American Mineralogist
Open AccessLETTER
1703
Rietveld structure refinement of perovskite and post-perovskite phases of NaMgF3 (Neighborite) at high pressures
C. David Martin, Wilson A. Crichton, Haozhe Liu, Vitali Prakapenka, Jiuhua Chen, and John B. Parise
1707
Si vacancies in the 10-Ã…; phase
M.D. Welch, A.R. Pawley, S.E. Ashbrook, H.E. Mason, and B.L. Phillips
PLANETARY MATERIALS: FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON AND BEYOND
1459
Preface to the Jim Papike special issue
Charles Shearer, David Vaniman, and Ted Labotka
1461
Orbicular oxides in carbonatitic kimberlites
Stephen E. Haggerty and Agnes Fung
1473
Fluid-mediated polymetamorphism related to Proterozoic collision of Archean Wyoming and Superior provinces in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Peter I. Nabelek, Theodore C. Labotka, Thomas Helms, and Max Wilke
1488
Lithium isotopic systematics of granites and pegmatites from the Black Hills, South Dakota
Fang-Zhen Teng, William F. McDonough, Roberta L. Rudnick, Richard J. Walker, and Mona-Liza C. Sirbescu
1499
Identifying the effects of petrologic processes in a closed basaltic system using trace-element concentrations in olivines and glasses: Implications for comparative planetology
Justin J. Hagerty, Charles K. Shearer, David T. Vaniman, and Paul V. Burger
1509
Tectonic implications of diverse igneous blocks in Franciscan mélange, Northern California and southwestern Oregon
Glenn J. MacPherson, Mario J. Giaramita, and Stephen Paul Phipps
1521
The petrogenesis of the Apollo 14 high-Al mare basalts
Clive R. Neal and Georgiana Y. Kramer
1536
Experimental insights on crystal chemistry of high-Ti garnets from garnet-melt partitioning of rare-earth and high-field-strength elements
Rachel E. Dwarzski, David S. Draper, Charles K. Shearer, and Carl B. Agee
1547
The atomic arrangement of merrillite from the Fra Mauro Formation, Apollo 14 lunar mission: The first structure of merrillite from the Moon
John M. Hughes, Bradley L. Jolliff, and Mickey E. Gunter
1553
The behavior of Li and B in lunar mare basalts during crystallization, shock, and thermal metamorphism: Implications for volatile element contents of martian basalts
J. Chaklader, C.K. Shearer, and L.E. Borg
1565
Pyroxene europium valence oxybarometer: Effects of pyroxene composition, melt composition, and crystallization kinetics
C.K. Shearer, J.J. Papike, and J.M. Karner
1574
Comparative planetary mineralogy: Pyroxene major- and minor-element chemistry and partitioning of vanadium between pyroxene and melt in planetary basalts
Jim Karner, J.J. Papike, and C.K. Shearer
1583
Crystal chemistry of lunar merrillite and comparison to other meteoritic and planetary suites of whitlockite and merrillite
Bradley L. Jolliff, John M. Hughes, John J. Freeman, and Ryan A. Zeigler
1596
An experimental study of trace-element partitioning between Ti-Al-clinopyroxene and melt: Equilibrium and kinetic effects including sector zoning
Gary E. Lofgren, Gary R. Huss, and G.J. Wasserburg
1607
Minor- and trace-element sector zoning in synthetic enstatite
Craig S. Schwandt and Gordon A. McKay
1616
Insights into the redox history of the NWA 1068/1110 martian basalt from mineral equilibria and vanadium oxybarometry
Christopher D.K. Herd
1628
Transformations of Mg- and Ca-sulfate hydrates in Mars regolith
David T. Vaniman and Steve J. Chipera
1643
An experimental study of the oxidation state of vanadium in spinel and basaltic melt with implications for the origin of planetary basalt
K. Righter, S.R. Sutton, M. Newville, L. Le, C.S Schwandt, H. Uchida, B. Lavina, and R.T. Downs
1657
Valence state partitioning of vanadium between olivine-liquid: Estimates of the oxygen fugacity of Y980459 and application to other olivine-phyric martian basalts
C.K. Shearer, G. McKay, J.J. Papike, and J.M. Karner
1664
Identification of relict forsterite grains in forsterite-rich chondrules from the Mokoia CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Rhian H. Jones and E. Rae Carey
1675
Formation of spinel-, hibonite-rich inclusions found in CM2 carbonaceous chondrites
Steven B. Simon, Lawrence Grossman, Ian D. Hutcheon, Douglas L. Phinney, Peter K. Weber, and Stewart J. Fallon
1688
Deep metastable eutectic condensation in Al-Fe-SiO-H2-O2 vapors: Implications for natural Fe-aluminosilicates
Frans J.M. Rietmeijer, Joseph A. Nuth, Pierre Rochette, Jannie Marfaing, Aurora Pun, and James M. Karner
REGULAR ARTICLE
1699
α-PbO2-type nanophase of TiO2 from coesite–bearing eclogite in the Dabie Mountains, China—Comment
Jing Chen and Zhendong Fu
1701
α-PbO2-type nanophase of TiO2 from coesite–bearing eclogite in the Dabie Mountains, China—Reply
Xiuling Wu, Dawei Meng, Yujing Han
AWARD
1711
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal for 2006 to Rodney C. Ewing
Alexandra Navrotsky
1712
Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2006
Rodney C. Ewing
BOOK REVIEW
1714
BOOK REVIEW: ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN GEOLOGY (2nd ed.) by S.J.B. Reed, Cambridge University Press, August 2005. 206 pages
Melissa Fittipaldo
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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Fluid-mediated polymetamorphism related to Proterozoic collision of Archean Wyoming and Superior provinces in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Peter I. Nabelek, Theodore C. Labotka, Thomas Helms, and Max Wilke
Item#: AM-06-030
Appendix 1: Representative mineral compositions in Black Hills schists.
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Appendix 1: Representative mineral compositions in Black Hills schists.
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The petrogenesis of the Apollo 14 high-Al mare basalts
Clive R. Neal and Georgiana Y. Kramer
Item#: AM-06-029
Table 1 Trace element data for samples analyzed in this study by ICP-MS.
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Table 1 Trace element data for samples analyzed in this study by ICP-MS.
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The atomic arrangement of merrillite from the Fra Mauro Formation, Apollo 14 lunar mission: The first structure of merrillite from the Moon
John M. Hughes, Bradley L. Jolliff, and Mickey E. Gunter
Item#: AM-05-027
Table 5. Anisotropic displacement parameters for atoms in lunar merrillite and Table 6. Observed and calculated structure factors for lunar merrillite
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Table 5. Anisotropic displacement parameters for atoms in lunar merrillite and Table 6. Observed and calculated structure factors for lunar merrillite
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Comparative planetary mineralogy: Pyroxene major- and minor-element chemistry and partitioning of vanadium between pyroxene and melt in planetary basalts
Jim Karner, J.J. Papike, and C.K. Shearer
Item#: AM-06-028
Table A-1. Average plus Mg-rich and Fe-rich endmember pyroxene analyses for all samples studied. Appendix Figures A1-A8, which present analyses representing the compositional range for the suites (coded by thin section).
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Table A-1. Average plus Mg-rich and Fe-rich endmember pyroxene analyses for all samples studied. Appendix Figures A1-A8, which present analyses representing the compositional range for the suites (coded by thin section).
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Insights into the redox history of the NWA 1068/1110 martian basalt from mineral equilibria and vanadium oxybarometry
Christopher D.K. Herd
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