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1678
Iron partitioning between perovskite and post-perovskite: A transmission electron microscope study
Kei Hirose, Naoto Takafuji, Kiyoshi Fujino, Sean R. Shieh, and Thomas S. Duffy
1682
An isosymmetric phase transition of orthopyroxene found by high-temperature X-ray diffraction
Shugo Ohi, Akira Miyake, Norimasa Shimobayashi, Masatomo Yashima, and Masao Kitamura
AMORPHOUS MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, STRUCTURE, AND DURABILITY
1485
Preface to the amorphous materials special section
Grant S. Henderson and Daniel R. Neuville
1486
Atomic structure and transport properties of MgO-Al2O3 melts: A molecular dynamics simulation study
Sandro Jahn
1493
Oxidation state of iron in hydrous phono-tephritic melts
Jan A. Schuessler, Roman E. Botcharnikov, Harald Behrens, Valeria Misiti, and Carmela Freda
1505
Quantitative Raman spectroscopy: Speciation of Na-silicate glasses and melts
Wim J. Malfait, Valentina P. Zakaznova-Herzog, and Werner E. Halter
REGULAR ARTICLE
1519
Dissolution-reprecipitation of zircon at low-temperature, high-pressure conditions (Lanzo Massif, Italy)
Daniela Rubatto, Othmar MŸntener, Auke Barnhoorn, and Courtney Gregory
1530
High-pressure behavior of gypsum: A single-crystal X-ray study
Paola Comodi, Sabrina Nazzareni, Pier Francesco Zanazzi, and Sergio Speziale
1538
Presence and zoning of hydrous components in leucite from the Alban Hills volcano, Rome, Italy
Giancarlo Della Ventura, Fabio Bellatreccia, and Massimo Piccinini
1545
Herderite from Mogok, Myanmar, and comparison with hydroxyl-herderite from Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany
George E. Harlow and Frank C. Hawthorne
1550
Application of Raman spectroscopy to quantify trace water concentrations in glasses and garnets
Sylvia-Monique Thomas, Rainer Thomas, Paul Davidson, Patrick Reichart, Monika Koch-Müller, and Günther Dollinger
1558
Neutron diffraction study of δ-AlOOD at high pressure and its implication for symmetrization of the hydrogen bond
Asami Sano-Furukawa, Kazuki Komatsu, Carine B. Vanpeteghem, and Eiji Ohtani
1568
A simple predictive model for the thermal expansion of AlSi3 feldspars
Guy L. Hovis, Joanna R. Morabito, Amy Spooner, Andrew Mott, Erik L. Person, C. Michael B. Henderson, Jacques Roux, and Daniel Harlov
1574
New data on PGE alloy minerals from a very old collection (probably 1890s), California
Andrei Y. Barkov, Robert F. Martin, Lang Shi, and Mark N. Feinglos
1581
High-pressure study on lead fluorapatite
Xi Liu, Sean R. Shieh, Michael E. Fleet, and Arslan Akhmetov
1585
High-pressure Al-rich hexagonal phases—What are their kin?
