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1929
Continuous time-resolved X-ray diffraction of the biocatalyzed reduction of Mn oxide
Timothy B. Fischer, Peter J. Heaney, Je-Hun Jang, Daniel E. Ross, Susan L. Brantley, Jeffrey E. Post, and Ming Tien
1933
Igneous Ca-rich pyroxene in comet 81P/Wild 2
Hugues Leroux, Damien Jacob, Julien Stodolna, Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, and Michael E. Zolensky
1937
A unique glimpse into asteroidal melting processes in the early solar system from the Graves Nunatak 06128/06129 achondrites
C.K. Shearer, P.V. Burger, C.R. Neal, Z. Sharp, L.E. Borg, L. Spivak-Birndorf, M. Wadhwa, J.J. Papike, J.M. Karner, A.M. Gaffney, J. Shafer, B.P. Weiss, J. Geissman, and V.A. Fernandes
AMORPHOUS MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, STRUCTURE, AND DURABILITY
1721
Structure of Mg- and Mg/Ca aluminosilicate glasses: 27Al NMR and Raman spectroscopy investigations
Daniel R. Neuville, Laurent Cormier, Valérie Montouillout, Pierre Florian, Francis Millot, Jean-Claude Rifflet, and Dominique Massiot
1732
Constrained interactions, rigidity, adaptative networks, and their role for the description of silicates
Matthieu Micoulaut
1749
Quantification of the kinetics of iron oxidation in silicate melts using Raman spectroscopy and assessment of the role of oxygen diffusion
Mathieu Roskosz, Michael J. Toplis, Daniel R. Neuville, and Bjorn O. Mysen
1760
Solubility and solution mechanisms of NOH volatiles in silicate melts at high pressure and temperature—amine groups and hydrogen fugacity
Bjorn O. Mysen, Shigeru Yamashita, and Nadezda Chertkova
REVIEW ARTICLE
1693
REVIEW PAPER: Mineral evolution
Robert M. Hazen, Dominic Papineau, Wouter Bleeker, Robert T. Downs, John M. Ferry, Timothy J. McCoy, Dimitri A. Sverjensky, and Hexiong Yang
REGULAR ARTICLE
1771
High- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: Past results and future prospects
W.G. Ernst and J.G. Liou
1787
Crystal structure of a synthetic tin-selenium representative of the cylindrite structure type
E. Makovicky, V. PetÅ™ÃÄek, M. DuÅ¡ek, and D. Topa
1799
Nano to macroscale biomineral architecture of red coral (Corallium rubrum)
Daniel Vielzeuf, Joaquim Garrabou, Alain Baronnet, Olivier Grauby, and Christian Marschal
1816
Timescales of spherulite crystallization in obsidian inferred from water concentration profiles
Jonathan M. Castro, Pierre Beck, Hugh Tuffen, Alexander R.L. Nichols, Donald B. Dingwell, and Michael C. Martin
1823
Compression of single-crystal magnesium oxide to 118 GPa and a ruby pressure gauge for helium pressure media
Steven D. Jacobsen, Christopher M. Holl, Kimberly A. Adams, Rebecca A. Fischer, Emily S. Martin, Craig R. Bina, Jung-Fu Lin, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Atsushi Kubo, and Przemyslaw Dera
1829
In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study of aegirine, NaFe3+Si2O6, and the role of M1 size in clinopyroxene compressibility
Andrew C. McCarthy, Robert T. Downs, Richard M. Thompson, and Günther J. Redhammer
1838
Oxygen fugacity, temperature reproducibility, and H2O contents of nominally anhydrous piston-cylinder experiments using graphite capsules
Etienne Médard, Catherine A. McCammon, Jay A. Barr, and Timothy L. Grove
1845
Coesite inclusions in garnet from eclogitic rocks in western Tianshan, northwest China: Convincing proof of UHP metamorphism
Zeng Lü, Lifei Zhang, Jinxue Du, and Kurt Bucher
1851
Crystal chemistry of macfallite: Relationships to sursassite and pumpellyite
Mariko Nagashima, Nouri-Said Rahmoun, Evgeny V. Alekseev, Charles A. Geiger, Thomas Armbruster, and Masahide Akasaka
1858
Bacterially enhanced dissolution of meta-autunite
Christina M. Smeaton, Christopher G. Weisener, Peter C. Burns, Brian J. Fryer, and David A. Fowle
1865
Common gem opal: An investigation of micro- to nano-structure
Eloïse Gaillou, Emmanuel Fritsch, Bertha Aguilar-Reyes, Benjamin Rondeau, Jeffrey Post, Alain Barreau, and Mikhail Ostroumov
1874
Structural transition of post-spinel phases CaMn2O4, CaFe2O4, and CaTi2O4 under high pressures up to 80 GPa
T. Yamanaka, A. Uchida, and Y. Nakamoto
1882
