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1105
Partial high-grade alteration of monazite using alkali-bearing fluids: Experiment and nature
Daniel E. Harlov and Callum J. Hetherington
1109
A first-principles determination of the orientation of H3O+ in hydronium alunite
Julian D. Gale, Kate Wright, and Karen A. Hudson-Edwards
1113
The structure of a super-aluminous version of the dense hydrous-magnesium silicate phase D
Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Daniel J. Frost, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, and Florian Heidelbach
1117
Kaolin polytypes revisited ab initio at 10 GPa
Patrick H.J. Mercier, Yvon Le Page, and Serge Desgreniers
REGULAR ARTICLE
897
Corundum–leucosome-bearing aluminous gneiss from Ayyarmalai, Southern Granulite Terrain, India: A textbook example of vapor phase-absent muscovite-melting in silica-undersaturated aluminous rocks
Michael M. Raith, Pulak Sengupta, Ellen Kooijman, Dewashish Upadhyay, and C. Srikantappa
908
Near infrared spectra of white mica in the Belt Supergroup and implications for metamorphism
Edward F. Duke and Reed S. Lewis
921
Arsenic speciation in fluid inclusions using micro-beam X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Julianne James-Smith, Jean Cauzid, Denis Testemale, Weihua Liu, Jean-Louis Hazemann, Olivier Proux, Barbara Etschmann, Pascal Philippot, David Banks, Patrick Williams, and Joël Brugger
933
The crystal chemistry and crystal structure of kuksite, Pb3Zn3Te6+P2O14, and a note on the crystal structure of yafsoanite, (Ca,Pb)3Zn(TeO6)2
Stuart J. Mills, Anthony R. Kampf, Uwe Kolitsch, Robert M. Housley, and Mati Raudsepp
939
Chabazite-Mg: A new natural zeolite of the chabazite series
G. Montagna, S. Bigi, P. Kónya, S. Szakáll, and G. Vezzalini
946
Solution calorimetric investigation of fluor-chlorapatite crystalline solutions
Guy L. Hovis and Daniel E. Harlov
953
Pertsevite-(OH), a new mineral in the pertsevite series, Mg2(BO3)1–x(SiO4)x(F,OH)1–x (x < 0.5), from the Snezhnoye deposit in Sakha-Yakutia Republic, Russia
Irina O. Galuskina, Luisa Ottolini, Milen Kadiyski, Thomas Armbruster, Evgeny V. Galuskin, Piotr Dzierżanowski, and Antoni Winiarski
959
Bitikleite-(SnAl) and bitikleite-(ZrFe): New garnets from xenoliths of the Upper Chegem volcanic structure, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia
Irina O. Galuskina, Evgeny V. Galuskin, Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic, Piotr Dzierżanowski, Viktor M. Gazeev, Krystian Prusik, Nikolai N. Pertsev, Antoni Winiarski, Aleksandr E. Zadov, Roman Wrzalik, and Anatoly G. Gurbanov
968
Silicon coordination in rutile and TiO2-II at ambient and high pressures: Si-29 NMR
Jed L. Mosenfelder, Namjun Kim, and Jonathan F. Stebbins
974
Spin orientation in a natural Ti-bearing hematite: Evidence for an out-of-plane component
Richard J. Harrison, Suzanne A. McEnroe, Peter Robinson, and Christopher J. Howard
980
Theoretical determination of the Raman spectra of single-crystal forsterite (Mg2SiO4)
David A. McKeown, Michael I. Bell, and Razvan Caracas
987
Nitrogen and hydrogen isotope compositions and solubility in silicate melts in equilibrium with reduced (N+H)-bearing fluids at high pressure and temperature: Effects of melt structure
Bj??rn O. Mysen and Marilyn L. Fogel
1000
In situ ultrasonic velocity measurements across the olivine-spinel transformation in Fe2SiO4
Qiong Liu, Wei Liu, Matthew L. Whitaker, Liping Wang, and Baosheng Li
1006
The computation of equilibrium assemblage diagrams with Theriak/Domino software
Christian de Capitani and Konstantin Petrakakis
1017
