American Mineralogist
Open AccessHIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1217
Mineral evolution heralds a new era for mineralogy
Anhuai Lu
REVIEW
1219
Pauling’s rules for oxide-based minerals: A re-examination based on quantum mechanical constraints and modern applications of bond-valence theory to Earth materials
Gerald V. Gibbs, Frank C. Hawthorne, and Gordon E. Brown Jr.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF EARTH'S DEEP MANTLE AND CORE
1249
A cotunnite-type new high-pressure phase of Fe2S
Kenta Oka, Shigehiko Tateno, Yasuhiro Kuwayama, Kei Hirose, Yoichi Nakajima, Koihiro Umemoto, Noriyoshi Tsujino, and Saori I. Kawaguchi
1254
Density determination of liquid iron-nickel-sulfur at high pressure
Saori I. Kawaguchi, Guillaume Morard, Yasuhiro Kuwayama, Kei Hirose, Naohisa Hirao, and Yasuo Ohishi
REGULAR ARTICLE
1262
On the paragenetic modes of minerals: A mineral evolution perspective
Robert M. Hazen and Shaunna M. Morrison
1288
Lumping and splitting: Toward a classification of mineral natural kinds
Robert M. Hazen, Shaunna M. Morrison, Sergey V. Krivovichev, and Robert T. Downs
1302
Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup
Mario Tribaudino, Guy L. Hovis, Christine Almer, and Amanda Leaman
1313
A multi-faceted experimental study on the dynamic behavior of MgSiO3 glass in the Earth’s deep interior
Young Jay Ryu, Yanbin Wang, Tony Yu, Fiona Bonnet, Eran Greenberg, Clemens Prescher, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Sergey Tkachev, Peter Eng, Joanne E. Stubbs, Przemyslaw Dera, Heather Watson, and Mark L. Rivers
1325
Origin of β-cristobalite in Libyan Desert Glass: The hottest naturally occurring silica polymorph?
Aaron J. Cavosie, William D.A. Rickard, Noreen J. Evans, Kai Rankenburg, Malcolm Roberts, Catherine A. Macris, and Christian Koeberl
1341
Time-resolved Raman and luminescence spectroscopy of synthetic REE-doped hydroxylapatites and natural apatites
Amaury Fau, Olivier Beyssac, Michel Gauthier, Gérard Panczer, Olivier Gasnault, Pierre-Yves Meslin, Sylvain Bernard, Sylvestre Maurice, Olivier Forni, Jean-Claude Boulliard, Françoise Bosc, and Christophe Drouet
1353
Reexamination of the structure of opal-A: A combined study of synchrotron X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis
Seungyeol Lee, Huifang Xu, and Hongwu Xu
1361
A first-principles study of water in wadsleyite and ringwoodite: Implication for the 520 km discontinuity
Wenzhong Wang and Zhongqing Wu
1369
Inclusions in calcite phantom crystals suggest role of clay minerals in dolomite formation
Stefan Farsang, Péter Pekker, Giulio I. Lampronti, Zsombor Molnár, Rastislav Milovský, Mihály Pósfai, Daniel Ozdín, Timothy D. Raub, and Simon A.T. Redfern
1378
Crystal-chemical reinvestigation of probertite, CaNa[B5O7(OH)4]·3H2O, a mineral commodity of boron
G. Diego Gatta, Enrico Cannaò, Valentina Gagliardi, and Oscar Fabelo
1385
Crystal structure determination of orthorhombic variscite2O and its derivative AlPO4 structure at high temperature
Matteo Ardit, Brian L. Phillips, and David L. Bish
1396
Transformation of Fe-bearing minerals from Dongsheng sandstone-type uranium deposit, Ordos Basin, north-central China: Implications for ore genesis
Liang Yue, Yangquan Jiao, Mostafa Fayek, Liqun Wu, Hui Rong, and Huili Xie
1410
Vaterite in a decrepitated diamond-bearing inclusion in zircon from a stromatic migmatite in the Chinese Sulu ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt
