American Mineralogist
Open AccessREGULAR ARTICLE
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Low-temperature Zr mobility: An in situ synchrotron-radiation XRF study of the effect of radiation damage in zircon on the element release in H2O + HCl ± SiO2 fluids
Christian Schmidt, Karen Rickers, Richard Wirth, Lutz Nasdala, and John M. Hanchar
1216
Magnetic properties, microstructure, composition, and morphology of greigite nanocrystals in magnetotactic bacteria from electron holography and tomography
Takeshi Kasama, Mihály Pósfai, Ryan K.K. Chong, Anna P. Finlayson, Peter R. Buseck, Richard B. Frankel, and Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
1230
Site preference and local geometry of Sc in garnets: Part I. Multifarious mechanisms in the pyrope-grossular join
Roberta Oberti, Simona Quartieri, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Federico Boscherini, Gianluca Iezzi, Massimo Boiocchi, and Sigrid Griet Eeckhout
1240
Site preference and local geometry of Sc in garnets: Part II. The crystal-chemistry of octahedral Sc in the andradite-Ca3Sc2Si3O12 join
Simona Quartieri, Roberta Oberti, Massimo Boiocchi, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Federico Boscherini, Olga Safonova, and Alan B. Woodland
1249
The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure
Fernando Cámara, Roberta Oberti, Christian Chopin, and Olaf Medenbach
1260
The arrojadite enigma: II. Compositional space, new members, and nomenclature of the group
Christian Chopin, Roberta Oberti, and Fernando Cámara
1271
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and temperature dependent 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy on the hedenbergite-aegirine (Ca,Na)(Fe2+,Fe3+)Si2O6 solid solution
Günther J. Redhammer, Georg Amthauer, Georg Roth, Gerold Tippelt, and Werner Lottermoser
1293
Stacking structures in pyrophyllite revealed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM)
Toshihiro Kogure, Mayumi Jige, Jun Kameda, Akihiko Yamagishi, Ritsuro Miyawaki, and Ryuji Kitagawa
1300
Intensity of quartz cathodoluminescence and trace-element content in quartz from the porphyry copper deposit at Butte, Montana
Brian G. Rusk, Mark H. Reed, John H. Dilles, and Adam J.R. Kent
1313
The fate of smectite in KOH solutions
Andreas Bauer, Bruno Lanson, Eric Ferrage, Katja Emmerich, Heiner Taubald, Dieter Schild, and Bruce Velde
1323
Light-induced changes in molecular arsenic sulfides: State of the art and new evidence by single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Paola Bonazzi, Luca Bindi, Giovanni Pratesi, and Silvio Menchetti
1331
Verifying and quantifying carbon fixation in minerals from serpentine-rich mine tailings using the Rietveld method with X-ray powder diffraction data
Sasha Wilson, Mati Raudsepp, and Gregory M. Dipple
1342
Generation of pressures to ~60 GPa in Kawai-type apparatus and stability of MnGeO3 perovskite at high pressure and high temperature
Daisuke Yamazaki, Toru Shinmei, Toru Inoue, Tetsuo Irifune, Akifumi Nozawa, and Kenichi Funakoshi
1346
A model to predict phase equilibrium of CH4 and CO2 clathrate hydrate in aqueous electrolyte solutions
Zhenhao Duan and Rui Sun
1355
Raman investigation of H2O molecule and hydroxyl groups in the channels of hemimorphite
Boris Kolesov
1363
Stacking structure in disordered talc: Interpretation of its X-ray diffraction pattern by using pattern simulation and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy
Toshihiro Kogure, Jun Kameda, Tomoyuki Matsui, and Ritsuro Miyawaki
1371
Electrical conductivities of pyrope-almandine garnets up to 19 GPa and 1700 °C
Claudia Romano, Brent T. Poe, Nadia Kreidie, and Catherine A. McCammon
1378
Crystal chemistry and polytypism of tyrolite
Sergey V. Krivovichev, Dmitrii Yu. Chernyshov, Nicola D??belin, Thomas Armbruster, Volker Kahlenberg, Reinhard Kaindl, Giovanni Ferraris, Richard Tessadri, and Gerard Kaltenhauser
1385
Effect of melt structure on trace-element partitioning between clinopyroxene and silicic, alkaline, aluminous melts
F. Huang, C.C. Lundstrom, and W.F. McDonough
1401
Analysis of light lithophile elements (Li, Be, B) by laser ablation ICP-MS: Comparison between magnetic sector and quadrupole ICP-MS
Adam J.R. Kent and C.A. Andy Ungerer
1412
Stornesite-(Y), (Y, Ca)â—»2Na6(Ca,Na)8(Mg,Fe)43(PO4)36, the first terrestrial Mg-dominant member of the fillowite group, from granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica
Edward S. Grew, Thomas Armbruster, Olaf Medenbach, Martin G. Yates, and Christopher J. Carson
1425
Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic study of carbonate-bearing fluorapatite: New defect centers and constraints on the incorporation of carbonate ions in apatites
Sergiy M. Nokhrin, Yuanming Pan, and Mark J. Nilges
1432
EXAFS signature of structural Zn at trace levels in natural and synthetic trioctahedral 2:1 phyllosilicates
Farid Juillot, Guillaume Morin, Philippe Ildefonse, Georges Calas, and Gordon E. Brown, Jr.