Determination of nanoparticulate magnetite stoichiometry by M??ssbauer spectroscopy, acidic dissolution, and powder X-ray diffraction: A critical review
Christopher A. Gorski and Michelle M. Scherer
1027
Low-temperature behavior of natural kalsilite with P31c symmetry: An in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction study
G. Diego Gatta, Ross J. Angel, and Michael A. Carpenter
1035
First-principles simulations of MgO tilt grain boundary: Structure and vacancy formation at high pressure
Ashok K. Verma and Bijaya B. Karki
1042
The effect of oxo-component on the high-pressure behavior of amphiboles
P. Comodi, T. Boffa Ballaran, P.F. Zanazzi, C. Capalbo, A. Zanetti, and S. Nazzareni
1052
Integral molar absorptivities of OH in muscovite at 20 to 650 °C by in-situ high-temperature IR microspectroscopy
Kazuyo Tokiwai and Satoru Nakashima
1060
Principles of thermal expansion in the feldspar system
Guy L. Hovis, Aaron Medford, Maricate Conlon, Allison Tether, and Anthony Romanoski
1069
A moissanite cell apparatus for optical in situ observation of crystallizing melts at high temperature
Federica Schiavi, Nicolas Walte, Alexander Konschak, and Hans Keppler
1080
Polezhaevaite-(Ce), NaSrCeF6, a new mineral from the Khibiny massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia)
Victor N. Yakovenchuk, Ekaterina A. Selivanova, Gregory Yu. Ivanyuk, Yakov A. Pakhomovsky, Julia A. Korchak, and Alexander P. Nikolaev
1084
The interlayer structure of trioctahedral lithian micas: An AXANES spectroscopy study at the potassium K-edge
Giannantonio Cibin, Annibale Mottana, Augusto Marcelli, Gianfelice Cinque, Wei Xu, Ziyu Wu, and Maria Franca Brigatti
AMORPHOUS MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, STRUCTURE, AND DURABILITY
1095
Arsenic enrichment in hydrous peraluminous melts: Insights from femtosecond laser ablationinductively coupled plasma-quadrupole mass spectrometry, and in situ X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
Anastassia Y. Borisova, Gleb S. Pokrovski, Michel Pichavant, Rémi Freydier, and Frédéric Candaudap
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1121
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Glenn Poirier, Kimberly T. Tait, and Paula C. Piilonen
DEPOSIT ITEMS
908
Near infrared spectra of white mica in the Belt Supergroup and implications for metamorphism
Edward F. Duke and Reed S. Lewis
1042
The effect of oxo-component on the high-pressure behavior of amphiboles
P. Comodi, T. Boffa Ballaran, P.F. Zanazzi, C. Capalbo, A. Zanetti, and S. Nazzareni
Item#: AM-10-028
Table 4. Fractional atomic coordinates and displacement parameters (2) of FR12 and DL5 samples at different pressures, Table 5. Observed and calculated structure factors of FR12 and DL5 samples at different pressures., ,Crystallographic Information Files for kaersutite samples, 67007_kxkz5s.cif, 67008_kxkz5t.cif, 67009_kxkz5f.cif, 67010_kxkz55.cif, 67011_kxkz5v.cif, 67012_kxkz5v.cif, 67013_kxkz5w.cif, 67014_kxkz5x.cif, 67015_kxkz5x.cif and 67016_kxkz5x.cif
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Table 4. Fractional atomic coordinates and displacement parameters (2) of FR12 and DL5 samples at different pressures, Table 5. Observed and calculated structure factors of FR12 and DL5 samples at different pressures., ,Crystallographic Information Files for kaersutite samples, 67007_kxkz5s.cif, 67008_kxkz5t.cif, 67009_kxkz5f.cif, 67010_kxkz55.cif, 67011_kxkz5v.cif, 67012_kxkz5v.cif, 67013_kxkz5w.cif, 67014_kxkz5x.cif, 67015_kxkz5x.cif and 67016_kxkz5x.cif
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1069
A moissanite cell apparatus for optical in situ observation of crystallizing melts at high temperature
