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Identification of randomly interstratified illite/smectite with basal peak widths
Il Mo Kang, Myung Hun Kim, Yungoo Song, and Hi-Soo Moon
REGULAR ARTICLE
1201
Hydrothermal synthesis of hematite spherules and jarosite: Implications for diagenesis and hematite spherule formation in sulfate outcrops at Meridiani Planum, Mars
D.C. Golden, D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, and T.G. Graff
1215
Concentric slow cooling of a low-P–high-T terrane: Evidence from 1600–1300 Ma mica dates in the 1780–1700 Ma Black Hills Orogen, South Dakota, U.S.A.
Peter S. Dahl and Kenneth A. Foland
1230
Monazite ages from carbonatites and highgrade assemblages along the Kambam Fault (Southern Granulite Terrane, South India)
Elizabeth J. Catlos, Chandra S. Dubey, and Poovalingam Sivasubramanian
1245
Forward modeling of the effects of mixed volatile reaction, volume diffusion, and formation of submicroscopic exsolution lamellae on calcite-dolomite thermometry
Thomas Müller, Lukas P. Baumgartner, C. Tom Foster Jr., and Gregory T. Roselle
1260
A low-temperature phase diagram for ilmenite-rich compositions in the system Fe2O3-FeTiO3
Benjamin P. Burton, Peter Robinson, Suzanne A. McEnroe, Karl Fabian, and Tiziana Boffa Ballar
1273
Dehydrogenation of kaersutitic amphibole under electron beam excitation recorded by changes in Fe3+/ΣFe: An EMP and SIMS study
C. Wagner, E. Deloule, M. Fialin, and P.L. King
1282
Protonation in germanium equivalents of ringwoodite, anhydrous phase B, and superhydrous phase B
Sylvia-Monique Thomas, Monika Koch-MŸller, Volker Kahlenberg, Rainer Thomas, Dieter Rhede, Richard Wirth, and Bernd Wunder
1295
Andreyivanovite: A second new phosphide from the Kaidun meteorite
Michael Zolensky, Matthieu Gounelle, Takashi Mikouchi, Kazumasa Ohsumi, Loan Le, Kenji Hagiya, and Osamu Tachikawa
1300
The crystal chemistry of whitlockite and merrillite and the dehydrogenation of whitlockite to merrillite
John M. Hughes, Bradley L. Jolliff, and John Rakovan
1306
Single-crystal elastic properties of (Mg0.987,Fe0.013)O to 9 GPa
H.J. Reichmann, S.V. Sinogeikin, and J.D. Bass
1312
Stoichiometry of synthetic ulvöspinel single crystals
Ferdinando Bosi, Ulf HÃ¥lenius, and Henrik Skogby
1317
Thermal behavior and structural transformation in the chabazite-type zeolite willhendersonite, KCaAl3Si3O12·5H2O
R.X. Fischer, V. Kahlenberg, C.L. Lengauer, and E. Tillmanns
1326
The kinetics and mechanisms of schwertmannite transformation to goethite and hematite under alkaline conditions
Lois E. Davidson, Samuel Shaw, and Liane G. Benning
1338
Crystal chemistry of the mixed-layer sequence talc–talc-smectite–smectite from submarine hydrothermal vents
Javier Cuadros, Vesselin M. Dekov, and Saverio Fiore
1349
Crystal chemical and structural characterization of fibrous tremolite from Susa Valley, Italy, with comments on potential harmful effects on human health
Paolo Ballirano, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, and Girolamo Belardi
1356
Thermodynamic properties of CaTh(PO4)2 synthetic cheralite
Karin Popa, Tatiana Shvareva, Lena Mazeina, Eric Colineau, Franck Wastin, Rudy J.M. Konings, and Alexandra Navrotsky
1363
A computational study of order-disorder phenomena in Mg2TiO4 spinel (qandilite)
Erika J. Palin, Andrew M. Walker, and Richard J. Harrison
1373
Mineralogical characterization of silica sinters from the El Tatio geothermal field, Chile
M. Garcia-Valles, J.L. Fernandez-Turiel, D. Gimeno-Torrente, J. Saavedra-Alonso, and S. Martinez-Manent
1384
Influence of multi-electron excitation on EXAFS spectroscopy of trivalent rare-earth ions and elucidation of change in hydration number through the series
Atsuyuki Ohta, Hiroyuki Kagi, Hiroshi Tsuno, Masaharu Nomomura, and Iwaoao Kawabe
1393
Pressure-induced over-hydration and water ordering in gismondine: A synchrotron powder diffraction study
Silvia Ori, Simona Quartieri, Giovanna Vezzalini, and Vladimir Dmitriev
1404
