American Mineralogist
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593
Formation of secondary pyrite and carbonate minerals in the Lower Williams Lake tailings basin, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada
A. Dogan Paktunc and Nand K. Davé
609
High-pressure IR-spectra and the thermodynamic properties of chloritoid
Monika Koch-Müller, Anne M. Hofmeister, Yingwei Fei, and Zhenxian Liu
648
The high-temperature P21/c–C2/c phase transition in Fe-free pyroxene (Ca0.15Mg1.85Si2O6): Structural and thermodynamic behavior
Mario Tribaudino, Fabrizio Nestola, Fernando Cámara, and Maria Chiara Domeneghetti
726
Neustädtelite and cobaltneustädtelite, the Fe3+– and Co2+-analogues of medenbachite
Werner Krause, Heinz-Jürgen Bernhardt, Catherine McCammon, and Herta Effenberger
769
Isotopic and elemental partitioning of boron between hydrous fluid and silicate melt
Richard L. Hervig, Gordon M. Moore, Lynda B. Williams, Simon M. Peacock, John R. Holloway, and Kurt Roggensack
775
Experimental evidence of three coexisting immiscible fluids in synthetic granitic pegmatite
Ilya V. Veksler, Rainer Thomas, and Christian Schmidt
780
Quantifying surface areas of clays by atomic force microscopy
Barry R. Bickmore, Kathryn L. Nagy, Paul E. Sandlin, and Terry S. Crater
784
A new high-pressure phase of FeSi
David P. Dobson, Lidunka Vocadlo, and Ian G. Wood
REGULAR ARTICLE
603
Hydroxyl in MgSiO3 akimotoite: A polarized and high-pressure IR study
Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, Hans Keppler, and David C. Rubie
623
Infrared and Raman study of interlayer anions CO32-, NO3–, SO42- and ClO4– in Mg/Al-hydrotalcite
J. Theo Kloprogge, David Wharton, Leisel Hickey, and Ray L. Frost
630
Effect of Fe oxidation state on the IR spectra of Garfield nontronite
Claire-Isabelle Fialips, Dongfang Huo, Laibin Yan, Jun Wu, and Joseph W. Stucki
642
High-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of katoite hydrogarnet: Evidence for a phase transition from Ia3d to I43d symmetry at 5 GPa
George A. Lager, Robert T. Downs, Marcus Origlieri, and Rebecca Garoutte
658
Thermodynamics and stability of pseudobrookite-type MgTi2O5 (karrooite)
Dimitrios Xirouchakis, Alexander Smirnov, Kelly Woody, Donald H. Lindsley, and David J. Andersen
668
Molecular orbital calculations on aluminosilicate tricluster molecules: Implications for the structure of aluminosilicate glasses
J.D. Kubicki and M.J. Toplis
679
Surface structures, stabilities and growth of magnesian calcites: A computational investigation from the perspective of dolomite formation
Nora H. De Leeuw
690
Spinels and other oxides in Mn-rich rocks from the Hutter Mine, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.A.: Implications for miscibility and solvus relations among jacobsite, galaxite, and magnetite
James S. Beard and Robert J. Tracy
699
An occurrence of igneous orthorhombic amphibole, Eriksberg gabbro, southern Sweden
Dick T. Claeson and William P. Meurer
709
Crystal chemistry of Cr3+-V3+-rich clinopyroxenes
L. Secco, F. Martignago, A. Dal Negro, L.Z. Reznitskii, and E.V. Sklyarov
715
The crystal structures of cesanite and its synthetic analogue – A comparison
A. Piotrowski, V. Kahlenberg, R.X. Fischer, Y. Lee, and J.B. Parise
721
Disordered distribution of Cu in the crystal structure of leightonite, K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4 . 2H2O
Silvio Menchetti, Luca Bindi, Paola Bonazzi, and Filippo Olmi
739
Ciprianiite and mottanaite-(Ce), two new minerals of the hellandite group from Latium (Italy)
Giancarlo Della Ventura, Paola Bonazzi, Roberta Oberti, and Luisa Ottolini
745
Re-definition, nomenclature and crystal-chemistry of the hellandite group
Roberta Oberti, Giancarlo Della Ventura, Luisa Ottolini, Frank C. Hawthorne, and Paola Bonazzi
753
The new mineral baumstarkite and a structural reinvestigation of aramayoite and miargyrite
Herta Effenberger, Werner Hermann Paar, Dan Topa, Alan J. Criddle, and Michel Fleck
NEW MINERAL NAMES
765
New Mineral Names
John L. Jambor and Andrew C. Roberts
AWARD
788
Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2001 to Peter John Wyllie
Art Montana
790
Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2001
Peter J. Wyllie
794
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2001 to Peter Burns
Frank C. Hawthorne
795
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2001
Peter C. Burns
796
Presentation of the Distinguished Public Service Award of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2001 to Jeffery Post
Peter Heaney
798
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America’s Public Service Medal for 2001
Jeffrey Post
799
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal for 2001 to George R. Rossman
Paul Asimow
801
Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2001
George R. Rossman
BOOK REVIEW
803
BOOK REVIEW: EARTH’S MATERIALS: MINERALS AND ROCKS. By Gautam Sen, Prentice-Hall, Inc. New Jersey, 2001, 542 p.
Dexter Perkins
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