American Mineralogist
LETTER
1507
Te-rich raspite, Pb(W0.56Te0.44)O4, from Tombstone, Arizona, U.S.A.: The first natural example of Te6+Êsubstitution for W6+
Marcelo B. Andrade, Hexiong Yang, Robert T. Downs, Robert A. Jenkins and Isabel Fay
HIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1193
An alternative to alteration and melting processes in the Earth: Reaction between hydrogen (H2) and oxide components in the Earth in space and time
Bjorn Mysen
1195
The crystallographic and petrogenetic significance of pegmatite phosphates
Frédéric Hatert
1197
Small grains and big implications: Accessory Ti- and Zr-minerals as petrogenetic indicators in HP and UHP marbles
Peter Tropper
WHAT LURKS IN THE MARTIAN ROCKS AND SOIL? INVESTIGATIONS OF SULFATES, PHOSPHATES, AND PERCHLORATES
1199
Natural Fe-bearing oxides and sulfates from the Rio Tinto Mars analog site: Critical assessment of VNIR reflectance spectroscopy, laser Raman spectroscopy, and XRD as mineral identification tools
Pablo Sobron, Janice L. Bishop, David F. Blake, Bin Chen and Fernando Rull
1206
Dissolution rates of amorphous Al- and Fe-phosphates and their relevance to phosphate mobility on Mars
Valerie M. Tu, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Oliver Tschauner, Valentin Iota and Gerald W. Egeland
1216
Stability and spectroscopy of Mg sulfate minerals: Role of hydration on sulfur isotope partitioning
Ema Bobocioiu and Razvan Caracas
1221
Synthesis and characterization of the Mars-relevant phosphate minerals Fe- and Mg-whitlockite and merrillite and a possible mechanism that maintains charge balance during whitlockite to merrillite transformation
Christopher T. Adcock, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Paul M. Forster, Oliver Tschauner and Kirellos J. Sefein
MINERALS IN THE HUMAN BODY
1233
Determination of the concentration of asbestos minerals in highly contaminated mine tailings: An example from abandoned mine waste of Crètaz and Èmarese (Valle d’Aosta, Italy)
Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Simone Pollastri, Nicola Bursi Gandolfi, Francesco Ronchetti, Carlo Albonico, Alessandro Cavallo, Giovanna Zanetti, Paola Marini and Orietta Sala
SPINELS RENAISSANCE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THOSE UBIQUITOUS MINERALS AND MATERIALS
1248
Pressure-volume equation of state for chromite and magnesiochromite: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction investigation
Fabrizio Nestola, Benedetta Periotto, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Enrico Bruschini and Ferdinando Bosi
1254
The systematics of the spinel-type minerals: An overview
Cristian Biagioni and Marco Pasero
CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF EARTH'S MANTLE
1265
Formation of SiH4 and H2O by the dissolution of quartz in H2 fluid under high pressure and temperature
Ayako Shinozaki, Hiroyuki Kagi, Naoki Noguchi, Hisako Hirai, Hiroaki Ohfuji, Taku Okada, Satoshi Nakano and Takehiko Yagi
1270
Identifying the spin transition in Fe2+-rich MgSiO3 perovskite from X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy
Razvan Caracas, Haruka Ozawa, Kei Hirose, Hirofumi Ishii, Nozomu Hiraoka, Yasuo Ohishi and Naohisa Hirao
1277
Mantle-derived guyanaite in a Cr-omphacitite xenolith from Moses Rock diatreme, Utah
Daniel J. Schulze, Roberta L. Flemming, Patrick H.M. Shepherd and Herwart Helmstaedt
REGULAR ARTICLE
1284
Pluton assembly and the genesis of granitic magmas: Insights from the GIC pluton in cross section, Sierra Nevada Batholith, California
