American Mineralogist
LETTER
453 LETTER Analysis of oxygen with the electron microprobe: Applications to hydrated glass and minerals
REGULAR ARTICLE
225 REVIEW Biological effects of inhaled minerals
244 ARTICLES A new interatomic potential model for calcite: Applications to lattice dynamics studies, phase transition, and isotope fractionation
251 Crystal-field spectroscopic study of Cr-doped mullite
258 Raman and infrared study of pressure-induced structural changes in MgSiO3, CaMgSi2O6, and CaSiO3 glasses
270 Shear viscosity of alkali and alkaline earth titanium silicate liquids
275 NaSi-CaAl interdiffusion in plagioclase
284 The calibration and application of accurate redox sensors
296 Formation of fluid inclusions and etch tunnels in olivine at high pressure
303 Topaz-bearing rocks from Mount Gibson, North Queensland, Australia
314 Chemical controls on ferrierite crystallization during diagenesis of silicic pyroclastic rocks near Lovelock, Nevada
329 Diagnostic microstructures for primary and deformational quartz rods in graphic granite
336 Transmission electron microscopic investigation of fission tracks in fluorapatite
345 Chemical analysis of actinolite from reflectance spectra
359 Microstructures in natural perovskites
374 Rietveld refinement of the crystal structure of fibrolitic sillimanite using neutron powder diffraction data
380 An analytical electron microscopy study of pyroxene-to-pyroxenoid reactions
391 Phase transitions and kinetics in natural FeS measured by X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy at elevated temperatures
399 Crystal chemistry and symmetry of a birefringent tetragonal pyralspite75-grandite25 garnet
407 Structural effects of the incorporation of large radius alkalis in high cordierite
412 High-pressure structural study of dolomite and ankerite
422 H2O ordering and superstructures in armenite, BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2H2O: A single-crystal X-ray and TEM study
431 Infrared vibrational characterization and synthesis of a family of hydrous alkali uranyl silicates and hydrous uranyl silicate minerals
438 Tvedalite, (Ca,Mn)4Be3Si6O17(OH)4·3H2O, a new mineral from syenite pegmatite in the Oslo Region, Norway
NEW MINERAL NAMES
446 NEW MINERAL NAMES
SOFTWARE NOTICES
444 SOFTWARE NOTICE PRSUPR: Automation and analysis software for wavelength dispersive electron-beam microanalysis on a PC
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American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.