American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 Mosaic structure in quartz
10 Synthetic mica investigations, VI: X-ray and optical data on synthetic fluor-phlogopite
22 The luminescence, and tenebrescence of natural and synthetic sodalite
32 Occurrence of pyrophanite in Japan
41 Studies in the mica group: Polymorphism among illites and hydrous micas
50 Phosphate minerals of the Borborema pegmatites: I-Patrimonio
64 Ordonezite, zinc antimonate, a new mineral from Guanajuata, Mexico
70 Ion substitution in the diopside-ferropigeonite series of clinopyroxenes
94 Synthetic zinc sulfide polytype crystals
107 The quantitative estimation of kaolinite by differential thermal analysis
120 Demonstration polariscope
122 Unusual forms of halloysite
124 Vapor pressure glycolation of oriented clay minerals
126 A point counter based on the Leitz mechanical stage
NEW MINERAL NAMES
137 New mineral names
NOTES and NEWS
118 Notes and news: Beryllian idocrase from Franklin, New Jersey
BOOK REVIEW
128 Book reviews
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American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.