Pressure-temperature stability studies of FeOOH using X-ray diffraction
A.E. Gleason, R. Jeanloz, and M. Kunz
1886
The parental melt of lherzolitic shergottite ALH 77005: A study of rehomogenized melt inclusions
Christina Calvin and Malcolm Rutherford
1899
Ferric iron content in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite and post-perovskite at deep lower mantle conditions
Ryosuke Sinmyo, Haruka Ozawa, Kei Hirose, Akira Yasuhara, Noriaki Endo, Nagayoshi Sata, and Yasuo Ohishi
1903
Lakargiite CaZrO3: A new mineral of the perovskite group from the North Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Evgeny V. Galuskin, Viktor M. Gazeev, Thomas Armbruster, Aleksander E. Zadov, Irina O. Galuskina, Nikolai N. Pertsev, Piotr Dzierżanowski, Milen Kadiyski, Anatoly G. Gurbanov, Roman Wrzalik, and Antoni Winiarski
1911
Xocolatlite, Ca2Mn4+2Te2O12·H2O, a new tellurate related to kuranakhite: Description and measurement of Te oxidation state by XANES spectroscopy
Pascal V. Grundler, Joël Brugger, Nicolas Meisser, Stefan Ansermet, Stacey Borg, Barbara Etschmann, Denis Testemale, and Trudy Bolin
1921
Pyroxmangite: A high-pressure single-crystal study
P.F. Zanazzi, F. Nestola, S. Nazzareni, and P. Comodi
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1941
NEW MINERAL NAMES
Paula C. Piilonen, Glenn Poirier, and Kimberly T. Tait
BOOK REVIEW
1692
BOOK REVIEW: POST-PEROVSKITE: THE LAST MANTLE PHASE TRANSITION. K. Hirose, J. Brodholt, T. Lay, D. Yuen, Eds. (2007) American Geophyscial Union, Geophysical Monograph Series, 174. 350 pages, hardbound. ISBN 13: 978-0-87590-439-9.
George Helffrich
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1816
Timescales of spherulite crystallization in obsidian inferred from water concentration profiles
Jonathan M. Castro, Pierre Beck, Hugh Tuffen, Alexander R.L. Nichols, Donald B. Dingwell, and Michael C. Martin
1838
Oxygen fugacity, temperature reproducibility, and H2O contents of nominally anhydrous piston-cylinder experiments using graphite capsules
Etienne Médard, Catherine A. McCammon, Jay A. Barr, and Timothy L. Grove
1865
Common gem opal: An investigation of micro- to nano-structure
Eloïse Gaillou, Emmanuel Fritsch, Bertha Aguilar-Reyes, Benjamin Rondeau, Jeffrey Post, Alain Barreau, and Mikhail Ostroumov
1882
Pressure-temperature stability studies of FeOOH using X-ray diffraction
A.E. Gleason, R. Jeanloz, and M. Kunz
Item#: AM-08-056
TABLE 2. High-pressure _-FeOOH phase refined unit cell parameters
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TABLE 2. High-pressure _-FeOOH phase refined unit cell parameters
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1921
Pyroxmangite: A high-pressure single-crystal study
P.F. Zanazzi, F. Nestola, S. Nazzareni, and P. Comodi
Item#: AM-08-055
Table 4C. Observed and calculated structure factors for pyroxmangite in DAC at 35.7 kbar
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Table 4C. Observed and calculated structure factors for pyroxmangite in DAC at 35.7 kbar
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1933
Igneous Ca-rich pyroxene in comet 81P/Wild 2
Hugues Leroux, Damien Jacob, Julien Stodolna, Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, and Michael E. Zolensky
Item#: AM-08-058
Figure 3: Schematic Mg2Si2O6-CaMgSi2O6 binary phase diagram, adapted from Carlson (1988). Figure 4: Time-temperature transformation (TTT) diagram showing the evolution of the (001) lamellae wavelength
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Figure 3: Schematic Mg2Si2O6-CaMgSi2O6 binary phase diagram, adapted from Carlson (1988). Figure 4: Time-temperature transformation (TTT) diagram showing the evolution of the (001) lamellae wavelength
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1937
A unique glimpse into asteroidal melting processes in the early solar system from the Graves Nunatak 06128/06129 achondrites
C.K. Shearer, P.V. Burger, C.R. Neal, Z. Sharp, L.E. Borg, L. Spivak-Birndorf, M. Wadhwa, J.J. Papike, J.M. Karner, A.M. Gaffney, J. Shafer, B.P. Weiss, J. Geissman, and V.A. Fernandes
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