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Incorporation of sodium into the chlorite structure: the crystal structure of glagolevite, Na(Mg,Al)6[Si3AlO10](OH,O)8
Sergey V. Krivovichev, Thomas Armbruster, Natalia I. Organova, Peter C. Burns, Maxim V. Seredkin, and Nikita V. Chukanov
REGULAR ARTICLE
921
Hydroxyl in omphacites and omphacitic clinopyroxenes of upper mantle to lower crustal origin beneath the Siberian platform
Monika Koch-Müller, Stanislav S. Matsyuk, and Richard Wirth
932
Structural variations induced by difference of the inert pair effect in the stibnite-bismuthinite solid solution series (Sb,Bi)2S3
Atsushi Kyono and Mitsuyoshi Kimata
941
Hydrogen solubility and speciation in natural, gem-quality chromian diopside
Geoffrey D. Bromiley, Hans Keppler, Catherine McCammon, Fiona A. Bromiley, and Steven D. Jacobsen
950
Ultrastructure, aggregation-state, and crystal growth of biogenic nanocrystalline sphalerite and wurtzite
John W. Moreau, Richard I. Webb, and Jillian F. Banfield
961
Impactite from Henbury, Australia
Yang Ding and David R. Veblen
969
Neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of the structures and dehydration behaviors of ramsdellite and groutellite
Jeffrey E. Post and Peter J. Heaney
976
Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal chemistry of the new strontium uranyl selenites,
Sr[(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2]·4H2O and Sr[UO2(SeO3)2]
Philip M. Almond and Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt
981
Study of cation order-disorder in MgAl2O4 spinel by in situ neutron diffraction up to 1600 K and 3.2 GPa
Fabienne Méducin, Simon A.T. Redfern, Yann Le Godec, Howard J. Stone, Matt G. Tucker, Martin T. Dove, and William G. Marshall
987
Magnetic granulometry from equilibrium magnetization measurements: Mineral magnetometry of superparamagnetic particles and application to synthetic ferrihydrites
Denis G. Rancourt, Fedora González-Lucena, and Pierre-Jean Thibault
998
Hydroxide in kyanite: A quantitative determination of the absolute amount and calibration of the IR spectrum
David. R. Bell, George R. Rossman, Joachim Maldener, Denis Endisch, and Friedel Rauch
1004
Analysis of uranyl-bearing phases by EXAFS spectroscopy: Interferences, multiple scattering, accuracy of structural parameters, and spectral differences
Jeffrey G. Catalano and Gordon E. Brown Jr.
1022
X-ray diffraction evidence for a monoclinic form of stibnite, Sb2S3, below 290 K
Satoru Kuze, Douglas Du Boulay, Nobuo Ishizawa, Atsushi Saiki, and Allan Pring
1026
Sulfur species at chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) fracture surfaces
Sarah L. Harmer, Allen R. Pratt, Wayne H. Nesbitt, and Michael E. Fleet
1033
Dehydration and rehydration process in boggsite: An in situ X-ray single-crystal study
Stefano Zanardi, Giuseppe Cruciani, Alberto Alberti, and Ermanno Galli
1043
Empressite, AgTe, from the Empress-Josephine mine, Colorado, U.S.A.: Composition, physical properties, and determination of the crystal structure
Luca Bindi, Paul G. Spry, and Curzio Cipriani
1048
Correlation of pH-dependent surface interaction forces to amino acid adsorption: Implications for the origin of life
Hugh Churchill, Henry Teng, and Robert M. Hazen
1056
A near-infrared spectroscopic study of hydroxyl in natural chondrodite
P.S.R. Prasad and L.P. Sarma
1061
High-pressure elasticity of a natural magnetite crystal
Hans J. Reichmann and Steven D. Jacobsen
1067
Isotopic and chemical alteration of zircon by metamorphic fluids: U-Pb age depth-profiling of zircon crystals from Barrow’s garnet zone, northeast Scotland
Christopher M. Breeding, Jay J. Ague, Marty Grove, and Andrew L. Rupke
1078
A novel approach to determine high-pressure high-temperature fluid and melt compositions using diamond-trap experiments
Ronit Kessel, Peter Ulmer, Thomas Pettke, Max W. Schmidt, and Alan B. Thompson
1087
Lindbergite, a new Mn oxalate dihydrate from Boca Rica mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences
Daniel Atencio, José M.V. Coutinho, Stefan Graeser, Paulo A. Matioli, and Luiz A.D. Menezes Filho
1092
Pyrophyllite dehydroxylation process by First Principles calculations
C. Ignacio Sainz-DÃaz, Elizabeth Escamilla-Roa, and Alfonso Hernández-Laguna
1101
Plagioclase from planetary basalts: Chemical signatures that reflect planetary volatile budgets, oxygen fugacity, and styles of igneous differentiation
Jim Karner, J.J. Papike, and C.K. Shearer