57Fe M??ssbauer study of the oxidation state of iron in stilpnomelane from granite pegmatites in Poland
D. Malczewski and E. Popiel
1412
Constraints on structural models of ferrihydrite as a nanocrystalline material
D.G. Rancourt and J.-F. Meunier
1418
Pb+ irradiation of synthetic zircon (ZrSiO4): Infrared spectroscopic investigation
Ming Zhang, Lynn A. Boatner, Ekhard K.H. Salje, S. Honda, and Rodney C. Ewing
1424
Equation of state and crystal structure of a new germanate post-titanite phase
Fabrizio Nestola, Péter Németh, Ross J. Angel, and Peter R. Buseck
1429
Synthetic hypersilicic Cl-bearing mica in the phlogopite-celadonite join: A multimethodical characterization of the missing link between di- and tri-octahedral micas at high pressures
Sabrina Nazzareni, Paola Comodi, Luca Bindi, Oleg G. Safonov, Yuriy A. Litvin, and Leonid L. Perchuk
1437
The effect of crystal-melt partitioning on the budgets of Cu, Au, and Ag
Adam C. Simon, Philip A. Candela, Philip M. Piccoli, Michael Mengason, and Leah Englander
1449
Thermodynamics of dehydration in analcime: Absorption calorimetry and equilibrium observations
Jie Wang and Philip S. Neuhoff
1460
Accommodation of the carbonate ion in fluorapatite synthesized at high pressure
Michael E. Fleet and Xi Liu
1470
Unusual Al-Si ordering in calcic scapolite, Me79.6, with increasing temperature
Sytle M. Antao and Ishmael Hassan
BOOK REVIEW
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BOOK REVIEW: MINERALOGY AND OPTICAL MINERALOGY by M. Darby Dyar and Mickey E. Gunter, Illustrations and animations by Dennis Tasa. (2007) Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, Virginia (http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/DGTtxt). 708 p. + DVD-ROM (for PC and Mac). ISBN: 978-0-939950-81-2.
Juergen Reinhardt
ERRATUM
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ERRATUM: Accuracy of equation-of-state formulations by R.E. Cohen, O. Gulseren, and R.J. Hemley (vol. 85, p. 338–344, 2000: Erratum DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.526).
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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Concentric slow cooling of a low-P–high-T terrane: Evidence from 1600–1300 Ma mica dates in the 1780–1700 Ma Black Hills Orogen, South Dakota, U.S.A.
Peter S. Dahl and Kenneth A. Foland
Item#: AM-08-042
Table DR-1. Summary of ~1900-1450 Ma heating/cooling events, Black Hills, SD, Table DR-2. 40Ar/39Ar analytical results for muscovite from Black Hills metasedimentary rocks, Table DR-3. 40Ar/39Ar analytical results for biotite from Black Hills metasedimentary rocks, Table DR-4. Average muscovite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD, Table DR-4. Average muscovite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD, Table DR-5. Average biotite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD and Table DR-5. Average biotite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD
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Table DR-1. Summary of ~1900-1450 Ma heating/cooling events, Black Hills, SD, Table DR-2. 40Ar/39Ar analytical results for muscovite from Black Hills metasedimentary rocks, Table DR-3. 40Ar/39Ar analytical results for biotite from Black Hills metasedimentary rocks, Table DR-4. Average muscovite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD, Table DR-4. Average muscovite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD, Table DR-5. Average biotite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD and Table DR-5. Average biotite compositions and grain sizes in selected crystalline rocks from the southern Black Hills SD
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Dehydrogenation of kaersutitic amphibole under electron beam excitation recorded by changes in Fe3+/ΣFe: An EMP and SIMS study
C. Wagner, E. Deloule, M. Fialin, and P.L. King
Item#: AM-08-044
Appendix 1 Table 1. EMP data for amphibole SS2.1 at 50 nA and Appendix 2 Figure 1. FeL_ peak position as a function of time.. EMP data for amphibole SS2.1 at 50 nA
