American Mineralogist

Volume 109, Issue no. 02 : February 2024

Letter

MSA Presidential Address

1   MSA at 100 and why optical mineralogy still matters: The optical properties of talc
Mickey E. Gunter

243 Thermal and combined high-temperature and high-pressure behavior of a natural intermediate scapolite
Paolo Lotti, G. Diego Gatta, Lara Gigli, Hannes Krüger, Volker Kahlenberg, Martin Meven, Davide Comboni, Sula Milani, Marco Merlini, and Hanns-Peter Liermann

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REGULAR ARTICLES

255 Crystal structure, hydrogen bonding, and high-pressure behavior of the hydroxide perovskite MgSi(OH)6: A phase relevant to deep subduction of hydrated oceanic crust
Mark D. Welch, Jens Najorka, and Bernd Wunder

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265 Equilibrium Sn isotope fractionation between aqueous Sn and Sn-bearing minerals: Constrained by first-principles calculations
Mingguang Sun, Ryan Mathur, Caihong Gao, Yanjing Chen, and Shunda Yuan

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274 Raman spectroscopic investigation of selected natural uranyl sulfate minerals
Tyler L. Spano, Travis A. Olds, Marshall McDonnell, Robert Smith, and Ashley E. Shields

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286 Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron-formations and implications for high-grade Fe mineralization during retrogressive metamorphism
Kangxing Shi, Changming Wang, Leon Bagas, and Hongyu Duan

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303 Apatite trace element composition as an indicator of ore deposit types: A machine learning approach
Kun-Feng Qiu, Tong Zhou, David Chew, Zhao-Liang Hou, Axel Müller, Hao-Cheng Yu, Robert G. Lee, Huan Chen, and Jun Deng

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315 Identifying serpentine minerals by their chemical compositions with machine learning
Shichao Ji, Fang Huang, Shaoze Wang, Priyantan Gupta, William Seyfried Jr., Hejia Zhang, Xu Chu, Wentao Cao, and J ZhangZhou

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325 Crystal habit (tracht) of groundmass pyroxene crystals recorded magma ascent paths during the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption
Shota H. Okumura, Mayumi Mujin, Akira Tsuchiyama, and Akira Miyake

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339 Reconstructing diagenetic mineral reactions from silicified horizons of the Paleoproterozoic Biwabik Iron Formation, Minnesota
Samuel Duncanson, Latisha Brengman, Jena Johnson, Athena Eyster, John Fournelle, and Aurélien Moy

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359 Mannardite as the main vanadium-hosting mineral in black shale-hosted vanadium deposits, South China
Lifei Yang, Zenghua Li, Yongpeng Ouyang, Teng Deng, Youguo Deng, and Deru Xu

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374 Molybdenite-bearing vugs in microgranite in the Preissac pluton, Québec, Canada: Relicts of aqueous fluid pockets?
Thomas Mulja and Anthony E. Williams-Jones

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384 The equilibrium boundary of the reaction Mg3Al2Si3O12 + 3CO2 = Al2SiO5 + 2SiO2 + 3MgCO3 at 3–6 GPa
Yulia G. Vinogradova, Anton Shatskiy, Anton V. Arefiev, and Konstantin D. Litasov

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Supplements

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American Mineralogist      Vol. 107, no. 1   January 2022

15    Boron isotope compositions establish the origin of marble from metamorphic complexes: Québec, New York, and Sri Lanka
Corinne Kuebler, Antonio Simonetti, Stefanie S. Simonetti, and Robert F. Martin

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31    Celleriite, (Mn22+Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH), a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup
Ferdinando Bosi, Federico Pezzotta, Alessandra Altieri, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Paolo Ballirano, Gioacchino Tempesta, Jan Cempírek, Radek Škoda, Jan Filip, Renata Čopjaková, Milan Novák, Anthony R. Kampf, Emily D. Scribner, Lee A. Groat, and R. James Evans
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54    Incorporation of incompatible trace elements into molybdenite: Layered PbS precipitates within molybdenite
Yiping Yang, Hongping He, Wei Tan, Qi Tao, Junming Yao, Haiyang Xian, Shangying Li, Jiaxin Xi, Jianxi Zhu, and Huifang Xu
Item #AM-22-17609
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74    Thermoelastic properties of zircon: Implications for geothermobarometry
Alix M. Ehlers, Gabriele Zaffiro, Ross J. Angel, Tiziana Boffa-Ballaran, Michael A. Carpenter, Matteo Alvaro, and Nancy L. Ross

