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American Mineralogist
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REGULAR ARTICLE
1 Second occurrence of fersmite
9 Manganomossite restudied
19 Matrix corrections in the x-ray spectrographic trace element analysis
33 Hardness of synthetic and natural micas
49 Discrepancies between optic axial angles of olivines measured over different bisectrices
65 Absorption and pleochroism: Two much-neglected optical properties of crystals
78 Morphology and crystal chemistry of 1:1 layer lattice silicates
115 Chevkinite, perrierite and epidotes
138 X-ray studies of aluminum and iron phosphates containing potassium or ammonium4
143 The X-ray study of synthetic Mg-Al serpentines and chlorites
153 Oriented penetration of ionic compounds between the silicate layers of halloysite
166 The natural occurrence of galena-clausthalite solid solution series
177 Sine table for indexing powder patterns
180 Synthesis of bastnaesite
182 Polarizing adapters for the Wolfe goniometer
185 Infra-red absorption data for serpentine minerals
189 Measurement of disorder in zinc and cadmium sulfides
193 The dispersion and temperature coefficients of the birefringence of selenite
196 Calibration sights for x-ray powder camera
199 Brandtite at Sterling Hill Mine, N. J.
200 Calibration of single-crystal Weissenberg films
NEW MINERAL NAMES
207 New Mineral Names
NOTES and NEWS
176 Notes and news: Garrelsite and the datolite structure group
BOOK REVIEW
204 Book Reviews
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Table of Contents
AmMin submission to acceptance/”first publication” is at a record average of about three to four months. Our acceptance to “final” publication is presently another 13 months on average.
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Special Collections
American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.