American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1595 Switzerite, (Mn,Fe)3(PO4)2·4H2O, a new mineral
1603 Crystal chemistry of the basic manganese arsenate minerals: I. The crystal structures of flinkite, Mn2+2Mn3+(OH)4(AsO4) and retzian, Mn2+2Y3+(OH)4(AsO4)
1614 Chlorite polytypism: IV. Regular two-layer structures
1632 The nuclear quadrupole coupling tensors of Al27 in kyanite
1643 Mass magnetic susceptibilities of some trioctahedral micas
1649 Infrared spectra of some synthetic talcs
1662 Thermal behavior of SiO2-X and its relation to the natural silica minerals
1669 Wollastonite: Stability in H2O-CO2 mixtures and occurrence in a contact-metamorphic aureole near Salmo, British Columbia, Canada
1681 Synthesis of grunerite and other phases in the system SiO2-NaOH-Fe-H2O
1689 Ephesite, Na(LiAl2)(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2, a trioctahedral member of the margarite group and related brittle micas
1697 Kinetics and mechanism of dehydroxylation processes: II. Temperature and vapor pressure dependence of dehydroxylation of serpentine
1706 Vermiculite-alkyl ammonium complexes
1725 Differences in apparent interstratification of an organo-montmorillonite dispersed in various organic solvents: II. Electron microscopy study
1735 Fluorite in crystal-lined vugs in the Maquoketa Shale at Volga, Clayton County, Iowa
1751 Magnesian kutnahorite from Ryujima mine, Japan
1762 Rare earths in minerals of the joaquinite group
1776 Macallisterite, 2MgO·6B2O3·15H2O, from Salta, Argentina
1785 Erionite, phillipsite, gonnardite in the amygdales of altered basalt from Mazé, Niigata prefecture, Japan
1795 Occurrence and genesis of halloysite. Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
1806 A note on the natural fusion of granite
1815 The mineralogy of Thingmuli, a Tertiary volcano in eastern Iceland
1842 Microspectrochemical analysis of minerals with the laser microprobe
1855 Chlorite determination in clays of soils and mineral deposits
1877 A refinement of the structure of barite
1880 Calzirtite from carbonatites of northern Siberia
1885 An occurrence of cymrite in the Franciscan formation, California
1890 Variations in the unit-cell dimensions of topaz and their significance
1895 Aenigmatite from the groundmass of a peralkaline trachyte
1901 Nuclei of pleochroic halos in biotites of some Sierra Nevada granitic rocks
1904 Giant pseudoleucites of Ghori, Chhota Udaipur, India
MINERALOGICAL NOTES
1874 MINERALOGICAL NOTES: A classification of sulfosalt structures derived from the structure of aikinite
NOTES
1770 Notes on a new occurrence of norsethite BaMg(CO3)2
1915 Notices
BOOK REVIEW
1911 Book Reviews
INDEX
1917 Index to Volume 52
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