Keith D. Putirka, Joe Canchola, Jeffrey Rash, Oscar Smith, Gerardo Torrez, Scott R. Paterson and Mihai N. Ducea
1304
First-principles molecular dynamics simulations of MgSiO3Êglass: Structure, density, and elasticity at high pressure
Dipta B. Ghosh, Bijaya B. Karki and Lars Stixrude
1315
A new UHP metamorphic complex in the ~1.8 Ga Nagssugtoqidian Orogen of West Greenland
William E. Glassley, John A. Korstgård, Kai Sørensen and Steen W. Platou
1335
Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy of REE fluorocarbonates
David J. Turner, Benoit Rivard and Lee A. Groat
1347
Volatile abundances of coexisting merrillite and apatite in the martian meteorite Shergotty: Implications for merrillite in hydrous magmas
Francis M. McCubbin, Charles K. Shearer, Paul V. Burger, Erik H. Hauri, Jianhua Wang, Stephen M. Elardo and James J. Papike
1355
Sb5+Êand Sb3+Êsubstitution in segnitite: A new sink for As and Sb in the environment and implications for acid mine drainage
Stuart J. Mills, Barbara Etschmann, Anthony R. Kampf, Glenn Poirier and Matthew Newville
1360
First-principles elasticity of monocarboaluminate hydrates
Juhyuk Moon, Seyoon Yoon, Renata M. Wentzcovitch and Paulo J.M. Monteiro
1369
Substitution of Ti3+Êand Ti4+Êin hibonite (CaAl12O19)
Patricia M. Doyle, Paul F. Schofield, Andrew J. Berry, Andrew M. Walker and Kevin S. Knight
1383
Exploring the effect of lithium on pegmatitic textures: An experimental study
Victoria Maneta and Don R. Baker
1404
XANES measurements of Cr valence in olivine and their applications to planetary basalts
Aaron S. Bell, Paul V. Burger, Loan Le, Charles K. Shearer, James J. Papike, Steve R. Sutton, Matthew Newville and John Jones
1413
Z-contrast imaging and ab initio study on ÒdÓ superstructure in sedimentary dolomite
Zhizhang Shen, Hiromi Konishi, Izabela Szlufarska, Philip E. Brown and Huifang Xu
1420
Influence of temperature, pressure, and chemical composition on the electrical conductivity of granite
Lidong Dai, Haiying Hu, Heping Li, Jianjun Jiang and Keshi Hui
1429
Ti- and Zr-minerals in calcite-dolomite marbles from the ultrahigh-pressure Kimi Complex, Rhodope mountains, Greece: Implications for the P-T evolution based on reaction textures, petrogenetic grids, and geothermobarometry
Alexander Proyer, Ioannis Baziotis, Evripidis Mposkos and Dieter Rhede
1449
Ab initio thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of sapphirine end-members in the join Mg4Al8Si2O20-Mg3Al10SiO20
Donato Belmonte, Giulio Ottonello and Marino Vetuschi Zuccolini
1462
The relation between Li ↔ Na substitution and hydrogen bonding in five-periodic single-chain silicates nambulite and marsturite: A single-crystal X-ray study
Mariko Nagashima, Thomas Armbruster, Uwe Kolitsch and Thomas Pettke
1471
Natural analogs of belite sulfoaluminate cement clinkers from Negev Desert, Israel
Ella V. Sokol, Svetlana N. Kokh, Yevgeny Vapnik, Vincent ThiŽry and Sophia A. Korzhova
1488
Australian sedimentary opal-A and its associated minerals: Implications for natural silica sphere formation
Moritz Liesegang and Ralf Milke
1500
The 2HÊand 3RÊpolytypes of sabieite, NH4Fe3+(SO4)2, from a natural fire in an oil-bearing shale near Milan, Ohio
Anthony R. Kampf, R. Peter Richards and Barbara P. Nash
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1511
New Mineral Names
Fernando Cámara, G. Diego Gatta, Yulia Uvarova, Olivier C. Gagne and Dmitriyi Belakovskiy
BOOK REVIEW
1519
WWII, Mineralogy and Me: A Memoir
Christine Elrod
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1206
