American Mineralogist
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Thermal stability and vibrational spectra of the sheet borate tuzlaite, NaCa[B5O8(OH)2]·3H2O
Vladimir Bermanec, Kresimir Furic, Masa Rajic, and Goran Kniewald
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Hydrogen-bonded water in laumontite I: X-ray powder diffraction study of water site occupancy and structural changes in laumontite during room-temperature isothermal hydration/dehydration
Thráinn Fridriksson, David L. Bish, and Dennis K. Bird
365
Experimental study of zircon coarsening in quartzite ±H2O at 1.0 GPa and 1000 °C, with implications for geochronological studies of high-grade metamorphism
John C. Ayers, Katherine DeLaCruz, Calvin Miller, and Oran Switzer
387
Fe2+-Mg partitioning between garnet, magnesiowüstite, and (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 phases of the transition zone
Daniel J. Frost
464
Ultrapotassic clinopyroxene from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond mine, Kokchetav Complex, Kazakhstan: Occurrence, composition and crystal-chemical characterization
Luca Bindi, Oleg G. Safonov, Vasily O. Yapaskurt, Leonid L. Perchuk, and Silvio Menchetti
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Determination of planetary basalt parentage: A simple technique using the electron microprobe
J.J. Papike, J.M, Karner, and C.K. Shearer
REGULAR ARTICLE
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Structure, metal-insulator transitions, and magnetic properties of FeO at high pressures
Stephen A. Gramsch, Ronald E. Cohen, and Sergej Yu Savrasov
262
The high-temperature behavior of defect hydrogen species in quartz: Implications for hydrogen isotope studies
Kevin Grant, Sarah A. Gleeson, and Steve Roberts
288
In-situ determination of mineral solubilities in fluids using a hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell and SR-XRF: Solubility of AgCl in water
Christian Schmidt and Karen Rickers
293
Pressure-induced phase transition in malayaite, CaSnOSiO4
Stephanie Rath, Martin Kunz, and Ronald Miletich
301
Equation of state of stishovite to lower mantle pressures
Denis Andrault, Ross J. Angel, Jed L. Mosenfelder, and Tristan Le Bihan
308
Chemical transfer during redox exchanges between H2 and Fe-bearing silicate melts
Fabrice Gaillard, Michel Pichavant, Stephen Mackwell, Rémi Champallier, Bruno Scaillet, and Catherine McCammon
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Trace-element partitioning between alkali feldspar and peralkalic quartz trachyte to rhyolite magma. Part I: Systematics of trace-element partitioning
John Charles White, Greg S. Holt, Don F. Parker, and Minghua Ren
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Trace-element partitioning between alkali feldspar and peralkalic quartz trachyte to rhyolite magma. Part II: Empirical equations for calculating trace-element partition coefficients of large-ion lithophile, high field-strength, and rare-earth elements
John Charles White
338
Four generations of accessory-phase growth in low-pressure migmatites from SW New Hampshire
Joseph M. Pyle and Frank S. Spear
352
Mineralogy, chemistry, and formation of oxidized biotite in the weathering profile of granitic rocks
Gi Young Jeong and Hye Bin Kim
377
Biotite dissolution processes and mechanisms in the laboratory and in nature: Early stage weathering environment andvermiculitization
Takashi Murakami, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Tadashi Yokoyama, and Takeshi Kasama
398
Interlayer structure and dynamics of Cl-bearing hydrotalcite: far infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics modeling
Jianwei Wang, Andrey G. Kalinichev, James E. Amonette, and R. James Kirkpatrick
410
Si-Al disorder and solid solutions in analcime, chabazite, and wairakite
Philip S. Neuhoff, Jonathan F. Stebbins, and Dennis K. Bird
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Cafetite, Ca[Ti2O5](H2O): Crystal structure and revision of chemical formula
Sergey V. Krivovichev, Victor N. Yakovenchuk, Peter C. Burns, Yakov A. Pakhomovsky, and Yury P. Menshikov
430
Order-disorder approach to calcioaravaipaite, [PbCa2Al(F,OH)9]: The crystal structure of the triclinic MDO polytype
Anthony R. Kampf, Stefano Merlino, and Marco Pasero
436
Ab initio investigation of the structures of NaOH hydrates and their Na+ and OH– coordination polyhedra
James R. Rustad, Andrew R. Felmy, Kevin M. Rosso, and Eric J. Bylaska
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Another step toward understanding the true nature of sartorite: Determination and refinement of a ninefold superstructure
Peter Berlepsch, Thomas Armbruster, Emil Makovicky, and Dan Topa
462
Isotypism of Co(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2 with brandholzite and bottinoite
Alexandra Friedrich, Fiorenzo Mazzi, Manfred Wildner, and Ekkehart Tillmanns
473
Real-time AFM diagrams on your Macintosh
Frank S. Spear
474
Three-dimensional model of heat flow in the aureole of the Marcy anorthosite, Adirondack Highlands, New York: Implications for depth of emplacement
J. Alcock, Kevin Myer, and P. D. Muller
NEW MINERAL NAMES
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NEW MINERAL NAMES
John L. Jambor, and Andrew C. Roberts
BOOK REVIEW
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BOOK REVIEW: ALKALINE ROCKS AND CARBONATITES OF THE WORLD, PART 3: AFRICA. by A.R. Woolley, 2001. The Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, U.K., 372 p.
Robert Gault
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