E. Makovicky and L. Arnskov Olsen
1588
Leucite at high pressure: Elastic behavior, phase stability, and petrological implications
G. Diego Gatta, Nicola Rotiroti, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, and Alessandro Pavese
1597
Thermodynamic mixing properties of Rb-K feldspars
Guy L. Hovis and Jacques Roux
1603
Demicheleite, BiSBr, a new mineral from La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy
Francesco Demartin, Carlo Maria Gramaccioli, Italo Campostrini, and Paolo Orlandi
1608
A lattice dynamical study of the aragonite and post-aragonite phases of calcium carbonate rock
W. Sekkal, N. Taleb, A. Zaoui, and I. Shahrour
1613
Water in natural olivine—determined by proton-proton scattering analysis
Jürgen Gose, Patrick Reichart, Günther Dollinger, and Esther Schmädicke
1620
Factors affecting heat transfer in natural SiO2 solids
Joy M. Branlund and Anne M. Hofmeister
1630
A solution model for high-temperature PbS-AgSbS2-AgBiS2 galena
Nathan I. Chutas, Victor C. Kress, Mark S. Ghiorso, and Richard O. Sack
1641
Incorporation of molybdate anion into β-FeOOH
Dale Carroll and William R. Richmond
1647
Disordering of Fe2+ over octahedrally coordinated sites of tourmaline
Ferdinando Bosi
1654
Raman spectroscopy of CaIrO3 postperovskite up to 30 GPa
Justin Hustoft, Sang-Heon Shim, Atsushi Kubo, and Norimasa Nishiyama
1659
The thermal behavior of richterite
Mario Tribaudino, Marco Bruno, Gianluca Iezzi, Giancarlo Della Ventura, and Irene Margiolaki
1666
The crystal structure of kelyanite, (Hg2)6(SbO6)BrCl2
Natalie V. Pervukhina, Stanislav V. Borisov, Svetlana A. Magarill, Dmitrii Yu. Naumov, and Vladimir I. Vasil’ev
1670
Comparison of crystallographic orientations between living (Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica) and fossil (Watznaueria barnesiae) coccoliths using electron microscopes
Kazuko Saruwatari, Noriaki Ozaki, Hiromichi Nagasawa, and Toshihiro Kogure
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1686
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Paula C. Piilonen, Glenn Poirier, and Kimberly T. Tait
BOOK REVIEW
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BOOK REVIEW: PALEOALTIMETRY: GEOCHEMICAL AND THERMODYNAMIC APPROACHES, editor Matthew J. Kohn. (2007) Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, vol. 66, 278 p., Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, Virginia. ISBN: 978-0-939950-78-2.
Gavin L. Foster
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1519
Dissolution-reprecipitation of zircon at low-temperature, high-pressure conditions (Lanzo Massif, Italy)
Daniela Rubatto, Othmar MŸntener, Auke Barnhoorn, and Courtney Gregory
Item#: AM-08-049
Appendix 1. LA-ICPMS trace element analyses of zircon. Values are in ppm. Appendix 2. U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of zircon. Appendix 3. Major element composition of representative Na-pyroxene found in the matrix or as inclusion in zircon and allanite. Appendix 4. EMP analyses of dated allanite. Appendix 5. LA-ICPMS analyses of allanite. Values are in ppm. Appendix 6: Allanite SHRIMP U-Th-Pb data.
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Appendix 1. LA-ICPMS trace element analyses of zircon. Values are in ppm. Appendix 2. U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of zircon. Appendix 3. Major element composition of representative Na-pyroxene found in the matrix or as inclusion in zircon and allanite. Appendix 4. EMP analyses of dated allanite. Appendix 5. LA-ICPMS analyses of allanite. Values are in ppm. Appendix 6: Allanite SHRIMP U-Th-Pb data.
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High-pressure behavior of gypsum: A single-crystal X-ray study
Paola Comodi, Sabrina Nazzareni, Pier Francesco Zanazzi, and Sergio Speziale
Item#: AM-08-052
Table 3a. Observed and calculated structure factors for gypsum Sp.G: C2/c in air
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Table 3a. Observed and calculated structure factors for gypsum Sp.G: C2/c in air
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Herderite from Mogok, Myanmar, and comparison with hydroxyl-herderite from Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany
George E. Harlow and Frank C. Hawthorne
1647
Disordering of Fe2+ over octahedrally coordinated sites of tourmaline
Ferdinando Bosi
Item#: AM-08-051
Table 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters for atoms in the Utš tourmaline and Uto crystallographic information file
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Table 3. Anisotropic displacement parameters for atoms in the Utš tourmaline and Uto crystallographic information file
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The thermal behavior of richterite
Mario Tribaudino, Marco Bruno, Gianluca Iezzi, Giancarlo Della Ventura, and Irene Margiolaki
Item#: AM-08-047
Table 2. Refined XRPD cell parameters, Table 5. Cell parameters used in the calculation of the strain ellipsoids reported in Table 4. and Fig. 1 x-ray diffraction patterns
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Table 2. Refined XRPD cell parameters, Table 5. Cell parameters used in the calculation of the strain ellipsoids reported in Table 4. and Fig. 1 x-ray diffraction patterns
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The crystal structure of kelyanite, (Hg2)6(SbO6)BrCl2
Natalie V. Pervukhina, Stanislav V. Borisov, Svetlana A. Magarill, Dmitrii Yu. Naumov, and Vladimir I. Vasil’ev
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