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Appendix 1 Table 1. EMP data for amphibole SS2.1 at 50 nA and Appendix 2 Figure 1. FeL_ peak position as a function of time.. EMP data for amphibole SS2.1 at 50 nA
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Protonation in germanium equivalents of ringwoodite, anhydrous phase B, and superhydrous phase B
Sylvia-Monique Thomas, Monika Koch-MŸller, Volker Kahlenberg, Rainer Thomas, Dieter Rhede, Richard Wirth, and Bernd Wunder
Item#: AM-08-045
Table D1. Atomic coordinates (x104) and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (2 x 103) for Ge-ringwoodite and Ge-anhB, Table D2. Bond lengths [] and angles [¡] for Ge-Ringwoodite, Table D3. Anisotropic displacement parameters (2x 103) for _-Mg2GeO4, Table D4. Selected bond lengths [] for Ge-anhB, Table D5. Selected angles [¡] for Ge-anhB, Table D6. Anisotropic displacement parameters (2x 103) for Ge-anhB, Table D7. Rietveld results for Ge-shyB, Table D8. Atomic coordinates for Ge-shyB, Table D9. Selected bond lengths [] for Ge-shyB, Table D10. Band positions in the IR spectrum of Ge-ringwoodite as function of temperature and Table D11. Band positions in the IR spectrum of Ge-anhB as function of pressure
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Table D1. Atomic coordinates (x104) and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (2 x 103) for Ge-ringwoodite and Ge-anhB, Table D2. Bond lengths [] and angles [¡] for Ge-Ringwoodite, Table D3. Anisotropic displacement parameters (2x 103) for _-Mg2GeO4, Table D4. Selected bond lengths [] for Ge-anhB, Table D5. Selected angles [¡] for Ge-anhB, Table D6. Anisotropic displacement parameters (2x 103) for Ge-anhB, Table D7. Rietveld results for Ge-shyB, Table D8. Atomic coordinates for Ge-shyB, Table D9. Selected bond lengths [] for Ge-shyB, Table D10. Band positions in the IR spectrum of Ge-ringwoodite as function of temperature and Table D11. Band positions in the IR spectrum of Ge-anhB as function of pressure
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The crystal chemistry of whitlockite and merrillite and the dehydrogenation of whitlockite to merrillite
John M. Hughes, Bradley L. Jolliff, and John Rakovan
Item#: AM-08-039
Table 4A: FoFc for Palermo Sample, Table 4B: FoFc for TipTop Sample, Table 4C: FoFc for Syn Stp Sample, Table 4D: FoFc for Syn 500 Sample and Table 4E: FoFc for Syn 1050 Sample
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Table 4A: FoFc for Palermo Sample, Table 4B: FoFc for TipTop Sample, Table 4C: FoFc for Syn Stp Sample, Table 4D: FoFc for Syn 500 Sample and Table 4E: FoFc for Syn 1050 Sample
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Influence of multi-electron excitation on EXAFS spectroscopy of trivalent rare-earth ions and elucidation of change in hydration number through the series
Atsuyuki Ohta, Hiroyuki Kagi, Hiroshi Tsuno, Masaharu Nomomura, and Iwaoao Kawabe
Item#: AM-08-036
Appendix 1 Table 1. Structural parameters of the hydration shell of REE3+ ions derived using EXAFS method, Appendix 2 Table 2. The estimated mean REE-O distances of REE complexes with the eight-coordination and nine-coordination sphere using Equations 1 and 2 and Appendix 2. Figure 1. Interatomic distances of REE compounds whose first coordination spheres are eight and nine.
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Appendix 1 Table 1. Structural parameters of the hydration shell of REE3+ ions derived using EXAFS method, Appendix 2 Table 2. The estimated mean REE-O distances of REE complexes with the eight-coordination and nine-coordination sphere using Equations 1 and 2 and Appendix 2. Figure 1. Interatomic distances of REE compounds whose first coordination spheres are eight and nine.
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Accommodation of the carbonate ion in fluorapatite synthesized at high pressure
Michael E. Fleet and Xi Liu
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