American Mineralogist
Open AccessLETTER
1368
Discovery of dmisteinbergite (hexagonal CaAl2Si2O8) in the Allende meteorite: A new member of refractory silicates formed in the solar nebula
Chi Ma, Alexander N. Krot, and Martin Bizzarro
HIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1093
A step closer to predicting the bonding geometry of crystals
I. David Brown
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MINERALS IN THE HUMAN BODY
1095
Crystal chemistry of cement-asbestos
Alberto Viani, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Michele Secco, Luca Peruzzo, Gilberto Artioli, and Giuseppe Cruciani
SPECIAL COLLECTION: VERSATILE MONAZITE: RESOLVING GEOLOGICAL RECORDS AND SOLVING CHALLENGES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
1106
Microprobe analysis and dating of monazite from the Potsdam Formation, New York: A progressive record of chemical reaction and fluid interaction
Julien Allaz, Bruce Selleck, Michael L. Williams, and Michael J. Jercinovic
REGULAR ARTICLE
1120
A study of ruby (corundum) compositions from the Mogok Belt, Myanmar: Searching for chemical fingerprints
George E. Harlow and Will Bender
1133
The dehydroxylation of chrysotile: A combined in situ micro-Raman and micro-FTIR study
Roy Trittschack and Bernard Grobéty
1146
Synchrotron M??ssbauer study of Fe-bearing pyrope at high pressures and temperatures
Zhu Mao, Jung-Fu Lin, Shu Huang, Jiuhua Chen, Yuming Xiao, and Paul Cho
1153
In situ Raman spectroscopic study of transient polyhedral distortions during cesium ion exchange into sitinakite
Aaron J. Celestian, Michael Powers, and Shelby Rader
1162
A micro-reflectance IR spectroscopy method for analyzing volatile species in basaltic, andesitic, phonolitic, and rhyolitic glasses
Penelope L. King and Jessica F. Larsen
1172
Fundamental M??ssbauer parameters of synthetic Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes
M. Darby Dyar, Rachel L. Klima, Alexandra Fleagle, and Samantha E. Peel
1187
Iron oxidation state in phyllosilicate single crystals using Fe-K pre-edge and XANES spectroscopy: Effects of the linear polarization of the synchrotron X-ray beam
Manuel Muñoz, Olivier Vidal, Clément Marcaillou, Sakura Pascarelli, Olivier Mathon, and François Farges
1198
Effect of particle size on phase transitions in metastable alumina nanoparticles: A view from high-resolution solid-state 27Al NMR study
Hyun Na Kim and Sung Keun Lee
1211
Magnesite formation from MgO and CO2 at the pressures and temperatures of Earth’s mantle
Henry P. Scott, Vincent M. Doczy, Mark R. Frank, Maggie Hasan, Jung-Fu Lin, and Jing Yang
1219
Investigation of the hydrozincite structure by infrared and solid-state NMR spectroscopy
Roberta Sanna, Giovanni De Giudici, Andrea Mariano Scorciapino, Costantino Floris, and Mariano Casu
1227
Local structure in C2/c clinopyroxenes on the hedenbergite (CaFeSi2O6)-ferrosilite (Fe2Si2O6) join: A new interpretation for the M??ssbauer spectra of Ca-rich C2/c clinopyroxenes and implications for pyroxene exsolution
Yassir A. Abdu and Frank C. Hawthorne
1235
On the effect of carbonate on barite growth at elevated temperatures
Nuria Sánchez-Pastor, Melanie Kaliwoda, Sabino Veintemillas-Verdaguer, and Guntram Jordan
1241
The structure of (Ca,Co)CoSi2O6 pyroxenes and the Ca-M2+ substitution in (Ca,M2+)M2+Si2O6 pyroxenes (M2+ = Co, Fe, Mg)
Luciana Mantovani, Mario Tribaudino, Francesco Mezzadri, Gianluca Calestani, and Geoffrey Bromiley
1253
Structure of mixed-layer corrensite-chlorite revealed by high-resolution transmission electron microcopy (HRTEM)
Toshihiro Kogure, Victor A. Drits, and Sayako Inoue
1261
In situ dehydration behavior of veszelyite (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O: A single-crystal X-ray study
Rosa Micaela Danisi, Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic, Predrag Vulić, Reinhard Kaindl, Radovan Dimitrijević, and Volker Kahlenberg
1270
Ab-initio determination of high-pressure and high-temperature thermoelastic and thermodynamic properties of low-spin (Mg1–xFex)O ferropericlase with x in the range [0.06, 0.59]
Isacco Scanavino and Mauro Prencipe
1279
The composite modulated structure of cupropearceite and cupropolybasite and its behavior toward low temperature
Luca Bindi, Andreas K. Schaper, Hiroki Kurata, and Silvio Menchetti
1285
Oxidation in CSPV experiments involving H2O-bearing mafic magmas: Quantification and mitigation
Thomas Shea and Julia E. Hammer
1297
