American Mineralogist
LETTER
456 LETTERS Mössbauer spectroscopy of mantle transition zone phases and determination of minimum Fe3+ content
REGULAR ARTICLE
245 ARTICLES High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of ZrSiO4: Observation of the zircon to scheelite transition at 300 K
253 Molecular orbital calculations on H6Si2O7 with a variable Si-O-Si angle: Implications for the high-pressure vibrational spectra of silicate glasses
260 Dehydration mechanism of clinoptilolite and heulandite: Single-crystal X-ray study of Na-poor, Ca-, K-, Mg-rich clinoptilolite at 100 K Deposit Items
265 Reassignment of cation site occupancies in tourmaline: Al-Mg disorder in the crystal structure of dravite
271 Brucite [Mg(OH)2] dehydration and the molar volume of H2O to 15 GPa
285 Synthesis, stability, and properties of Al2SiO4(OH)2: A fully hydrated analogue of topaz
298 A reevaluation of the stability relations of andalusite: Thermochemical data and phase diagram for the aluminum silicates
316 The effect of F and Cl on the interdiffusion of peralkaline intermediate and silicic melts
325 The effect of F on the density of haplogranite melt
331 Fluid-absent diffusion kinetics of Al inferred from retrograde metamorphic coronas
338 Fluid-assisted modification of garnet composition along rims, cracks, and mineral inclusion boundaries in samples of amphibolite facies schists
345 Influences of reaction history and chemical diffusion on P-T calculations for staurolite schists from the Littleton Formation, northwestern New Hampshire
360 A concise compilation of petrologic information on possibly pristine nonmare Moon rocks
377 The characterization of mafic phyllosilicates in low-grade metabasalts from eastern North Greenland
391 The composition of lizardite 1T and the formation of magnetite in serpentinites
405 Formation of protective surface layers during silicate-mineral weathering under well-leached, oxidizing conditions
415 The atomic arrangement of bastnäsite-(Ce), Ce(CO3)F, and structural elements of synchysite-(Ce), röntgenite-(Ce), and parisite-(Ce)
419 Crystal chemistry of samarskite Deposit Items
425 The redefinition of tengerite-(Y), Y2(CO3)3·2-3H2O, and its crystal structure
433 Povondraite, a redefinition of the tourmaline ferridravite
437 Mahlmoodite, FeZr(PO4)2·4H2O, a new iron zirconium phosphate mineral from Wilson Springs, Arkansas
441 Mechanisms and kinetics of apatite fission-track annealing – Discussion
446 Mechanisms and kinetics of apatite fission-track annealing – Reply to Green et al.
461 Tetrahedral disorder in fibrolitic sillimanite: Comparison of 29Si NMR and neutron diffraction data
465 Microstructure of interstratified illite/smectite at 123 K: A new method for HRTEM examination
NEW MINERAL NAMES
450 NEW MINERAL NAMES
DEPOSIT ITEMS
260 Dehydration mechanism of clinoptilolite and heulandite: Single-crystal X-ray study of Na-poor, Ca-, K-, Mg-rich clinoptilolite at 100 K Deposit Items
419 Crystal chemistry of samarskite
419 Crystal chemistry of samarskite
419 Crystal chemistry of samarskite
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American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.