American Mineralogist
LETTER
836 Transformation of fivefold-coordinated silicon to octahedral silicon in calcium silicate, CaSi2O5
REGULAR ARTICLE
657 All-atom ab initio energy minimization of the kaolinite crystal structure
663 Crystal chemistry of forsterite: A first-principles study
672 Ab initio calculation of the pleochroism of fayalite
677 Anti-phase boundaries and phase transitions in titanite: An X-ray diffraction study
682 The equation of state and high-pressure behavior of magnesite
689 Thermal expansion of MgSiO3 and FeSiO3 ortho- and clinopyroxenes
697 The synthetic Cr2+ silicates BaCrSi4O10 and SrCrSi4O10: The missing links in the gillespite-type ABSi4O10 series
708 A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the potassium-richterite-tremolite join
717 Particle size effects on transformation kinetics and phase stability in nanocrystalline TiO2
729 Dehydration dynamics of stilbite using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction
740 Mn3Al2Si3O12 spessartine and Ca3Al2Si3O12 grossular garnet: Structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties
748 Synthesis methods and unit-cell volume of end-member titanite (CaTiOSiO4)
754 Thermochemistry and the enthalpy of formation of synthetic end-member (CaTiSiO5) titanite
760 Ab-initio synthesis and TEM confirmation of antigorite in the system MgO-SiO2-H2O
765 Experimental study of Th-bearing LaPO4 (780 °C, 200 MPa): Implications for monazite and actinide orthophosphate stability
772 Monazite-xenotime thermobarometry: Experimental calibration of the miscibility gap in the binary system CePO4-YPO4
781 Experimental investigation of laumontite → wairakite + H2O: A model diagenetic reaction
790 Eliminating closure in mineral formulae with specific application to amphiboles
807 Dessauite, (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20O38, a new mineral of the crichtonite group from Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, Italy
812 A hydrous Ca-bearing magnesium carbonate from playa lake sediments, Salines Lake, Spain
NEW MINERAL NAMES
820 NEW MINERAL NAMES
AWARD
824 Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 1996 to Donald H. Lindsley
826 Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 1996
829 Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1996 to Donald B. Dingwell
831 Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1996
833 Presentation of the Distinguished Public Service Medal for 1996 to Robert I. Tilling
834 Acceptance of the Distinguished Public Service Medal for 1996
BOOK REVIEW
840 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, second edition. By W. Borchardt-Ott Springer, Berlin, Germany, 1995. 307 pages
DEPOSIT ITEMS
682 The equation of state and high-pressure behavior of magnesite
708 A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the potassium-richterite-tremolite join
807 Dessauite, (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20O38, a new mineral of the crichtonite group from Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, Italy
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