Coexisting hydroxyl groups and H2O molecules in minerals: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of eosphorite, MnAlPO4(OH)2·H2O
G. Diego Gatta, Gwilherm Nénert, and Pietro Vignola
1302
Rapidcreekite in the sulfuric acid weathering environment of Diana Cave, Romania
Bogdan P. Onac, Herta S. Effenberger, Jonathan G. Wynn, and Ioan Povară
1310
Terrywallaceite, AgPb(Sb,Bi)3S6, isotypic with gustavite, a new mineral from Mina Herminia, Julcani Mining District, Huancavelica, Peru
Hexiong Yang, Robert T. Downs, Stanley H. Evans, and William W. Pinch
1315
Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: X. Bairdite, Pb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)(H2O), a new mineral with thick HCP layers
Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, Robert M. Housley, George R. Rossman, Joseph Marty, and Brent Thorne
1322
Lusernaite-(Y), Y4Al(CO3)2(OH,F)11·6H2O, a new mineral species from Luserna Valley, Piedmont, Italy: Description and crystal structure
Cristian Biagioni, Elena Bonaccorsi, Fernando Cámara, Marcella Cadoni, Marco E. Ciriotti, Danilo Bersani, and Uwe Kolitsch
1330
Fe-rich and As-bearing vesuvianite and wiluite from Kozlov, Czech Republic
Lee A. Groat, R. James Evans, Jan Cemp??rek, Catherine McCammon, and Stanislav Houzar
1338
WinPyrox: A Windows program for pyroxene calculation classification and thermobarometry
Fuat Yavuz
1360
Further work on experimental plagioclase equilibria and the Skaergaard liquidus temperature
Peter Thy, Charles E. Lesher, and Christian Tegner
MEMORIAL
1372
Memorial of Ray E. Wilcox, 1912–2012
Daniel E. Kile
BOOK REVIEW
1375
BOOK REVIEW: ATLAS OF NON-SILICATE MINERALS IN THIN SECTION by Joan Carles Melgarejo and Robert F. Martin. (2011) The Canadian Mineralogist Special Publication 7, 522 p. hardcover, DVD-ROM, Mineralogical Association of Canada, Québec.
Hiltrud Müller-Sigmund
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1095
Crystal chemistry of cement-asbestos
Alberto Viani, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Michele Secco, Luca Peruzzo, Gilberto Artioli, and Giuseppe Cruciani
1106
Microprobe analysis and dating of monazite from the Potsdam Formation, New York: A progressive record of chemical reaction and fluid interaction
Julien Allaz, Bruce Selleck, Michael L. Williams, and Michael J. Jercinovic
1120
A study of ruby (corundum) compositions from the Mogok Belt, Myanmar: Searching for chemical fingerprints
George E. Harlow and Will Bender
1172
Fundamental M??ssbauer parameters of synthetic Ca-Mg-Fe pyroxenes
M. Darby Dyar, Rachel L. Klima, Alexandra Fleagle, and Samantha E. Peel
1198
Effect of particle size on phase transitions in metastable alumina nanoparticles: A view from high-resolution solid-state 27Al NMR study
Hyun Na Kim and Sung Keun Lee
1241
The structure of (Ca,Co)CoSi2O6 pyroxenes and the Ca-M2+ substitution in (Ca,M2+)M2+Si2O6 pyroxenes (M2+ = Co, Fe, Mg)
Luciana Mantovani, Mario Tribaudino, Francesco Mezzadri, Gianluca Calestani, and Geoffrey Bromiley
1261
In situ dehydration behavior of veszelyite (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O: A single-crystal X-ray study
Rosa Micaela Danisi, Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic, Predrag Vulić, Reinhard Kaindl, Radovan Dimitrijević, and Volker Kahlenberg
1285
Oxidation in CSPV experiments involving H2O-bearing mafic magmas: Quantification and mitigation
Thomas Shea and Julia E. Hammer
1297
Coexisting hydroxyl groups and H2O molecules in minerals: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of eosphorite, MnAlPO4(OH)2·H2O
G. Diego Gatta, Gwilherm Nénert, and Pietro Vignola
1302
Rapidcreekite in the sulfuric acid weathering environment of Diana Cave, Romania
Bogdan P. Onac, Herta S. Effenberger, Jonathan G. Wynn, and Ioan Povară
1315
Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: X. Bairdite, Pb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)(H2O), a new mineral with thick HCP layers
Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, Robert M. Housley, George R. Rossman, Joseph Marty, and Brent Thorne
1322
Lusernaite-(Y), Y4Al(CO3)2(OH,F)11·6H2O, a new mineral species from Luserna Valley, Piedmont, Italy: Description and crystal structure
Cristian Biagioni, Elena Bonaccorsi, Fernando Cámara, Marcella Cadoni, Marco E. Ciriotti, Danilo Bersani, and Uwe Kolitsch
1330
Fe-rich and As-bearing vesuvianite and wiluite from Kozlov, Czech Republic
Lee A. Groat, R. James Evans, Jan Cemp??rek, Catherine McCammon, and Stanislav Houzar
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