American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 Behoite, Beta-Be(OH)2, from the Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County
10 Costibite (CoSbS) A new mineral from Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia
18 Nickel minerals from Barberton, South Africa: II. Nimite, a nickel-rich chlorite
31 Nickel minerals from Barberton, South Africa: III. Willemseite, A nickel-rich talc
43 Structures of aluminum hydroxide and geochemical implications
78 The crystal structure of roemerite
90 The crystal structure of calcium niobate (CaNb2O6)
98 Optical spectra of di- and trivalent iron in corundum
106 Phase relations of the Cu-S system at low temperatures: stability of anilite
118 The system MgO-GeO2-H2O
126 Villiaumite and the occurrence of fluoride minerals in igneous rocks
135 Crystal chemistry of the basic iron phosphates
170 The crystal chemistry of apatite: structure fields of fluor- and chlorapatite
185 Delrioite and metadelrioite from Montrose County, Colorado
201 Fe2+,Mg order-disorder in natural orthopyroxenes
224 Pyroxenes from the alkaline rocks of Itapirapua, Sao Paulo, Brazil
231 Mg/Fe partitioning in garnet and biotite from some granitic, pelitic and calcic rocks
246 Silica activity in igneous rocks
264 Sphene, perovskite and coexisting Fe-Ti oxide minerals
270 Intergranular albite in the granite and syenites of Hong Kong
285 Hydrothermal growth and thermal decomposition of boehmite single crystals
288 Annealing characteristics of metamict gadolinite from Rode Ranch, Texas
292 Recent discussions of pyroxenes and amphiboles
NEW MINERAL NAMES
317 New Mineral Names
MINERALOGICAL NOTES
283 “MINERALOGICAL NOTES. A probable second occurrence of Jambor’s “”fibrous iron sulfide”””
NOTES
331 Notices
BOOK REVIEW
324 Book Reviews
PROCEEDINGS
337 List of Officers and Committees
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