American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
911 X ray spectrochemical analysis An application to certain light elements in clay minerals and volcanic glass
937 The crystallography of mcgovernite, a complex arsenosilicate
946 Thermal transformations and properties of cryptomelane
960 Classification of silicates and other minerals with tetrahedral structures
974 Proto-amphibole, a new polytype
990 Infrared spectra of some tectosilicates
1008 Serpentinite-limestone contact at Taleri Mahammad Jan, Zhob Valley, West Pakistan
1020 Selective staining of K-feldspar and plagioclase on rock slabs and thin sections
1026 Crystal chemical studies of some uranyl oxide hydrates
1062 A second find of euhedral bornite crystals on barite
1069 An interstratified mixture of mica clay minerals
1078 Ranquilite, a calcium uranyl silicate
1087 X-ray crystallography of larderellite, NH4B5O6(OH)4
1093 Crystal structure of potarite, PdHg, with comments on allopalladium
1097 “A note on so-called “”pressure independent”” minerals”
1099 Preparation and use of a gelatin mounting medium for repeated oil immersion of minerals
1101 Dehydration studies by infrared spectroscopy
1104 X-ray diffraction technique for small samples
1109 A natural occurrence of nickel hydroxide
1111 Dehydration and rehydration of ferrimolybdite from Lowther, New South Wales
1114 The preparation and use of polished thin sections
1116 Variations in interference figures in single crystals of zoned smoky quartz
1119 : Calciostrontianite from Pulaski and Rockingham counties, Virginia
1125 Occurrence of orthopyroxene with low optic axial angle
1126 Birefringence of synthetic garnets
NEW MINERAL NAMES and DISCREDITED MINERALS
1130 New Mineral Names; New data; Discredited minerals
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American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.