American Mineralogist
EDITORIAL
1 American Mineralogist in Transition
REGULAR ARTICLE
2 Calibration of excess thermodynamic properties and elastic constant variations due to the α ↔ β phase transition in quartz
23 Thermoelastic properties of MgSiO3 perovskite as the Debye approach
36 An empirical model for the solubility of H2O in magmas to 3 kilobars
43 The influence of water on the environment of transition metals in silicate glasses
51 The reaction talc + forsterite = enstatite + H2O: New experimental results and petrological implications
58 Hydrothermal synthesis of ammonium illite
68 Equation of state of brucite: Single-crystal Brillouin spectroscopy study and polycrystalline pressure-volume-temperature measurement
75 Single-crystal Raman spectroscopic study of dickite
85 29Si MAS NMR systematics of calcic and sodic-calcic amphiboles
97 Substructure and superstructure of four-layer Ca-exchanged birnessite
119 Silanol groups in minerals and inorganic compounds
126 A systematic approach to general and structure-type formulas for minerals and other inorganic phases
133 High form of pentlandite and its thermal stability
141 Simulation of the structure and stability of sphalerite (ZnS) surfaces
147 Aqueous Pb sorption by hydroxylapatite: Applications of atomic force microscopy to dissolution, nucleation, and growth studies
159 Structural variations induced by thermal treatment in lead feldspar (PbAl2Si2O8)
167 Ferri-clinoholmquistite, Li2(Fe2+, Mg)3 Fe3+2 Si8O22(OH)2, a new BLi clinoamphibole from the Pedriza Massif, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spanish Central System
172 Bamfordite, Fe3+ Mo2O6(OH)3·H2O, a new hydrated iron molybdenum oxyhydroxide from Queensland, Australia: Description and crystal chemistry
178 Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material
NEW MINERAL NAMES
185 NEW MINERAL NAMES
BOOK REVIEW
190 MAGMAS, FLUIDS, AND ORE DEPOSITS. Edited by J.F.H. Thompson. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Nepean, Ontario, 1995. Short course Volume 23 vi+525 pages;
DEPOSIT ITEMS
133 High form of pentlandite and its thermal stability
159 Structural variations induced by thermal treatment in lead feldspar (PbAl2Si2O8)
167 Ferri-clinoholmquistite, Li2(Fe2+, Mg)3 Fe23+ Si8O22(OH)2, a new BLi clinoamphibole from the Pedriza Massif, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spanish Central System
172 Bamfordite, Fe3+ Mo2O6(OH)3·H2O, a new hydrated iron molybdenum oxyhydroxide from Queensland, Australia: Description and crystal chemistry
178 Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material
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