American Mineralogist
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The search for a universal law of crystal growth: The law of proportionate effect?
Daniel R. Hummer
REVIEW
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Crystal growth according to the law of proportionate effect
D.D. Eberl
SPECIAL COLLECTION: ISOTOPES, MINERALS, AND PETROLOGY: HONORING JOHN VALLEY
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Melt-mediated re-equilibration of zircon produced during meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor
Denis Fougerouse, Thorsten Geisler, Steven M. Reddy, Matvei Aleshin, Laure Martin, Luc S. Doucet, Zakaria Quadir, David Saxey, and William Rickard
SPECIAL COLLECTION: MICROPOROUS MATERIALS: CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY, PROPERTIES, AND UTILIZATIONS
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High-pressure behavior and structural transition of beryltype johnkoivulaite, Cs(Be2B)Mg2Si6O18
G. Diego Gatta, Martin Ende, Sofija Miloš, Nicola Rotiroti, Aaron C. Palke, and Ronald Miletich
REGULAR ARTICLE
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Subsolidus breakdown of armalcolite: Constraints on thermal effects during shock lithification of lunar regolith
Tian-Ran Trina Du, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Jia-Ni Chen, and Yuan-Yun Wen
35
Melting and melt segregation processes controlling granitic melt composition
Yang Yu, Xiao-Long Huang, Roberto F. Weinberg, Min Sun, Peng-Li He, and Le Zhang
51
Magmatic degassing controlled the metal budget of the Axi epithermal gold deposit, China
Nuo Li, Bo Zhang, Thomas Ulrich, A.E. Williams-Jones, and Yanjing Chen
61
Formation of mixed-layer sulfide-hydroxide minerals from the Tochilinite-Valleriite group during experimental serpentinization of olivine
Thomas M. McCollom, Tori Hoehler, David A. Fike, Jennifer L. Houghton, Aaron Bell, Frieder Klein, Bruce Moskowitz, and Peter Solheid
73
Two discrete gold mineralization events recorded by hydrothermal xenotime and monazite, Xiaoqinling gold district, central China
Wei Jian, Jingwen Mao, Bernd Lehmann, Shitou Wu, Lei Chen, Shiwei Song, Jiandong Xu, Peng Wang, and Junchen Liu
87
Formation of amphibole lamellae in mantle pyroxene by fluid-mediated metasomatism: A focal plane array FTIR study from the Carpathian-Pannonian region
Nóra Liptai, Thomas P. Lange, Levente Patkó, László E. Aradi, Márta Berkesi, Peter M.E. Tollan, José Alberto Padrón-Navarta, Jörg Hermann, Szilveszter Gergely, Csaba Szabó, and István J. Kovács
103
Origin of gem-quality turquoise associated with quartzbarite veins in western Hubei Province, China: Constraints from mineralogical, fluid inclusion, and C-O-H isotopic data
Wen-Tian Li, Shao-Yong Jiang, Hao Zhang, and Pei-Long Cui
122
The 450 nm (2.8 eV) cathodoluminescence emission in quartz and its relation to structural defects and Ti contents
Jens Götze, Colin M. MacRae, Yuanming Pan, Nicholas C. Wilson, Aaron Torpy, and Andreas Audédat
135
Correlation between Hinckley index and stacking orderdisorder in kaolinite
Wenxiu Rao, Xin Liu, Guocheng Lv, Meng Liu, Lijuan Wang, Jinan Niu, Zhaohui Li, and Libing Liao
144
Structure and titanium distribution of feiite characterized using synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques
Claire Zurkowski, Barbara Lavina, Kelsey Prissel, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Yingwei Fei
150
Enrichment of precious metals associated with chalcopyrite inclusions in sphalerite and pyrite
He Zhang, Gujie Qian, Fengfang Zhou, Yuanfeng Cai, and Allan Pring
157
An UV/Vis/NIR optical absorption spectroscopic and color investigation of transition-metal-doped gahnite (ZnAl2O4 spinel) crystals grown by the flux method
Michail N. Taran, Oleksii A. Vyshnevskyi, and Charles A. Geiger
167
Understanding the unique geochemical behavior of Sc in the interaction with clay minerals
Yingchun Zhang, Xiandong Liu, Xiancai Lu, and Rucheng Wang
174
Scandian actinolite from Jordanów Śląski, Lower Silesia, Poland: Compositional evolution, crystal structure, and genetic implications
