American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 The crystal structure of pararammelsbergite (NiAs2)
10 Kinetics and mechanism of the anatase/rutile transformation, as catalyzed by ferric oxide and reducing conditions
24 Sarcopside: Its atomic arrangement
36 “Some aspects of the structural relationship between “”Messbach-type”” and “”Lucin-type”” variscites”
45 The crystal structure of heterosite
52 Electron spin resonance of Mn2+ impurities in newberyite
62 Crystal structures of the high pressure polymorphs of Mn2GeO4
76 High pressure transformations in MnSiO3
85 Chemical composition and physical, optical, and structural properties of benitoite, neptunite, and joaquinite
103 The effect of cation substitutions on the physical properties of trioctahedral micas
130 Monatomic metal vapor pressures from minerals
137 Argentian pentlandite from some Finnish sulfide deposits
146 Synthesis and stability of montbrayite, Au2Te3
155 Subsolidus phase relations in aragonite-type carbonates: II. The systems CaCO3-SrCO3-PbCO3 and CaCO3-BaCO3-PbCO3
169 Compositional variations in synthetic topaz
188 Phenocrysts and glass inclusions and their bearing on oxidation and mixing of basaltic magmas, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
217 Composition of liquidus chromite from the 1959 (Kilauea Iki) and 1965 (Makaopuhi) eruptions of Kilauea volcano. Hawaii
231 Differential dispersion measurement of refraction index
237 A refined fusion X-ray fluorescence technique, and determination of major and minor elements in silicate standards
246 Fluoride loss from silicates on ignition
272 Beryl from the Oxford Mine, Troup County Georgia
277 Structural chemistry of barysilite-type compounds XY2(Pb2Si2O7)3
281 Sample preparation for X-ray fluorescence analysis: Li-borate glass disks
284 A low temperature crushing technique applied to manganese nodules
287 The staining mechanism of potassium feldspar and the origin of hieratite
292 Conditions for direct formation of gibbsite from K-feldspar-discussion
294 Conditions for direct formation of gibbsite from K-feldspar-further discussion
300 Stability of biotite: A discussion
316 Stability of biotite: A reply
318 American Crystallographic Association: Session on Mineralogical Crystallography
NEW MINERAL NAMES
325 New Mineral Names
MINERALOGICAL NOTES
269 MINERALOGICAL NOTES New data on griphite
NOTES
337 Notices
BOOK REVIEW
255 REVIEW Factor group analysis of the vibrational spectra of crystals: A review and consolidation
330 Book Reviews
PROCEEDINGS
343 List of Officers and Committees
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