American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 Tourmaline as a petrogenetic indicator mineral: an example from the staurolite-grade metapelites of NW Maine
16 The stability of Ca-Na pyroxene in low-grade metabasites of high-pressure intermediate facies series
30 Garnet-olivine equilibration during cooling in the mantle
40 Crystallization and differentiation of Archean komatiite lavas from northeast Ontario: phase equilibrium and kinetic studies
52 Two feldspar and iron-titanium oxide equilibria in silicic magmas and the depth of origin of large volume ash-flow tuffs
65 An oxygen buffer for some peraluminous granites and metamorphic rocks
74 Oscillatory zoning in clinopyroxenes from the Guide Copper Mine, Phalaborwa, South Africa
80 The effect of fluorine on viscosities in the system Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2: implications for phonolites, trachytes and rhyolites
88 Relationships between properties and structure of aluminosilicate melts
106 High resolution solid-state sodium-23, aluminum-27, and silicon-29 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic reconnaissance of alkali and plagioclase feldspars
124 Orientation of phase and domain boundaries in crystalline solids: discussion
130 Orientation of phase and domain boundaries in crystalline solids: reply
134 Scapolite: alkali atom configurations, antiphase domains, and compositional variations
141 Structural aspects of phase transitions in Fe-Mg-Ca pyroxenes
149 Existence of multiple kaolinite phases and their relationship to disorder in kaolin minerals
159 The dehydroxylation of kaolinite
165 Crystal structure refinement of an arsenic-bearing argentian tetrahedrite
171 Crystal chemistry of the 2∞[M3+2φ2(TO4)2] sheet: structural principles and crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite
182 Crystal structure refinement of magnesian alleghanyite
186 The crystal structures of helvite group minerals, (Mn,Fe,Zn)8(Be6Si6O24)S2
193 Fingerite. Cu11O2(VO4)6, a new vanadium sublimate from Izalco volcano, El Salvador: descriptive mineralogy
197 Fingerite, Cu11O2(VO4)6, a new vanadium sublimate from Izalco volcano, El Salvador: crystal structure
200 Milk cartons and ash cans: two unconventional welding techniques
202 A review of the todorokite-buserite problem: implications to the mineralogy of marine manganese nodules: discussion
205 The todorokite-buserite problem: further considerations
NEW MINERAL NAMES
214 NEW MINERAL NAMES
MEMORIAL
209 Memorial of Lester William Strock
212 Memorial of David Edward Jensen
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