American Mineralogist
Open AccessLETTERS
2142
Previously unknown mineral-nanomineral relationships with important environmental consequences: The case of chromium release from dissolving silicate minerals
Michael Schindler, Debora Berti, and Michael F. Hochella Jr.
2146
Protoenstatite: A new mineral in Oregon sunstones with “watermelon” colors
Huifang Xu, Tina R. Hill, Hiromi Konishi, and Gabriela Farfan
HIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
1969
Making a fine-scale ruler for oxide inclusions
Dongzhou Zhang
SPECIAL COLLECTION: BIOMATERIALS–MINERALOGY MEETS MEDICINE
1971
Substitution of sulfate in apatite
Linh K. Tran, Kathleen R. Stepien, Melissa M. Bollmeyer, and Claude H. Yoder
ACTINIDES IN GEOLOGY, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1977
Thermodynamic characterization of synthetic autunite
Ewa A. Dzik, Haylie L. Lobeck, Lei Zhang, and Peter C. Burns
SPECIAL COLLECTION: APATITE: A COMMON MINERAL, UNCOMMONLY VERSATILE
1981
The crystal structure of turneaureite, Ca5(AsO4)3Cl, the arsenate analog of chlorapatite, and its relationships with the arsenate apatites johnbaumite and svabite
Cristian Biagioni, Ferdinando Bosi, Ulf Hålenius, and Marco Pasero
SPECIAL COLLECTION: FROM MAGMAS TO ORE DEPOSITS
1987
Cu-Mo partitioning between felsic melts and saline-aqueous fluids as a function of XNaCleq, fo2, and fs2
Brian C. Tattitch and Jon D. Blundy
SPECIAL COLLECTION: DYNAMICS OF MAGMATIC PROCESSES
2007
Continuous mush disaggregation during the long-lasting Laki fissure eruption, Iceland
David A. Neave, Iris Buisman, and John Maclennan
REGULAR ARTICLE
2022
A new hydrothermal moissanite cell apparatus for optical in-situ observations at high pressure and high temperature, with applications to bubble nucleation in silicate melts
Matteo Masotta and Hans Keppler
2032
Experimental and thermodynamic investigations on the stability of Mg14Si5O24 anhydrous phase B with relevance to Mg2SiO4 forsterite, wadsleyite, and ringwoodite
Hiroshi Kojitani, Saki Terata, Maki Ohsawa, Daisuke Mori, Yoshiyuki Inaguma, and Masaki Akaogi
2045
Model for the origin, ascent, and eruption of lunar picritic magmas
Malcolm J. Rutherford, James W. Head, Alberto E. Saal, Erik Hauri, and Lionel Wilson
2054
Phase relations of Fe-Mg spinels including new high-pressure post-spinel phases and implications for natural samples
Laura Uenver-Thiele, Alan B. Woodland, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, and Dan J. Frost
2065
A Raman calibration for the quantification of SO42– groups dissolved in silicate glasses: Application to natural melt inclusions
Yann Morizet, Emanuela Gennaro, Sébastien Jego, Zoltan Zajacz, Giada Iacono-Marziano, Michel Pichavant, Ida Di Carlo, Clément Ferraina, and Priscille Lesne
2077
The system fayalite-albite-anorthite and the syenite problem
S.A. Morse and J.B. Brady
2084
Kiglapait mineralogy V: Feldspars in a hot, dry magma
S.A. Morse
2096
Orientation of exsolution lamellae in mantle xenolith pyroxenes and implications for calculating exsolution pressures
Shan-Rong Zhao, Ge-Ge Zhang, Hui Sun, Roger Mason, and Xu He
2106
Spin state and electronic environment of iron in basaltic glass in the lower mantle
Fumiya Maeda, Seiji Kamada, Eiji Ohtani, Naohisa Hirao, Takaya Mitsui, Ryo Masuda, Masaaki Miyahara, and Catherine McCammon
2113
A shallow origin of so-called ultrahigh-pressure chromitites, based on single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of the high-pressure Mg2Cr2O5 phase, with modified ludwigite-type structure
Takayuki Ishii, Noriyoshi Tsujino, Hidekazu Arii, Kiyoshi Fujino, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Hiroshi Kojitani, Takehiro Kunimoto, and Masaki Akaogi
2119
Biologically mediated crystallization of buddingtonite in the Paleoproterozoic: Organic-igneous interactions from the Volyn pegmatite, Ukraine