Chenhui Fei and Jingbo Liu
1425
Oxygen diffusion in garnet: Experimental calibration and implications for timescales of metamorphic processes and retention of primary O isotopic signatures
Maria Rosa Scicchitano, Michael C. Jollands, Ian S. Williams, Jörg Hermann, Daniela Rubatto, Noriko T. Kita, William O. Nachlas, John W. Valley, Stéphane Escrig, and Anders Meibom
1442
Oxidation state of iron and Fe-Mg partitioning between olivine and basaltic martian melts
Andrew K. Matzen, Alan Woodland, John R. Beckett, and Bernard J. Wood
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1254
Density determination of liquid iron-nickel-sulfur at high pressure
Saori I. Kawaguchi, Guillaume Morard, Yasuhiro Kuwayama, Kei Hirose, Naohisa Hirao, and Yasuo Ohishi
1262
On the paragenetic modes of minerals: A mineral evolution perspective
Robert M. Hazen and Shaunna M. Morrison
1288
Lumping and splitting: Toward a classification of mineral natural kinds
Robert M. Hazen, Shaunna M. Morrison, Sergey V. Krivovichev, and Robert T. Downs
1302
Thermal expansion of minerals in the amphibole supergroup
Mario Tribaudino, Guy L. Hovis, Christine Almer, and Amanda Leaman
1313
A multi-faceted experimental study on the dynamic behavior of MgSiO3 glass in the Earth’s deep interior
Young Jay Ryu, Yanbin Wang, Tony Yu, Fiona Bonnet, Eran Greenberg, Clemens Prescher, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Sergey Tkachev, Peter Eng, Joanne E. Stubbs, Przemyslaw Dera, Heather Watson, and Mark L. Rivers
1325
Origin of β-cristobalite in Libyan Desert Glass: The hottest naturally occurring silica polymorph?
Aaron J. Cavosie, William D.A. Rickard, Noreen J. Evans, Kai Rankenburg, Malcolm Roberts, Catherine A. Macris, and Christian Koeberl
1353
Reexamination of the structure of opal-A: A combined study of synchrotron X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis
Seungyeol Lee, Huifang Xu, and Hongwu Xu
1369
Inclusions in calcite phantom crystals suggest role of clay minerals in dolomite formation
Stefan Farsang, Péter Pekker, Giulio I. Lampronti, Zsombor Molnár, Rastislav Milovský, Mihály Pósfai, Daniel Ozdín, Timothy D. Raub, and Simon A.T. Redfern
1378
Crystal-chemical reinvestigation of probertite, CaNa[B5O7(OH)4]·3H2O, a mineral commodity of boron
G. Diego Gatta, Enrico Cannaò, Valentina Gagliardi, and Oscar Fabelo
1385
Crystal structure determination of orthorhombic variscite2O and its derivative AlPO4 structure at high temperature
Matteo Ardit, Brian L. Phillips, and David L. Bish
1396
Transformation of Fe-bearing minerals from Dongsheng sandstone-type uranium deposit, Ordos Basin, north-central China: Implications for ore genesis
Liang Yue, Yangquan Jiao, Mostafa Fayek, Liqun Wu, Hui Rong, and Huili Xie
1410
Vaterite in a decrepitated diamond-bearing inclusion in zircon from a stromatic migmatite in the Chinese Sulu ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt
Chenhui Fei and Jingbo Liu
1425
Oxygen diffusion in garnet: Experimental calibration and implications for timescales of metamorphic processes and retention of primary O isotopic signatures
Maria Rosa Scicchitano, Michael C. Jollands, Ian S. Williams, Jörg Hermann, Daniela Rubatto, Noriko T. Kita, William O. Nachlas, John W. Valley, Stéphane Escrig, and Anders Meibom
1442
Oxidation state of iron and Fe-Mg partitioning between olivine and basaltic martian melts
Andrew K. Matzen, Alan Woodland, John R. Beckett, and Bernard J. Wood
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