American Mineralogist
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196 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
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1 Petrology and geochemistry of calc-alkaline andesite of presumed upper mantle origin from Itinome-gata, Japan
14 Mineralogy of mafic and Fe-Ti oxide-rich differentiates of the Marcy anorthosite massif, Adirondacks, New York
28 Petrogenesis of oxide minerals in kimberlite, Elliot County Kentucky
43 The microcline/sanidine transformation isograd in metamorphic regions: Western Tauern Window and Merano-Mules-Anterselva complex (Eastern Alps)
54 The reaction pigeonite = diopsidess + enstatitess at 15 kbar
59 Polarized optical absorption and 57Fe Mössbauer study of pegmatitic muscovite
69 Crystal structure of a pink muscovite from Archer’s Post, Kenya: implications for reverse pleochroism in dioctahedral micas
76 An ordering model for the commensurate antiphase structure of yoderite
85 Medaite, Mn6[VSi5Ol8(OH)], a new mineral and the first example of vanadatopentasilicate ion
90 A contribution to the crystal chemistry of ellestadite and the silicate sulfate apatites
97 Alteration of spodumene, montebrasite and lithiophilite in pegmatites of the White Picacho district, Arizona
114 Crystal structure of minamiite, a new mineral of the alunite group
120 The crystal structure of thadeuite, Mg(Ca,Mn)(Mg,Fe,Mn)2(PO4)2(OH,F)2
126 Suessite, Fe3Si: a new mineral in the North Haig ureilite
132 Caswellsilverite, NaCrS2: a new mineral in the Norton County enstatite achondrite
137 Identification of fluid inclusion daughter minerals using Gandolfi X-ray techniques
142 Contact metamorphic effects of the Stillwater Complex, Montana: the concordant iron-formation: a discussion of the role of buffering in metamorphism of iron-formation
149 Contact metamorphic effects of the Stillwater Complex, Montana: the concordant iron-formation: a reply to the role of buffering in metamorphism of iron-formation
153 Solubility mechanisms of H2O in silicate melts at high pressures and temperatures: a Raman spectroscopic study: discussion
155 Solubility mechanisms of H2O in silicate melts at high pressures and temperatures: a Raman spectroscopic study: reply
156 “New data on and discreditation of “”texasite,”” “”albrittonite,”” “”cuproartinite,”” “”cuprohydromagnesite,”” and “”yttromicrolite,”” with corrected data on nickelbischofite, rowlandite, and yttrocrasite”
170 The redox potential of boron nitride and implications for its use as a crucible material in experimental petrology
175 Temperature calibration of a new rapid quench vessel
180 The mineralogy of pegmatites
190 Suggested outline for new mineral descriptions
NOTES
195 NOTICES
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