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1182
High-pressure I2/c–P21/c phase transformation in SrAl2Si2O8 feldspar
Francesco Pandolfo, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Fabrizio Nestola, Monika Koch Müller, Maria Mrosko, and Emiliano Bruno
1186
Crystal structure of uchucchacuaite, AgMnPb3Sb5S12, and its relationship with ramdohrite and fizélyite
H. Yang, R.T. Downs, S.H. Evans, M.N. Feinglos, and K.T. Tait
REGULAR ARTICLE
953
Needs and opportunities in mineral evolution research
Robert M. Hazen, Andrey Bekker, David L. Bish, Wouter Bleeker, Robert T. Downs, James Farquhar, John M. Ferry, Edward S. Grew, Andrew H. Knoll, Dominic Papineau, Jolyon P. Ralph, Dimitri A. Sverjensky, and John W. Valley
964
Rutile inclusions in quartz crystals record decreasing temperature and pressure during the exhumation of the Su-Lu UHP metamorphic belt in Donghai, East China
Xiaofeng Li, Brian Rusk, Rucheng Wang, Yuichi Morishita, Yasushi Watanabe, and Zhenyu Chen
974
A first-principles study of the phase transition from Holl-I to Holl-II in the composition KAlSi3O8
Liwei Deng, Xi Liu, Hong Liu, and Yigang Zhang
983
Sejkoraite-(Y), a new member of the zippeite group containing trivalent cations from Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal), Czech Republic: Description and crystal structure refinement
Jakub Plášil, Michal DuÅ¡ek, Milan Novák, Jiřà Čejka, Ivana CÃsaÅ™ová, and Radek Å koda
992
Thermoelastic and thermodynamic properties of plagioclase feldspars from thermal expansion measurements
Mario Tribaudino, Marco Bruno, Fabrizio Nestola, Daria Pasqual, and Ross J. Angel
1003
Quantitative determination of chrysotile in massive serpentinites using DTA: Implications for asbestos determinations
C. Viti, C. Giacobbe, and A.F. Gualtieri
1012
In situ observation of the crystallization pressure induced by halite crystal growth in a microfluidic channel
Nandini Sengupta, Pulak Sengupta, and Himanshu Kumar SachanKotaro Sekine, Atsushi Okamoto, and Kazuo Hayashi
1020
Microstructures of the larval shell of a pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata, investigated by FIB-TEM technique
Naoki Yokoo, Michio Suzuki, Kazuko Saruwatari, Hideo Aoki, Katsuaki Watanabe, Hiromichi Nagasawa, and Toshihiro Kogure
1028
Magnesium quantification in calcites [(Ca,Mg)CO3] by Rietveld-based XRD analysis: Revisiting a well-established method
Jürgen Titschack, Friedlinde Goetz-Neunhoeffer, and Jürgen Neubauer
1039
The effect of Fe on olivine H2O storage capacity: Consequences for H2O in the martian mantle
A.C. Withers, M.M. Hirschmann, and T.J. Tenner
1054
Kinetics of thermal transformation of partially dehydroxylated pyrophyllite
Victor A. Drits, Arkadiusz Derkowski, and Douglas K. McCarty
1070
Dehydration of the natural zeolite goosecreekite CaAl2Si6O16·5H2O upon stepwise heating: A single-crystal and powder X-ray study
Eva Wadoski, Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic, and Martin Fisch
1079
Incorporation mechanisms of Ta and Nb in zircon and implications for pegmatitic systems
Marieke Van Lichtervelde, Francois Holtz, Wanja Dziony, Thomas Ludwig, and Hans-Peter Meyer
1090
Variable-temperature 27Al and 29Si NMR studies of synthetic forsterite and Fe-bearing Dora Maira pyrope garnet: Temperature dependence and mechanisms of paramagnetically shifted peaks
Aaron C. Palke and Jonathan F. Stebbins
1100
Calibrating Ti concentrations in quartz for SIMS determinations using NIST silicate glasses and application to the TitaniQ geothermobarometer
Whitney M. Behr, Jay B. Thomas, and Richard L. Hervig
1107
Crystal structure of Na3Fe(SO4)3: A high-temperature product (~400 °C) of sideronatrite [Na2Fe(SO4)2OH·3H2O]
Fernando Scordari, Gennaro Ventruti, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, and Andrea Lausi
1112
Evidence for boron incorporation into the serpentine crystal structure