Dissolution rates of amorphous Al- and Fe-phosphates and their relevance to phosphate mobility on Mars
Valerie M. Tu, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Oliver Tschauner, Valentin Iota and Gerald W. Egeland
1221
Synthesis and characterization of the Mars-relevant phosphate minerals Fe- and Mg-whitlockite and merrillite and a possible mechanism that maintains charge balance during whitlockite to merrillite transformation
Christopher T. Adcock, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Paul M. Forster, Oliver Tschauner and Kirellos J. Sefein
1248
Pressure-volume equation of state for chromite and magnesiochromite: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction investigation
Fabrizio Nestola, Benedetta Periotto, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Enrico Bruschini and Ferdinando Bosi
1284
Pluton assembly and the genesis of granitic magmas: Insights from the GIC pluton in cross section, Sierra Nevada Batholith, California
Keith D. Putirka, Joe Canchola, Jeffrey Rash, Oscar Smith, Gerardo Torrez, Scott R. Paterson and Mihai N. Ducea
1304
First-principles molecular dynamics simulations of MgSiO3Êglass: Structure, density, and elasticity at high pressure
Dipta B. Ghosh, Bijaya B. Karki and Lars Stixrude
1335
Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy of REE fluorocarbonates
David J. Turner, Benoit Rivard and Lee A. Groat
1347
Volatile abundances of coexisting merrillite and apatite in the martian meteorite Shergotty: Implications for merrillite in hydrous magmas
Francis M. McCubbin, Charles K. Shearer, Paul V. Burger, Erik H. Hauri, Jianhua Wang, Stephen M. Elardo and James J. Papike
1355
Sb5+Êand Sb3+Êsubstitution in segnitite: A new sink for As and Sb in the environment and implications for acid mine drainage
Stuart J. Mills, Barbara Etschmann, Anthony R. Kampf, Glenn Poirier and Matthew Newville
1360
First-principles elasticity of monocarboaluminate hydrates
Juhyuk Moon, Seyoon Yoon, Renata M. Wentzcovitch and Paulo J.M. Monteiro
1369
Substitution of Ti3+Êand Ti4+Êin hibonite (CaAl12O19)
Patricia M. Doyle, Paul F. Schofield, Andrew J. Berry, Andrew M. Walker and Kevin S. Knight
1404
XANES measurements of Cr valence in olivine and their applications to planetary basalts
Aaron S. Bell, Paul V. Burger, Loan Le, Charles K. Shearer, James J. Papike, Steve R. Sutton, Matthew Newville and John Jones
1413
Z-contrast imaging and ab initio study on ÒdÓ superstructure in sedimentary dolomite
Zhizhang Shen, Hiromi Konishi, Izabela Szlufarska, Philip E. Brown and Huifang Xu
1449
Ab initio thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of sapphirine end-members in the join Mg4Al8Si2O20-Mg3Al10SiO20
Donato Belmonte, Giulio Ottonello and Marino Vetuschi Zuccolini
1462
The relation between Li ↔ Na substitution and hydrogen bonding in five-periodic single-chain silicates nambulite and marsturite: A single-crystal X-ray study
Mariko Nagashima, Thomas Armbruster, Uwe Kolitsch and Thomas Pettke
1471
Natural analogs of belite sulfoaluminate cement clinkers from Negev Desert, Israel
Ella V. Sokol, Svetlana N. Kokh, Yevgeny Vapnik, Vincent ThiŽry and Sophia A. Korzhova
1500
The 2HÊand 3RÊpolytypes of sabieite, NH4Fe3+(SO4)2, from a natural fire in an oil-bearing shale near Milan, Ohio
Anthony R. Kampf, R. Peter Richards and Barbara P. Nash
1507
Te-rich raspite, Pb(W0.56Te0.44)O4, from Tombstone, Arizona, U.S.A.: The first natural example of Te6+Êsubstitution for W6+
Marcelo B. Andrade, Hexiong Yang, Robert T. Downs, Robert A. Jenkins and Isabel Fay
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