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American Mineralogist
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REGULAR ARTICLE
257 Applications of the Niggli-Becke projection for rock analyses
296 Metamorphism of minerals
309 The structure of epidote (HCa2(Al, Fe)Al2Si3O13)
322 The spectroscope in determinative mineralogy
336 Birefringence-dispersion ratio as a diagnostic
344 Paraschoepite and epiianthinite, two new uranium minerals from Shinkolobwe (Belgian Congo)
351 Apparatus for obtaining powder-type x-ray diffraction patterns from single crystals
354 The Peña Blanca Spring meteorite, Brewster County, Texas
365 Re-examination of boksputite
367 A monochromatic light source for the petrographic microscope
368 Method for polishing diamond-drill core specimens
NEW MINERAL NAMES and DISCREDITED MINERALS
371 New mineral names; Discredited minerals
PROCEEDINGS
370 Proceedings of societies
MEMORIAL
369 Memorial of Bernard Fisher
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Table of Contents
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Special Collections
American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.