Sonja Pabst, Thomas Zack, Ivan P. Savov, Thomas Ludwig, Detlef Rost, and Edward P. Vicenzi
1120
Structure refinement of Ag-free heyrovskýite from Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy)
D. Pinto, T. Balić-Žunić, A. Garavelli, and F. Vurro
1129
Microtextures, microchemistry, and mineralogy of basaltic glass alteration, Jeju Island, Korea, with implications for elemental behavior
Gi Young Jeong and Young Kwan Sohn
1148
Orientation of channel carbonate ions in apatite: Effect of pressure and composition
Michael E. Fleet, Xiaoyang Liu, and Xi Liu
1158
Thermoelastic property and high-pressure stability of Fe7C3: Implication for iron-carbide in the Earth’s core
Yoichi Nakajima, Eiichi Takahashi, Nagayoshi Sata, Yu Nishihara, Kei Hirose, Ken-ichi Funakoshi, and Yasuo Ohishi
1166
Yttriaite-(Y): The natural occurrence of Y2O3 from the Bol’shaya Pol’ya River, Subpolar Urals, Russia
Stuart J. Mills, Pavel M. Kartashov, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman, Margarita I. Novgorodova, Anthony R. Kampf, and Mati Raudsepp
1171
Identification and characterization of nanosized tripuhyite in soil near Sb mine tailings
Satoshi Mitsunobu, Yoshio Takahashi, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Matthew A. Marcus, Yasuko Terada, Takeru Iwamura, and Masahiro Sakata
BOOK REVIEW
1190
BOOK REVIEW, QUANTITATIVE MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH by Donald A. Singer and W. David Menzie. (2010) Oxford University Press, 232 pages
Matthew Field
DEPOSIT ITEMS
983
Sejkoraite-(Y), a new member of the zippeite group containing trivalent cations from Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal), Czech Republic: Description and crystal structure refinement
Jakub Plášil, Michal DuÅ¡ek, Milan Novák, Jiřà Čejka, Ivana CÃsaÅ™ová, and Radek Å koda
992
Thermoelastic and thermodynamic properties of plagioclase feldspars from thermal expansion measurements
Mario Tribaudino, Marco Bruno, Fabrizio Nestola, Daria Pasqual, and Ross J. Angel
Item#: AM-11-031
Table 1. Cell parameters for the studied plagioclase and Table 6. Calculated thermal expansion tensor values
AM-11-031.zip zipped
Table 1. Cell parameters for the studied plagioclase and Table 6. Calculated thermal expansion tensor values
AM-11-031.zip zipped
1070
Dehydration of the natural zeolite goosecreekite CaAl2Si6O16·5H2O upon stepwise heating: A single-crystal and powder X-ray study
Eva Wadoski, Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic, and Martin Fisch
1107
Crystal structure of Na3Fe(SO4)3: A high-temperature product (~400 °C) of sideronatrite [Na2Fe(SO4)2OH·3H2O]
Fernando Scordari, Gennaro Ventruti, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, and Andrea Lausi
1120
Structure refinement of Ag-free heyrovskýite from Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy)
D. Pinto, T. Balić-Žunić, A. Garavelli, and F. Vurro
1171
Identification and characterization of nanosized tripuhyite in soil near Sb mine tailings
Satoshi Mitsunobu, Yoshio Takahashi, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Matthew A. Marcus, Yasuko Terada, Takeru Iwamura, and Masahiro Sakata
1182
High-pressure I2/c–P21/c phase transformation in SrAl2Si2O8 feldspar
Francesco Pandolfo, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Fabrizio Nestola, Monika Koch Müller, Maria Mrosko, and Emiliano Bruno
1186
Crystal structure of uchucchacuaite, AgMnPb3Sb5S12, and its relationship with ramdohrite and fizélyite
H. Yang, R.T. Downs, S.H. Evans, M.N. Feinglos, and K.T. Tait
Item#: AM-11-037
Table 2. Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters of uchucchacuaite and Crystallographic Information Files
AM-11-037.zip zipped
Table 2. Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters of uchucchacuaite and Crystallographic Information Files
AM-11-037.zip zipped
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