Gerhard Franz, Vladimir Khomenko, Aleksei Vishnyevskyy, Richard Wirth, Ulrich Struck, Jörg Nissen, Ulrich Gernert, and Alexander Rocholl
2136
Mengxianminite (Ca2Sn2Mg3Al8[(BO3)(BeO4)O6]2) a new borate mineral from Xianghualing skarn, Hunan Province, China, with a highly unusual chemical combination (B + Be + Sn)
Rao Can, Frédéric Hatert, Fabrice Dal Bo, Rucheng Wang, Xiangping Gu, and Maxime Baijot
BOOK REVIEW
2150
Book Review
Patrick Taylor
DEPOSIT ITEMS
1977
Thermodynamic characterization of synthetic autunite
Ewa A. Dzik, Haylie L. Lobeck, Lei Zhang, and Peter C. Burns
1981
The crystal structure of turneaureite, Ca5(AsO4)3Cl, the arsenate analog of chlorapatite, and its relationships with the arsenate apatites johnbaumite and svabite
Cristian Biagioni, Ferdinando Bosi, Ulf Hålenius, and Marco Pasero
1987
Cu-Mo partitioning between felsic melts and saline-aqueous fluids as a function of XNaCleq, fo2, and fs2
Brian C. Tattitch and Jon D. Blundy
2007
Continuous mush disaggregation during the long-lasting Laki fissure eruption, Iceland
David A. Neave, Iris Buisman, and John Maclennan
2022
A new hydrothermal moissanite cell apparatus for optical in-situ observations at high pressure and high temperature, with applications to bubble nucleation in silicate melts
Matteo Masotta and Hans Keppler
2032
Experimental and thermodynamic investigations on the stability of Mg14Si5O24 anhydrous phase B with relevance to Mg2SiO4 forsterite, wadsleyite, and ringwoodite
Hiroshi Kojitani, Saki Terata, Maki Ohsawa, Daisuke Mori, Yoshiyuki Inaguma, and Masaki Akaogi
2045
Model for the origin, ascent, and eruption of lunar picritic magmas
Malcolm J. Rutherford, James W. Head, Alberto E. Saal, Erik Hauri, and Lionel Wilson
2054
Phase relations of Fe-Mg spinels including new high-pressure post-spinel phases and implications for natural samples
Laura Uenver-Thiele, Alan B. Woodland, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, and Dan J. Frost
2065
A Raman calibration for the quantification of SO42– groups dissolved in silicate glasses: Application to natural melt inclusions
Yann Morizet, Emanuela Gennaro, Sébastien Jego, Zoltan Zajacz, Giada Iacono-Marziano, Michel Pichavant, Ida Di Carlo, Clément Ferraina, and Priscille Lesne
2077
The system fayalite-albite-anorthite and the syenite problem
S.A. Morse and J.B. Brady
2084
Kiglapait mineralogy V: Feldspars in a hot, dry magma
S.A. Morse
2096
Orientation of exsolution lamellae in mantle xenolith pyroxenes and implications for calculating exsolution pressures
Shan-Rong Zhao, Ge-Ge Zhang, Hui Sun, Roger Mason, and Xu He
2113
A shallow origin of so-called ultrahigh-pressure chromitites, based on single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of the high-pressure Mg2Cr2O5 phase, with modified ludwigite-type structure
Takayuki Ishii, Noriyoshi Tsujino, Hidekazu Arii, Kiyoshi Fujino, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Hiroshi Kojitani, Takehiro Kunimoto, and Masaki Akaogi
2119
Biologically mediated crystallization of buddingtonite in the Paleoproterozoic: Organic-igneous interactions from the Volyn pegmatite, Ukraine
Gerhard Franz, Vladimir Khomenko, Aleksei Vishnyevskyy, Richard Wirth, Ulrich Struck, Jörg Nissen, Ulrich Gernert, and Alexander Rocholl
2136
Mengxianminite (Ca2Sn2Mg3Al8[(BO3)(BeO4)O6]2) a new borate mineral from Xianghualing skarn, Hunan Province, China, with a highly unusual chemical combination (B + Be + Sn)
Rao Can, Frédéric Hatert, Fabrice Dal Bo, Rucheng Wang, Xiangping Gu, and Maxime Baijot
2142
Previously unknown mineral-nanomineral relationships with important environmental consequences: The case of chromium release from dissolving silicate minerals
Michael Schindler, Debora Berti, and Michael F. Hochella Jr.
2146
Protoenstatite: A new mineral in Oregon sunstones with “watermelon” colors
Huifang Xu, Tina R. Hill, Hiromi Konishi, and Gabriela Farfan
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