat capacity measurements of CaAlSiO4F from 5 to 850 K and its standard entropy
Peter Tropper, Ulrike Troitzsch, Edgar Dachs, and Artur Benisek
1169
Trace element thermometry of garnet-clinopyroxene pairs, revisited
Richard N. Abbott Jr.
HIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1009
Biosilica: Structure, function, science, technology, and inspiration
Konstantinos D. Demadis
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MARTIAN ROCKS AND MINERALS: PERSPECTIVES FROM ROVERS, ORBITERS AND METEORITES
1011
Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars
David T. Vaniman, Germán M. Martínez, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Thomas F. Bristow, David F. Blake, Albert S. Yen, Douglas W. Ming, William Rapin, Pierre-Yves Meslin, John Michael Morookian, Robert T. Downs, Steve J. Chipera, Richard V. Morris, Shaunna M. Morrison, Allan H. Treiman, Cherie N. Achilles, Kevin Robertson, John P. Grotzinger, Robert M. Hazen, Roger C. Wiens, and Dawn Y. Sumner
SPECIAL COLLECTION: NANOMINERALS AND MINERAL NANOPARTICLES
1021
Redox-induced nucleation and growth of goethite on synthetic hematite nanoparticles
Jeanette L. Voelz, William A. Arnold, and R. Lee Penn
SPECIAL COLLECTION: PLANETARY PROCESSES AS REVEALED BY SULFIDES AND CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS
1030
Effect of alkalinity on sulfur concentration at sulfide saturation in hydrous basaltic andesite to shoshonite melts at 1270 °C and 1 GPa
Rameses J. D’Souza and Dante Canil
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MICROPOROUS MATERIALS: CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY, PROPERTIES, AND UTILIZATIONS
1044
Is fibrous ferrierite a potential health hazard? Characterization and comparison with fibrous erionite
Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Elio Passaglia, Simone Pollastri, Michele Mattioli, Matteo Giordani, Maria Francesca Ottaviani, Michela Cangiotti, Andrea Bloise, Donatella Barca, Ruggero Vigliaturo, Alberto Viani, Luca Pasquali, and Magdalena Lassinantti Gualtieri
REGULAR ARTICLE
1056
Experimental investigation of basalt and peridotite oxybarometers: Implications for spinel thermodynamic models and Fe3+ compatibility during generation of upper mantle melts
Fred A. Davis and Elizabeth Cottrell
1068
Pressure, sulfur, and metal-silicate partitioning: The effect of sulfur species on the parameterization of experimental results
Neil R. Bennett and Yingwei Fei
1080
Analysis and visualization of vanadium mineral diversity and distribution
Chao Liu, Ahmed Eleish, Grethe Hystad, Joshua J. Golden, Robert T. Downs, Shaunna M. Morrison, Daniel R. Hummer, Jolyon P. Ralph, Peter Fox, and Robert M. Hazen
1087
On the relative timing of listwaenite formation and chromian spinel equilibration in serpentinites
Hisham A. Gahlan, Mokhles K. Azer, and Paul D. Asimow
1103
The dynamics of Fe oxidation in riebeckite: A model for amphiboles
Giancarlo Della Ventura, Boriana Mihailova, Umberto Susta, Mariangela Cestelli Guidi, Augusto Marcelli, Jochen Schlüter, and Roberta Oberti
1112
AMFORM, a new mass-based model for the calculation of the unit formula of amphiboles from electron microprobe analyses
Filippo Ridolfi, Alberto Zanetti, Alberto Renzulli, Diego Perugini, Francois Holtz, and Roberta Oberti
1126
Fe-kaolinite in granite saprolite beneath sedimentary kaolin deposits: A mode of Fe substitution for Al in kaolinite
Mayumi Jige, Tetsuichi Takagi, Yoshio Takahashi, Minako Kurisu, Yuki Tsunazawa, Kazuya Morimoto, Mihoko Hoshino, and Katsuhiro Tsukimura
1136
Kalistrontite, its occurrence, structure, genesis, and significance for the evolution of potash deposits in North Yorkshire, U.K.
Simon J. Kemp, Jeremy C. Rushton, Matthew S.A. Horstwood, and Gwilherm Nénert
NEW ADVANCES IN SUBDUCTION ZONE MAGMA GENESIS
1151
The uppermost mantle section below a remnant proto-Philippine Sea island arc: Insights from the peridotite fragments from the Daito Ridge
Tomoaki Morishita, Ken-Ichiro Tani, Yusuke Soda, Akihiro Tamura, Tomoyuki Mizukami, and Biswajit Ghosh
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1021
Redox-induced nucleation and growth of goethite on synthetic hematite nanoparticles
Jeanette L. Voelz, William A. Arnold, and R. Lee Penn
1030
Effect of alkalinity on sulfur concentration at sulfide saturation in hydrous basaltic andesite to shoshonite melts at 1270 °C and 1 GPa
Rameses J. D’Souza and Dante Canil
1044
Is fibrous ferrierite a potential health hazard? Characterization and comparison with fibrous erionite
Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Elio Passaglia, Simone Pollastri, Michele Mattioli, Matteo Giordani, Maria Francesca Ottaviani, Michela Cangiotti, Andrea Bloise, Donatella Barca, Ruggero Vigliaturo, Alberto Viani, Luca Pasquali, and Magdalena Lassinantti Gualtieri
1056
Experimental investigation of basalt and peridotite oxybarometers: Implications for spinel thermodynamic models and Fe3+ compatibility during generation of upper mantle melts
Fred A. Davis and Elizabeth Cottrell
1068
Pressure, sulfur, and metal-silicate partitioning: The effect of sulfur species on the parameterization of experimental results
Neil R. Bennett and Yingwei Fei
1080
Analysis and visualization of vanadium mineral diversity and distribution
Chao Liu, Ahmed Eleish, Grethe Hystad, Joshua J. Golden, Robert T. Downs, Shaunna M. Morrison, Daniel R. Hummer, Jolyon P. Ralph, Peter Fox, and Robert M. Hazen
1087
On the relative timing of listwaenite formation and chromian spinel equilibration in serpentinites
Hisham A. Gahlan, Mokhles K. Azer, and Paul D. Asimow
1112
AMFORM, a new mass-based model for the calculation of the unit formula of amphiboles from electron microprobe analyses
Filippo Ridolfi, Alberto Zanetti, Alberto Renzulli, Diego Perugini, Francois Holtz, and Roberta Oberti
1136
Kalistrontite, its occurrence, structure, genesis, and significance for the evolution of potash deposits in North Yorkshire, U.K.
Simon J. Kemp, Jeremy C. Rushton, Matthew S.A. Horstwood, and Gwilherm Nénert
1151
The uppermost mantle section below a remnant proto-Philippine Sea island arc: Insights from the peridotite fragments from the Daito Ridge
Tomoaki Morishita, Ken-Ichiro Tani, Yusuke Soda, Akihiro Tamura, Tomoyuki Mizukami, and Biswajit Ghosh
1165
Heat capacity measurements of CaAlSiO4F from 5 to 850 K and its standard entropy
Peter Tropper, Ulrike Troitzsch, Edgar Dachs, and Artur Benisek
1169
Trace element thermometry of garnet-clinopyroxene pairs, revisited
Richard N. Abbott Jr.
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