American Mineralogist
LETTER
1113 LETTER The fractal geometry of oscillatory zoning in crystals: Application to zircon
REGULAR ARTICLE
877 ARTICLES Tunneling spectroscopy applied to PbS (001) surfaces: Fresh surfaces, oxidation, and sorption of aqueous Au
884 An orbital approach to the theory of bond valence
893 Micro-PIXE analysis of silicate reference standards
904 Shock wave effects on kaolinite and other clays
911 A theoretical study of the molecular basis of the Al avoidance rule and of the spectral characteristics of Al-O-Al linkages
921 Mg-Fe order-disorder reaction in Fe-rich orthopyroxene: Structural variations and kinetics
932 Quantitative mineralogical analysis using the Rietveld full-pattern fitting method
941 Hematite- ilmenite (Fe2O3-FeTiO3) solid solutions: Determinations of Fe-Ti order from magnetic properties
952 Calculation of the orientation of the optical indicatrix in monoclinic and triclinic crystals: The point-dipole model
957 Single-crystal absorption and reflection infrared spectroscopy of birefringent grossular-andradite garnets
968 Crystal chemistry of Fe3+ and H+ in mantle kaersutite: Implications for mantle metasomatism
980 The OH-F substitution in Ti-rich potassium richterite: Rietveld structure refinement and FTIR and micro-Raman spectroscopic studies of synthetic amphiboles in the system K2O-Na2O-CaO-MgO-SiO2-TiO2-H2O-HF
988 O isotope zoning in garnet and staurolite: Evidence for closed-system mineral growth during regional metamorphism
1002 Synthesis and stability of Fe2+3Fe3+2Si3O12 garnet and phase relations with Fe3Al2Si3O12-Fe2+3Fe3+2Si3O12 solutions
1016 Pressure effects, kinetics, and rheology of anorthositic and related magmas
1031 Fluorine iron biotite from the Honeycomb Hills rhyolite, Utah: The halogen record of decompression in a silicic magma
1041 Metamorphic evolution of amphibole-bearing aluminous gneisses from the eastern Namaqua Province, South Africa
1056 Barian titanian phlogopite from potassic lavas in northeast China: Chemistry, substitutions, and paragenesis
1066 Alteration of plagioclase and pyroxene phenocrysts in a fissure fumarole, Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska
1082 Poldervaartite, Ca(Ca0.5Mn0.5)(SiO3OH)(OH), a new acid nesosilicate from the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa: Crystal structure and description
1088 Taikanite, BaSr2Mn3+2O2[Si4O12], from the Wessels mine, South Africa: A chain silicate related to synthetic Ca3Mn3+2O2[Si4O12]
1096 Fangite, Tl3AsS4 a new thallium arsenic sulfosalt from the Mercur Au deposit, Utah, and revised optical data for gillulyite
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1108 NEW MINERAL NAMES
SOFTWARE NOTICES
1104 SOFTWARE NOTICE Interactive software for calculating and displaying X-ray or neutron powder diffractometer patterns of crystalline materials
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