1442
A neutron powder diffraction study of Fe and Ni distributions in synthetic pentlandite and violarite using 60Ni isotope
Christophe Tenailleau, Barbara Etschmann, Richard M. Ibberson, and Allan Pring
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1452
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Paula C. Piilonen, Ralph Rowe, T. Scott Ercit, and Andrew J. Locock
BOOK REVIEW
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BOOK REVIEW: UNEARTHING THE DRAGON: THE GREAT FEATHERED DINOSAUR DISCOVERY by Mark Norell. PI Press, New York 2005. 250 pp.
David Vaniman
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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The arrojadite enigma: I. A new formula and a new model for the arrojadite structure
Fernando Cámara, Roberta Oberti, Christian Chopin, and Olaf Medenbach
Item#: AM-06-021
Table 3. Atom coordinates, refined site-scattering values (epfu), equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) and anisotropic displacement parameters (Å2) and Table 5. Observed and Calculated Structure Factors
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Table 3. Atom coordinates, refined site-scattering values (epfu), equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) and anisotropic displacement parameters (Å2) and Table 5. Observed and Calculated Structure Factors
AM-06-021.zip zipped
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Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and temperature dependent 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy on the hedenbergite-aegirine (Ca,Na)(Fe2+,Fe3+)Si2O6 solid solution
Günther J. Redhammer, Georg Amthauer, Georg Roth, Gerold Tippelt, and Werner Lottermoser
Item#: AM-06-023
Table 3. Fractional atomic coordinates, equivalent isotopic atomic displacement parameters for the synthetic clinopyroxenes, Figure 9: Typical 57Fe Mössbauer spectra of sample Ae25#20 (hd75ae25), Figure 11: Typical 57Fe Mössbauer spe
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Table 3. Fractional atomic coordinates, equivalent isotopic atomic displacement parameters for the synthetic clinopyroxenes, Figure 9: Typical 57Fe Mössbauer spectra of sample Ae25#20 (hd75ae25), Figure 11: Typical 57Fe Mössbauer spe
AM-06-023.zip zipped
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Stornesite-(Y), (Y, Ca)â—»2Na6(Ca,Na)8(Mg,Fe)43(PO4)36, the first terrestrial Mg-dominant member of the fillowite group, from granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica
Edward S. Grew, Thomas Armbruster, Olaf Medenbach, Martin G. Yates, and Christopher J. Carson
Item#: AM-06-024
Table 6. Atomic coordinates and isotropic atomic displacement parameters, with standard deviations in parentheses, for stornesite-(Y) and Table 7. Anisotropic displacement parameters Uij with standard deviations in parentheses for stornesite-(Y)
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Table 6. Atomic coordinates and isotropic atomic displacement parameters, with standard deviations in parentheses, for stornesite-(Y) and Table 7. Anisotropic displacement parameters Uij with standard deviations in parentheses for stornesite-(Y)
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