American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
789 Ab initio calculations on aluminosilicate Q3 species: Implications for atomic structures of mineral surfaces and dissolution mechanisms of feldspars
800 Time evolution of pericline twin domains in alkali feldspars: A computer simulation study
811 Lattice-dynamical evaluation of atomic displacement parameters of minerals and its implications: The example of diopside
822 High-temperature structural study of germanate perovskites and pyroxenoids
833 Effects of temperature and pressure on the structure of lawsonite
842 Orthopyroxene from the Serra de Magé meteorite: A structure-refinement procedure for a Pbca phase coexisting with a C2/c exsolved phase
847 Thermal expansion of gypsum investigated by neutron powder diffraction
852 The nature of diffraction effects from illite and illite-smectite consisting of interstratified trans-vacant and cis-vacant 2:1 layers: A semiquantitative technique for determination of layer-type content
864 Chemical state of Cd in apatite phosphate ores as determined by EXAFS spectroscopy
874 Light-induced variations in realgar and β-As4S4: X-ray diffraction and Raman studies
881 Two-site multi-cation ordering-disordering in minerals: An alternative kinetic model
891 Cathodoluminescence of quartz from sandstones: Interpretation of the UV range by determination of trace element distributions and fluid-inclusion P-T-X properties in authigenic quartz
902 Trace element zoning and incipient metamictization in a lunar zircon: Application of three microprobe techniques
913 Crystal chemistry and petrologic significance of Fe3+-rich phlogopite from the Tapira carbonatite complex, Brazil
928 Mutual exsolution in hornblende and cummingtonite: Compositions, lamellar orientations, and exsolution temperatures
940 40Ar* diffusion in Fe-rich biotite
952 Equilibrium in the clinoptilolite-H2O system
963 Phase equilibria in the system CaO-CoO-SiO2 and Gibbs energies of formation of the quaternary oxides CaCoSi2O6, Ca2CoSi2O7, and CaCoSiO4
973 Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of nearly stoichiometric wüstite from 13 to 450 K
982 Magma evolution recorded in plagioclase zoning in 1991 Pinatubo eruption products
995 A new hyper-calcic amphibole with Ca at the A site: Fluor-cannilloite from Pargas, Finland
1003 Crystal chemistry and IR spectroscopy of Cl- and SO4-bearing cancrinite-like minerals
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1013 NEW MINERAL NAMES
MEMORIAL
1018 Memorial of Harold Williams Fairbairn,
BOOK REVIEW
1020 MINERAL SURFACES. Edited by D.J. Vaughan and R.A.D. Pattrick. Chapman and Hall, London, 1995. viii + 370 pages.
DEPOSIT ITEMS
913 Crystal chemistry and petrological significance of Fe3+-rich phlogopites from the Tapira Carbonatite Complex, Brazil
913 Crystal chemistry and petrological significance of Fe3+-rich phlogopites from the Tapira Carbonatite Complex, Brazil
913 Crystal chemistry and petrological significance of Fe3+-rich phlogopites from the Tapira Carbonatite Complex, Brazil
995 A new hyper-calcic amphibole with Ca at the A site: Fluor-cannilloite from Pargas, Finland
995 A new hyper-calcic amphibole with Ca at the A site: Fluor-cannilloite from Pargas, Finland
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