American Mineralogist
LETTER
677 Elasticity of MgSiO3 orthoenstatite
681 Single-crystal structure refinement of synthetic M4K-substituted potassic richterite K(KCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
REGULAR ARTICLE
465 Densities of melts in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 system
477 Modeling of the solubility of a two-component H2O + CO2 fluid in silicate liquids
493 Dynamic electrochemical assessment of redox reactions in natural micas between 613 and 1373 K at 105 Pa
506 Energetics of kaolin polymorphs
517 Peristerite exsolution in metamorphic plagioclase from the Lepontine Alps: An analytical and transmission electron microscope study
528 New kinetic model for the nanocrystalline anatase-to-rutile transformation revealing rate dependence on number of particles
536 Iron in kornerupine: A 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study and comparison with single-crystal structure refinement
550 Raman spectroscopic identification of B-free and B-rich kornerupine (prismatine)
555 In situ neutron diffraction study of non-convergent cation ordering in the (Fe3O4)1-x(MgAl2O4)x spinel solid solution
564 Magnetite lamellae in olivine and clinohumite from Dabie UHP ultramafic rocks, central China
570 “Why most “”dry”” rocks should cool “”wet”””
581 Complex zoning in apatite from the Idaho batholith: A record of magma mixing and intracrystalline trace element diffusion
596 Ca-Sr distribution between amphibole, clinopyroxene, and chloride-bearing solutions
607 The smectite to chlorite transition in the Chipilapa geothermal system, El Salvador
620 Dissolution of well and poorly crystallized kaolinites: Al speciation and effects of surface characteristics
629 Surface chemical characterization and surface diffraction effects of real margarite (001): An angle-resolved XPS investigation
639 Properties of As and S at NiAs, NiS, and Fe1-xS surfaces, and reactivity of niccolite in air and water
650 The Gibbs free energies and enthalpies of formation of U6+ phases: An empirical method of prediction
665 Schubnelite, [Fe3+(V5+O4)(H2O)], a novel heteropolyhedral framework mineral
669 Toward the crystal structure of nagyagite, [Pb(Pb,Sb)S2] [(Au,Te)]
NEW MINERAL NAMES
685 NEW MINERAL NAMES
BOOK REVIEW
689 X-Ray Diffraction and the Identication and Analysis of Clay Minerals, 2nd Edition. By D. M. Moore and R. C. Reynolds Jr. Oxford, New York, 1997, 378 p.
689 X-Ray Charge Densities and Chemical Bonding. By P. Coppens, Oxford University Press, 1997, 358 p.
SPECIAL NOTICE: WEB PAPER
691 The IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names: Procedures and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, 1998
ERRATA
692 Intrusive chemical characterization of tourmaline: Mössbauer study of Fe valance and site occupancy. (Am. Mineral., 83, 848-864, 1998)
692 Stability of high-Al titanite from low-pressure calcsilicates in light of fluid and host-rock composition. (Am. Mineral., 84, 37-47, 1999)
DEPOSIT ITEMS
669 Toward the crystal structure of nagyagite, [Pb(Pb,Sb)S2] [(Au,Te)]
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