Federica Schiavi, Nicolas Walte, Alexander Konschak, and Hans Keppler
Item#: AM-10-033
MOVIE 1. Time-lapse movie showing crystallization and melting of nitrate salts (see detailed description of the textural development reported in the text), which occurred during the interval of the experiment indicated by the circle in Fig. 2a. Image width corresponds approximately to 1.3 mm., MOVIE 2. Melting of the nitrate aggregate that occurred during the heating step (from251.5 to 260.2 ¡C in 87 min) indicated by the label Òheating 0.1¡C/minÓ in Fig. 2a. Image widthcorresponds to 510 _m., MOVIE 3. Time-lapse movie showing textural coarsening of the polycrystalline aggregate of chloride salts, which occurred during the interval of the experiment indicated by the circle in Fig. 2b. Image width corresponds to 665 _m. MOVIE 4. Detail of Movie 3 focusing on the crystal coalescence process that is alsoshown in figure 6. Image width corresponds approximately to 350 _m., and MOVIE 5. Time-lapse movie showing three stages (see Fig. 2c) of the experimentconducted on a basaltic trachyandesite: (i) crystallization during T decrease from 1200 to 1170¡C; (ii) subsequent melting during T increase from 1170 to 1250 ¡C, followed by 50 min atT=1250 ¡C; (iii) second step of crystallization with T decreasing from 1250 to about 1150 ¡C.Image width corresponds to 665 _m.
AM-10-033.zip zipped
MOVIE 1. Time-lapse movie showing crystallization and melting of nitrate salts (see detailed description of the textural development reported in the text), which occurred during the interval of the experiment indicated by the circle in Fig. 2a. Image width corresponds approximately to 1.3 mm., MOVIE 2. Melting of the nitrate aggregate that occurred during the heating step (from251.5 to 260.2 ¡C in 87 min) indicated by the label Òheating 0.1¡C/minÓ in Fig. 2a. Image widthcorresponds to 510 _m., MOVIE 3. Time-lapse movie showing textural coarsening of the polycrystalline aggregate of chloride salts, which occurred during the interval of the experiment indicated by the circle in Fig. 2b. Image width corresponds to 665 _m. MOVIE 4. Detail of Movie 3 focusing on the crystal coalescence process that is alsoshown in figure 6. Image width corresponds approximately to 350 _m., and MOVIE 5. Time-lapse movie showing three stages (see Fig. 2c) of the experimentconducted on a basaltic trachyandesite: (i) crystallization during T decrease from 1200 to 1170¡C; (ii) subsequent melting during T increase from 1170 to 1250 ¡C, followed by 50 min atT=1250 ¡C; (iii) second step of crystallization with T decreasing from 1250 to about 1150 ¡C.Image width corresponds to 665 _m.
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1095
Arsenic enrichment in hydrous peraluminous melts: Insights from femtosecond laser ablationinductively coupled plasma-quadrupole mass spectrometry, and in situ X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
Anastassia Y. Borisova, Gleb S. Pokrovski, Michel Pichavant, Rémi Freydier, and Frédéric Candaudap
1109
A first-principles determination of the orientation of H3O+ in hydronium alunite
Julian D. Gale, Kate Wright, and Karen A. Hudson-Edwards
1117
Kaolin polytypes revisited ab initio at 10 GPa
Patrick H.J. Mercier, Yvon Le Page, and Serge Desgreniers
Item#: AM-10-027
Table ST1, Table 2. Compression of kaolinite, nacrite, and dickite to 10 Gpa and Table. Atomic coordinates
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Table ST1, Table 2. Compression of kaolinite, nacrite, and dickite to 10 Gpa and Table. Atomic coordinates
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