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Spectroscopic and structural properties of synthetic micas on the annite-siderophyllite binary: Synthesis, crystal structure refinement, Mössbauer, and infrared spectroscopy
Günther J. Redhammer, Anton Beran, Julius Schneider, Georg Amthauer, and Werner Lottermoser
514
Equation of state of magnetite and its high-pressure modification: Thermodynamics of the Fe-O system at high pressure
Camilla Haavik, Svein Stølen, Helmer Fjellvåg, Michael Hanfland, and Daniel Häusermann
578
Sodic-ferripedrizite, a new monoclinic amphibole bridging the magnesium-iron-manganese-lithium and the sodium-calcium groups
Roberta Oberti, Josè M. Caballero, Luisa Ottolini, Sol López-Andrès, and Victor Herreros
600
In-situ Raman spectra of dissolved silica species in aqueous fluids to 900°C and 14 kbar
Nikolay Zotov and Hans Keppler
604
Quetzalcoatlite: A new octahedral-tetrahedral structure from a 2 x 2 x 40 mm3 crystal at the Advanced Photon Source-GSE-CARS Facility
Peter C. Burns, Joseph J. Pluth, Joseph V. Smith, Peter Eng, Ian Steele, and Robert M. Housley
608
Bonding and dynamics of Mg in pyrope: a theoretical investigation
Bj??rn Winkler, Victor Milman, Elena V. Akhmatskaya, and Ross H. Nobes
613
Structure of a new Al-rich phase, [K, Na]0.9[Mg, Fe]2[Mg, Fe, Al,Si]6O12,synthesized at 24 GPa
Tibor Gasparik, Akhilesh Tripathi, and John B. Parise
619
Core level electron binding energies of realgar (As4S4)
A.R. Pratt and H.W. Nesbitt
623
Oxidation of {100} and {111} surfaces of pyrite: Effects of preparation method
Alicia R. Elsetinow, Jeffrey M. Guevremont, Daniel R. Strongin, Martin A.A. Schoonen, and Myron Strongin
REGULAR ARTICLE
397
Iron concentration and the physical processes of dynamic oxidation in an alkaline earth aluminosilicate glass
Glen B. Cook and Reid F. Cooper
407
A crystal chemical re-evaluation of amphibole/melt and amphibole/clinopyroxene DTi values in petrogenetic studies
Roberta Oberti, Riccardo Vannucci, Alberto Zanetti, Massimo Tiepolo, and Richard C. Brumm
420
Mineralogy of mafic xenoliths and their reaction zones in the olivine lamproite from Prairie Creek Arkansas and the paragenesis of haggertyite, Ba[Fe6Ti5Mg]O19
Danielle Velde
430
Magmatic anhydrite in granitic rocks: First occurrence and potential petrologic consequences
Andrew P. Barth and Michael J. Dorais
436
Crystal chemistry of Al-rich biotites coexisting with muscovites in peraluminous granites
Maria Franca Brigatti, Paola Frigieri, Claudio Ghezzo, and Luciano Poppi
466
Thermodynamic properties of tremolite: A correction and some comments
Bernard W. Evans, Mark S. Ghiorso, and Scott M. Kuehner
473
Raman spectroscopic characteristics of Mg-Fe-Ca pyroxenes
E. Huang, C.H. Chen, T. Huang, E.H. Lin, and Ji-an Xu
480
Hydrogen in diopside: Diffusion profiles
Susan Carpenter Woods, Stephen Mackwell, and Darby Dyar
488
Diffusion of C and O in calcite at 100 MPa
T.C. Labotka, D.R. Cole, and L.R. Riciputi
495
Solubility and stability of zeolites in aqueous solution: II. Calcic clinoptilolite and mordenite
Liane G. Benning, Richard T. Wilkin, and Hubert L. Barnes
509
TEM and SFM of exsolution and twinning in an alkali feldspar
Huifang Xu, David R. Veblen, Peter Buseck, and B.L. Ramakrishna
524
Optimization of site occupancies in minerals using quadratic programming
Stephen E. Wright, Jeffrey A. Foley, and John M. Hughes
532
Leverage analysis and structure refinement of minerals
Marcello Merli, Luciano Ungaretti, Roberta Oberti
543
The absolute energy positions of conduction and valence bands of selected semiconducting minerals
Denis Andrault, Guillaume Fiquet, Thomas Charpin, and Tristan le Bihan
557
Antiferroelectric phase transition in titanite: Excess entropy and short range order
Stuart A. Hayward, Jaime del Cerro, and Ekhard K.H. Salje
563
P4/n and P4nc long-range ordering in low- temperature vesuvianites
Thomas Armbruster and Edwin Gnos
570
Tetrahedral vacancies and cation ordering in low-temperature Mn-bearing vesuvianites: Indication of a hydrogarnet-like substitution
Thomas Armbruster and Edwin Gnos
586
The crystal structure of peprossiite-(Ce), an anhydrous REE and Al mica-like borate with square-pyramidal coordination for Al
Athos Callegari, Franca Caucia, Fiorenzo Mazzi, Roberta Oberti, Luisa Ottolini, and Luciano Ungaretti
593
Crystal chemistry of the new mineral brandholzite, Mg(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2, and of the synthetic analogues M2+(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2 (M2+ = Mg, Co)
Alexandra Friedrich, Manfred Wildner, Ekkehart Tillmanns, and Peter L. Merz
NEW MINERAL NAMES
627
NEW MINERAL NAMES
John L. Jambor, Vladimir A. Kovalenker, and Andrew C. Roberts
BOOK REVIEW
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BOOK REVIEW: Dana’s New Mineralogy by Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Paul Pohwat
ERRATA
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ERRATUM: M. D. Ruiz Cruz, E. Puga, and J. M. Nieto. Silicate and oxide exsolution in pseudo-spinifex olivine from metaultramafic rocks of the Betic Ophiolitic Association: A TEM study
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