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1279
Evidence in favor of small amounts of ephemeral and transient water during alteration at Meridiani Planum, Mars
Gilles Berger, Michael J. Toplis, Erwan Treguier, Claude d’Uston, and Patrick Pinet
1283
Native aluminum: Does it exist?
Vesselin M. Dekov, Vasil Arnaudov, Frans Munnik, Tanya B. Boycheva, and Saverio Fiore
1287
Hydration state and activity of aqueous silica in H2O-CO2 fluids at high pressure and temperature
Robert C. Newton and Craig E. Manning
REGULAR ARTICLE
1085
Bonded interactions in silica polymorphs, silicates, and siloxane molecules
G.V. Gibbs, A.F. Wallace, D.F. Cox, R.T. Downs, N.L. Ross, and K.M. Rosso
1103
Spatially heterogeneous burial and high-P/T metamorphism in the Crescent Formation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington
David M. Hirsch and R. Scott Babcock
1111
Quantitative microstructural characterization of natrojarosite scale formed during high-pressure acid leaching of lateritic nickel ore
Nicholas E. Timms, Jian Li, and Steven M. Reddy
1120
Magnetic and microscopic characterization of magnetite nanoparticles adhered to clay surfaces
Cecilia Galindo-Gonzalez, Joshua M. Feinberg, Takeshi Kasama, Lionel Cervera Gontard, Mihály Pósfai, Ilona Kósa, Juan D.G. Duran, Jaime E. Gil, Richard J. Harrison, and Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
1130
Single crystal growth of wadsleyite
Anton Shatskiy, Konstantin D. Litasov, Takuya Matsuzaki, Keiji Shinoda, Daisuke Yamazaki, Akira Yoneda, Eiji Ito, and Tomoo Katsura
1137
Elastic behavior and phase stability of pollucite, a potential host for nuclear waste
G. Diego Gatta, Nicola Rotiroti, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Carmen Sanchez-Valle, and Alessandro Pavese
1144
Crystal structure determination of anandite-2M mica
Thomas J. Bujnowski, Stephen Guggenheim, and Toshio Kato
1153
Excess heat capacity and entropy of mixing in high structural state plagioclase
Artur Benisek, Edgar Dachs, and Herbert Kroll
1162
Cannibalization of an amphibole-rich andesitic progenitor induced by caldera-collapse during the Matahina eruption: Evidence from amphibole compositions
Chad D. Deering
1175
Experimental constraints on rutile saturation during partial melting of metabasalt at the amphibolite to eclogite transition, with applications to TTG genesis
Xiaolin Xiong, Hans Keppler, Andreas AudŽtat, Gudmundur Gudfinnsson, Weidong Sun, Maoshuang Song, Wansheng Xiao, and Li Yuan
1187
Mineralogical stability of phyllosilicates in hyperalkaline fluids: Influence of layer nature, octahedral occupation and presence of tetrahedral Al
Ana I. Becerro, Marco Mantovani, and Alberto Escudero
1198
Plumbophyllite, a new species from the Blue Bell claims near Baker, San Bernardino County, California
Anthony R. Kampf, George R. Rossman, and Robert M. Housley
1205
Simultaneous aluminum, silicon, and sodium coordination changes in 6 GPa sodium aluminosilicate glasses
Kimberly E. Kelsey, Jonathan F. Stebbins, Jed L. Mosenfelder, and Paul D. Asimow
1216
Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi
Alessandro Guastoni, Fabrizio Nestola, and Aurelio Giaretta
1223
The carbonatation of gypsum: Pathways and pseudomorph formation
Lurdes Fernández-DÃaz, Carlos M. Pina, José Manuel Astilleros, and Nuria Sánchez-Pastor
1235
Calcium L2,3-edge XANES of carbonates, carbonate apatite, and oldhamite (CaS)
Michael E. Fleet and Xiaoyang Liu
1242
Thermochemistry of a synthetic Na-Mg-rich triple-chain silicate: Determination of thermodynamic variables
Bridget E. Ams, David M. Jenkins, Juliana Boerio-Goates, Riham Michelle Morcos, Alexandra Navrotsky, and Krassimir N. Bozhilov
1255
Change in compressibility of δ-AlOOH and δ-AlOOD at high pressure: A study of isotope effect and hydrogen-bond symmetrization
Asami Sano-Furukawa, Hiroyuki Kagi, Takaya Nagai, Satoshi Nakano, Satoshi Fukura, Daichi Ushijima, Riko Iizuka, Eiji Ohtani, and Takehiko Yagi
1262
Crystal structure and iron topochemistry of erionite-K from Rome, Oregon, U.S.A.
Paolo Ballirano, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Meral Dogan, and A. Umran Dogan
1271
First-principles energetics and structural relaxation of antigorite
Gian Carlo Capitani, Lars Stixrude, and Marcello Mellini
1291
Laser Raman microspectrometry of metamorphic quartz: A simple method for comparison of metamorphic pressures—Corrigendum
William D. Carlson, Emily A. McDowell, Masaki Enami, Tadao Nishiyama, and Takashi Mouri
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1120
Magnetic and microscopic characterization of magnetite nanoparticles adhered to clay surfaces
Cecilia Galindo-Gonzalez, Joshua M. Feinberg, Takeshi Kasama, Lionel Cervera Gontard, Mihály Pósfai, Ilona Kósa, Juan D.G. Duran, Jaime E. Gil, Richard J. Harrison, and Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Item#: AM-09-040
Supplemental QuickTime file (morphology of the clay-magnetite assemblage).
AM-09-040.zip zipped
Supplemental QuickTime file (morphology of the clay-magnetite assemblage).
AM-09-040.zip zipped
1153
Excess heat capacity and entropy of mixing in high structural state plagioclase
Artur Benisek, Edgar Dachs, and Herbert Kroll
1162
Cannibalization of an amphibole-rich andesitic progenitor induced by caldera-collapse during the Matahina eruption: Evidence from amphibole compositions
Chad D. Deering
1175
Experimental constraints on rutile saturation during partial melting of metabasalt at the amphibolite to eclogite transition, with applications to TTG genesis
Xiaolin Xiong, Hans Keppler, Andreas AudŽtat, Gudmundur Gudfinnsson, Weidong Sun, Maoshuang Song, Wansheng Xiao, and Li Yuan
1198
Plumbophyllite, a new species from the Blue Bell claims near Baker, San Bernardino County, California
Anthony R. Kampf, George R. Rossman, and Robert M. Housley
Item#: AM-09-036
Crystallographic Information File for plumbophyllite and Observed and calculated structure factors for plumbophyllite
AM-09-036.zip zipped
Crystallographic Information File for plumbophyllite and Observed and calculated structure factors for plumbophyllite
AM-09-036.zip zipped
1271
First-principles energetics and structural relaxation of antigorite
Gian Carlo Capitani, Lars Stixrude, and Marcello Mellini
1287
Hydration state and activity of aqueous silica in H2O-CO2 fluids at high pressure and temperature
Robert C. Newton and Craig E. Manning
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