American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 Jurbanite, a new post-mine aluminum sulfate mineral from San Manuel, Arizona
5 Olmsteadite, K2Fe2+2[Fe2+2(Nb,Ta)5+2O4(H2O)4(PO4)4], a new species, its crystal structure and relation to vauxite and montgomeryite
12 Additional data on the crystal structure of montgomeryite
15 Crystal chemistry and proposed nomenclature for sulfosalts intermediate in the system bismuth inite-aikinite (Bi2S3-CuPbBiS3)
21 Pyrrhotite: The nA (or 2A, 3C) superstructure reviewed
26 Stability of synthetic andradite at atmospheric pressure
29 Osumilite of deep-seated origin in the contact aureole of the anorthositic Nain Complex, Labrador
38 Orthoferrosilite: High temperature crystal chemistry
54 An electron diffraction study of some intermediate plagioclases
60 Chemical composition of ferrierite
67 The atomic arrangement of pellyite: Ba2Ca(Fe,Mg)2Si6O17
74 The crystal structure of bredigite and the genealogy of some alkaline earth orthosilicates
88 Painite, CaZrB[Al9O18]: Its crystal structure and relation to jeremejevite, B5[[ ]3Al6(OH)3O15]; and fluoborite, B3[Mg9(F,OH)9O9]
95 The nature of hydrogen bonds and water in legrandite by IR spectroscopy
100 The deep blue Maxixe-type color center in beryl
108 The crystal structure of tetragonal leucite
116 Crystal structure and cation distribution of hulsite, a tin-iron borate
123 Structural chemistry of borosilicates, Part II. Searlesite, NaBSi2O5(OH): Absolute configuration, hydrogen locations, and refinement of the structure
130 Electronic structures of iron-bearing oxidic minerals at high pressure
145 A derivation of the 32 crystallographic point groups using elementary group theory
169 On the interpretation of the Mössbauer spectra of biotites
170 Crystal synthesis of a new cesium aluminosilicate, CsAlSi5O12
172 “On the nature of “”lublinite”” from Hollanta (Turkey)”
173 Hand-held electromagnet-probe
NEW MINERAL NAMES
174 NEW MINERAL NAMES
MINERALOGICAL NOTES
166 MINERALOGICAL NOTES Gibbs energies of formation of zircon (ZrSiO4), thorite (ThSiO4), and phenacite (Be2SiO4)
NOTES
187 NOTICES
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