American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 The crystal structure of carminite
14 The nature and synthesis of ferrimolybdite
33 Karelianite, a new vanadium mineral
42 Chlorite polytypism: II. Crystal structure of a one-layer Cr-chlorite
62 The cell dimensions and symmetry of layer-lattice silicates. III. Octahedral ordering
76 The cell dimensions and symmetry of layer-lattice silicates. IV. Interatomic forces
100 A hydrothermally synthesized iron analog of pollucite – its structure and significance
110 Polymorphism in digenite
124 Infrared absorption frequency trends for anhydrous normal carbonates
138 Structure, composition and genesis of some long-spacing, mica-like minerals
150 Phase transformations in silica-alumina-magnesia mixtures as examined by continuous x-ray diffraction: II. Spinel-silica compositions
159 Xenoliths and xenocrysts from lavas of the Kerguelen Archipelago
180 X-ray study of lecontite
194 A note on ferroan gahnite from Malaya and its bearing on the published data for hercynite
200 Synthesis of forsterite crystals
201 An optically negative variety of staurolite from Northern Rhodesia
204 X-ray diffraction data for taeniolite
206 Xenotime and thorite from Nigeria
NEW MINERAL NAMES
209 New Mineral Names
MINERALOGICAL NOTES
189 MINERALOGICAL NOTES: Phenakite from the Mount Wheeler area, Snake Range, White Pine County, Nevada
NOTES
222 Notices
BOOK REVIEW
218 Book Reviews
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