Adam Pieczka, Marcin Stachowicz, Sylwia Zelek-Pogudz, Bożena Gołębiowska, Mateusz Sęk, Krzysztof Nejbert, Jakub Kotowski, Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska, Adam Szuszkiewicz, Eligiusz Szełęg, Katarzyna M. Stadnicka, and Krzysztof Woźniak
184
Characterizing a new type of nelsonite recognized in the Damiao anorthosite complex, North China Craton, with implications for the genesis of giant magmatic Fe-Ti oxide deposits
Li-Xing Li, Jian-Wei Zi, Hou-Min Li, and Jie Meng
198
Genesis of Mesozoic high-Mg dioritic rocks from the eastern North China Craton: Implications for the evolution of continental lithosphere
Jun Guo, Xiao-Long Huang, Peng-Li He, Lin-Li Chen, and Jun-Wei Zhong
215
SEM and FIB-TEM analyses on nanoparticulate arsenian pyrite: Implications for Au enrichment in the Carlin-type giant Lannigou gold deposit, SW China
Jun Yan, Ruizhong Hu, Jean S. Cline, Shanling Fu, and Shirong Liu
DEPOSIT ITEMS
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Crystal growth according to the law of proportionate effect
D.D. Eberl
8
Melt-mediated re-equilibration of zircon produced during meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor
Denis Fougerouse, Thorsten Geisler, Steven M. Reddy, Matvei Aleshin, Laure Martin, Luc S. Doucet, Zakaria Quadir, David Saxey, and William Rickard
15
High-pressure behavior and structural transition of beryltype johnkoivulaite, Cs(Be2B)Mg2Si6O18
G. Diego Gatta, Martin Ende, Sofija Miloš, Nicola Rotiroti, Aaron C. Palke, and Ronald Miletich
35
Melting and melt segregation processes controlling granitic melt composition
Yang Yu, Xiao-Long Huang, Roberto F. Weinberg, Min Sun, Peng-Li He, and Le Zhang
51
Magmatic degassing controlled the metal budget of the Axi epithermal gold deposit, China
Nuo Li, Bo Zhang, Thomas Ulrich, A.E. Williams-Jones, and Yanjing Chen
61
Formation of mixed-layer sulfide-hydroxide minerals from the Tochilinite-Valleriite group during experimental serpentinization of olivine
Thomas M. McCollom, Tori Hoehler, David A. Fike, Jennifer L. Houghton, Aaron Bell, Frieder Klein, Bruce Moskowitz, and Peter Solheid
73
Two discrete gold mineralization events recorded by hydrothermal xenotime and monazite, Xiaoqinling gold district, central China
Wei Jian, Jingwen Mao, Bernd Lehmann, Shitou Wu, Lei Chen, Shiwei Song, Jiandong Xu, Peng Wang, and Junchen Liu
144
Structure and titanium distribution of feiite characterized using synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques
Claire Zurkowski, Barbara Lavina, Kelsey Prissel, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Yingwei Fei
150
Enrichment of precious metals associated with chalcopyrite inclusions in sphalerite and pyrite
He Zhang, Gujie Qian, Fengfang Zhou, Yuanfeng Cai, and Allan Pring
157
An UV/Vis/NIR optical absorption spectroscopic and color investigation of transition-metal-doped gahnite (ZnAl2O4 spinel) crystals grown by the flux method
Michail N. Taran, Oleksii A. Vyshnevskyi, and Charles A. Geiger
167
Understanding the unique geochemical behavior of Sc in the interaction with clay minerals
Yingchun Zhang, Xiandong Liu, Xiancai Lu, and Rucheng Wang
174
Scandian actinolite from Jordanów Śląski, Lower Silesia, Poland: Compositional evolution, crystal structure, and genetic implications
Adam Pieczka, Marcin Stachowicz, Sylwia Zelek-Pogudz, Bożena Gołębiowska, Mateusz Sęk, Krzysztof Nejbert, Jakub Kotowski, Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska, Adam Szuszkiewicz, Eligiusz Szełęg, Katarzyna M. Stadnicka, and Krzysztof Woźniak
184
Characterizing a new type of nelsonite recognized in the Damiao anorthosite complex, North China Craton, with implications for the genesis of giant magmatic Fe-Ti oxide deposits
Li-Xing Li, Jian-Wei Zi, Hou-Min Li, and Jie Meng
198
Genesis of Mesozoic high-Mg dioritic rocks from the eastern North China Craton: Implications for the evolution of continental lithosphere
Jun Guo, Xiao-Long Huang, Peng-Li He, Lin-Li Chen, and Jun-Wei Zhong
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