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82    A Rayleigh model of cesium fractionation in granite-pegmatite systems
David London
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92    The atomic arrangement and electronic interactions in vonsenite at 295, 100, and 90 K
Marc Maderazzo, John M. Hughes, M. Darby Dyar, George R. Rossman, Brandon J. Ackley, Elizabeth C. Sklute, Marian V. Lupulescu, and Jeffrey Chiarenzelli
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100    Oxalate formation by Aspergillus niger on minerals of manganese ores
Olga Frank-Kamenetskaya, Marina Zelenskaya, Alina Izatulina, Vladislav Gurzhiy, Aleksei Rusakov, and Dmitry Vlasov
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116    Mesoproterozoic seafloor authigenic glauconite-berthierine: Indicator of enhanced reverse weathering on early Earth
Jianbai Ma, Xiaoying Shi, Maxwell Lechte, Xiqiang Zhou, Zhenfei Wang, Kangjun Huang, Maxim Rudmin, and Dongjie Tang
Item #AM-22-17904
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131    Chemical variability in vyacheslavite, U(PO4)(OH): Crystal-chemical implications for hydrous and hydroxylated U4+, Ca, and REE phosphates
Gwladys Steciuk, Radek Škoda, Veronika Dillingerová, and Jakub Plášil
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138    Bennesherite, Ba2Fe2+Si2O7: A new melilite group mineral from the Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, Israel
Arkadiusz Krzątała, Biljana Krüger, Irina Galuskina, Yevgeny Vapnik, and Evgeny Galuskin
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147    Single-crystal elasticity of phase Egg AlSiO3OH and δ-AlOOH by Brillouin spectroscopy
Baoyun Wang, Yanyao Zhang, Suyu Fu, Wei Yan, Eiichi Takahashi, Li Li, Jung-Fu Lin, and Maoshuang Song

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REVIEW

225

Crystal chemistry and thermodynamic properties of zircon structure-type materials
Andrew C. Strzelecki, Xiaodong Zhao, Paul Estevenon, Hongwu Xu, Nicolas Dacheux, Rodney C. Ewing, and Xiaofeng Guo

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SPECIAL COLLECTION: MICROPOROUS MATERIALS: CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY, PROPERTIES, AND UTILIZATIONS

243

Thermal and combined high-temperature and high-pressure behavior of a natural intermediate scapolite
Paolo Lotti, G. Diego Gatta, Lara Gigli, Hannes Krüger, Volker Kahlenberg, Martin Meven, Davide Comboni, Sula Milani, Marco Merlini, and Hanns-Peter Liermann

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REGULAR ARTICLE

255

Crystal structure, hydrogen bonding, and high-pressure behavior of the hydroxide perovskite MgSi(OH)6: A phase relevant to deep subduction of hydrated oceanic crust
Mark D. Welch, Jens Najorka, and Bernd Wunder

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265

Equilibrium Sn isotope fractionation between aqueous Sn and Sn-bearing minerals: Constrained by first-principles calculations
Mingguang Sun, Ryan Mathur, Caihong Gao, Yanjing Chen, and Shunda Yuan

Open Access     Deposit Item

274

Raman spectroscopic investigation of selected natural uranyl sulfate minerals
Tyler L. Spano, Travis A. Olds, Marshall McDonnell, Robert Smith, and Ashley E. Shields

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286

Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron-formations and implications for high-grade Fe mineralization during retrogressive metamorphism
Kangxing Shi, Changming Wang, Leon Bagas, and Hongyu Duan

Abstract     Members Full Text Download          Deposit Item

303

Apatite trace element composition as an indicator of ore deposit types: A machine learning approach
Kun-Feng Qiu, Tong Zhou, David Chew, Zhao-Liang Hou, Axel Müller, Hao-Cheng Yu, Robert G. Lee, Huan Chen, and Jun Deng

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315

Identifying serpentine minerals by their chemical compositions with machine learning
Shichao Ji, Fang Huang, Shaoze Wang, Priyantan Gupta, William Seyfried Jr., Hejia Zhang, Xu Chu, Wentao Cao, and J ZhangZhou

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325

Crystal habit (tracht) of groundmass pyroxene crystals recorded magma ascent paths during the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption
Shota H. Okumura, Mayumi Mujin, Akira Tsuchiyama, and Akira Miyake

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339

Reconstructing diagenetic mineral reactions from silicified horizons of the Paleoproterozoic Biwabik Iron Formation, Minnesota
Samuel Duncanson, Latisha Brengman, Jena Johnson, Athena Eyster, John Fournelle, and Aurélien Moy

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359

Mannardite as the main vanadium-hosting mineral in black shale-hosted vanadium deposits, South China
Lifei Yang, Zenghua Li, Yongpeng Ouyang, Teng Deng, Youguo Deng, and Deru Xu

