American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
399 Orientation of synthetic corundum for jewel bearings
415 Grain sizes and shapes of various minerals in igneous rocks
422 The kaolinite structure of amesite, (OH)8(Mg,Fe)4Al2(Si2Al2)10, and additional data on chlorites
431 The crystal structure of α-SiC, type IV
443 Pollucite from Karibib, South West Africa
NEW MINERAL NAMES and DISCREDITED MINERALS
455 New mineral names; Discredited minerals
BOOK REVIEW
453 Book reviews
PROCEEDINGS
452 Proceedings of societies
INDEX
457 Index to volume 29
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Table of Contents
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Special Collections
American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community.