1110
The structure of the manganese oxide on the sheath of the bacterium Leptothrix discophora: An XAFS study
Astrid Jürgensen, Joline R. Widmeyer, Robert A. Gordon, Leah I. Bendell-Young, Margo M. Moore, and E. Daryl Crozier
1119
An X-ray Rietveld study of piemontite on the join Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH) – Ca2Mn3+3Si3O12(OH) formed by hydrothermal synthesis
Mariko Nagashima and Masahide Akasaka
1130
Raman spectroscopy of basic copper(II) and some complex copper(II) sulfate minerals: Implications for hydrogen bonding
Ray L. Frost, Peter A. Williams, Wayde Martens, Peter Leverett, and J. Theo Kloprogge
1142
Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite + magnesite ↔ dolomite reaction boundary
Sytle M. Antao, Willem H. Mulder, Ishmael Hassan, Wilson A. Crichton, and John B. Parise
1148
Ordering in spinels—A Monte Carlo study: Discussion
Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Francesco Princivalle, Henrik Skogby, and Antonio Della Giusta
1149
Ordering in spinels—A Monte Carlo study: Reply
M. Yu. Lavrentiev, J. A. Purton, and N.L. Allan
BOOK REVIEW
1150
BOOK REVIEW: MINERALS OF NEVADA By Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Special publication 31. University of Nevada Press, Reno and Las Vegas; 2004, 512 p.
Anthony R. Kampf
1150
BOOK REVIEW: URANIUM-SERIES GEOCHEMISTRY by B. Bourdon, G.M. Henderson, C.C. Lundstrom, and S.P. Turner (eds.). Mineralogical Society of America Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Vol. 52, 2003, 656 p.
Mike Murrell
1150
BOOK REVIEW: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF THE EARTH’S INTERIOR. Second Edition, by Jean-Paul Poirier Cambridge University Press, 2000 312 pp.
Don L. Anderson
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1043
Empressite, AgTe, from the Empress-Josephine mine, Colorado, U.S.A.: Composition, physical properties, and determination of the crystal structure
Luca Bindi, Paul G. Spry, and Curzio Cipriani
Item#: AM-04-065
Table 3. List of observed and calculated structure factors for empressite
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Table 3. List of observed and calculated structure factors for empressite
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Isotopic and chemical alteration of zircon by metamorphic fluids: U-Pb age depth-profiling of zircon crystals from Barrow’s garnet zone, northeast Scotland
Christopher M. Breeding, Jay J. Ague, Marty Grove, and Andrew L. Rupke
Item#: AM-04-067
Table 1. Trace element data. Table 2. Electron microprobe concentrations for depth-profile zircons and AS3 zircon standards. Tables 3,4. Polished-grain zircon U-Pb isotopic data. Tables 5,6. Depth-profile U-Pb isotopic data
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Table 1. Trace element data. Table 2. Electron microprobe concentrations for depth-profile zircons and AS3 zircon standards. Tables 3,4. Polished-grain zircon U-Pb isotopic data. Tables 5,6. Depth-profile U-Pb isotopic data
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Plagioclase from planetary basalts: Chemical signatures that reflect planetary volatile budgets, oxygen fugacity, and styles of igneous differentiation
Jim Karner, J.J. Papike, and C.K. Shearer
Item#: AM-04-068
Appendix Table 1. Average composition of plagioclase from planetary basalt samples (coded by thin section). Appendix Table 2. Mineral modes of planetary basalts. Appendix Figures A1-A5 and backscatter electron Images of planetary basalts.
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Appendix Table 1. Average composition of plagioclase from planetary basalt samples (coded by thin section). Appendix Table 2. Mineral modes of planetary basalts. Appendix Figures A1-A5 and backscatter electron Images of planetary basalts.
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Cation disorder in dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2, and its influence on the aragonite + magnesite ↔ dolomite reaction boundary
Sytle M. Antao, Willem H. Mulder, Ishmael Hassan, Wilson A. Crichton, and John B. Parise
Item#: AM-04-066
Table 2. Atomic positions, displacement parameters (x100 Å2), and bond distances (Å) at various temperatures (K) for dolomite
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Table 2. Atomic positions, displacement parameters (x100 Å2), and bond distances (Å) at various temperatures (K) for dolomite
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