Abstract     Members Full Text Download          Deposit Item

374

Molybdenite-bearing vugs in microgranite in the Preissac pluton, Québec, Canada: Relicts of aqueous fluid pockets?
Thomas Mulja and Anthony E. Williams-Jones

Abstract     Members Full Text Download     

384

The equilibrium boundary of the reaction Mg3Al2Si3O12 + 3CO2 = Al2SiO5 + 2SiO2 + 3MgCO3 at 3–6 GPa
Yulia G. Vinogradova, Anton Shatskiy, Anton V. Arefiev, and Konstantin D. Litasov

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COMMENT

392

Comment on Lee et al. (2022) “Reexamination of the structure of opal-A: A combined study of synchrotron X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis”— Concerning opal
B.H.W.S. de Jong

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REPLY

397

On “Reexamination of the structure of opal-A: A combined study of synchrotron X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis”—Reply to de Jong
Seungyeol Lee, Huifang Xu, and Hongwu Xu

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REVIEWERS 2023

399

REVIEWERS 2023

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DEPOSIT ITEMS

225

Crystal chemistry and thermodynamic properties of zircon structure-type materials
Andrew C. Strzelecki, Xiaodong Zhao, Paul Estevenon, Hongwu Xu, Nicolas Dacheux, Rodney C. Ewing, and Xiaofeng Guo

Item#AM-24-28632
Online Material
AM-24-28632.zip zipped

243

Thermal and combined high-temperature and high-pressure behavior of a natural intermediate scapolite
Paolo Lotti, G. Diego Gatta, Lara Gigli, Hannes Krüger, Volker Kahlenberg, Martin Meven, Davide Comboni, Sula Milani, Marco Merlini, and Hanns-Peter Liermann

Item#AM-24-28962
CIF and Online Material
AM-24-28962.zip zipped

255

Crystal structure, hydrogen bonding, and high-pressure behavior of the hydroxide perovskite MgSi(OH)6: A phase relevant to deep subduction of hydrated oceanic crust
Mark D. Welch, Jens Najorka, and Bernd Wunder

Item#AM-24-28889
CIF and Online Material
AM-24-28889.zip zipped

265

Equilibrium Sn isotope fractionation between aqueous Sn and Sn-bearing minerals: Constrained by first-principles calculations
Mingguang Sun, Ryan Mathur, Caihong Gao, Yanjing Chen, and Shunda Yuan

Item#AM-24-28804
Online Material
AM-24-28804.zip zipped

274

Raman spectroscopic investigation of selected natural uranyl sulfate minerals
Tyler L. Spano, Travis A. Olds, Marshall McDonnell, Robert Smith, and Ashley E. Shields

Item#AM-24-28932
Online Material
AM-24-28932.zip zipped

286

Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron-formations and implications for high-grade Fe mineralization during retrogressive metamorphism
Kangxing Shi, Changming Wang, Leon Bagas, and Hongyu Duan

Item#AM-24-28525
Online Material
AM-24-28525.zip zipped

303

Apatite trace element composition as an indicator of ore deposit types: A machine learning approach
Kun-Feng Qiu, Tong Zhou, David Chew, Zhao-Liang Hou, Axel Müller, Hao-Cheng Yu, Robert G. Lee, Huan Chen, and Jun Deng

Item#AM-24-28805
Online Material
AM-24-28805.zip zipped

315

Identifying serpentine minerals by their chemical compositions with machine learning
Shichao Ji, Fang Huang, Shaoze Wang, Priyantan Gupta, William Seyfried Jr., Hejia Zhang, Xu Chu, Wentao Cao, and J ZhangZhou

Item#AM-24-28688
Online Material
AM-24-28688.zip zipped

325

Crystal habit (tracht) of groundmass pyroxene crystals recorded magma ascent paths during the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption
Shota H. Okumura, Mayumi Mujin, Akira Tsuchiyama, and Akira Miyake

Item#AM-24-28765
Online Material
AM-24-28765.zip zipped

339

Reconstructing diagenetic mineral reactions from silicified horizons of the Paleoproterozoic Biwabik Iron Formation, Minnesota
Samuel Duncanson, Latisha Brengman, Jena Johnson, Athena Eyster, John Fournelle, and Aurélien Moy

Item#AM-24-28776
Online Material
AM-24-28776.zip zipped

359

Mannardite as the main vanadium-hosting mineral in black shale-hosted vanadium deposits, South China
Lifei Yang, Zenghua Li, Yongpeng Ouyang, Teng Deng, Youguo Deng, and Deru Xu

Item#AM-24-28903
Online Material
AM-24-28903.zip zipped
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