American Mineralogist
REGULAR ARTICLE
1 A review of structural resonance and the nature of long-range interactions in modulated mineral structures
11 Modulated structures at phase transitions
18 Modulated and intergrowth structures in minerals and electron microscope methods for their study
41 Phase transitions and decomposition relations in calcic plagioclase
60 The mechanism and kinetics of Al,Si ordering in Mg-cordierite
66 Theory of nucleation in silicate melts
78 Petrology and geochemistry of metamorphosed ultramafic bodies in a portion of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Virginia
95 Diffusion data for clinopyroxenes from homogenization and self-diffusion experiments
106 Interdiffusion of K and Na in alkali feldspars: homogenization experiments
112 Variations in the chemical compositions and lattice dimensions of (Ba,K,Na)-feldspars from Otjosondu, Namibia and their significance
122 Al,Si distribution in a ternary (Ba,K,Na)-feldspar as determined by crystal structure refinement
125 Oscillatory zoning of plagioclase: Nomarski interference contrast microscopy of etched polished sections
130 The crystal structure of a Li, Be-rich brittle mica: a dioctahedral trioctahedral intermediate
143 Exsolution of ilmenite and rutile in hornblende
156 The 3T, 4T and 5T polytypes of wollastonite from Kushiro, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
164 Composition, order-disorder and lattice parameters of olivines: relationships in silicate, germanate, beryllate, phosphate and borate olivines
177 Substitution of Ti for Si in titanite and new end-member cell dimensions for titanite
181 Simple spinels: crystallographic parameters, cation radii, lattice energies, and cation distribution
195 Magnetite in the carbonatites from the Jacupiranga Complex, Brazil
214 Balangeroite, a new fibrous silicate related to gageite from Balangero, Italy
220 A Brillouin-zone model for compositional variation in tetrahedrite
227 Tetrahedrite-tennantite series compositional variations in the Cofer Deposit, Mineral District, Virginia
235 Laffittite, AgHgAsS3: crystal structure and second occurrence from the Getchell mine, Nevada
245 Orickite and coyoteite, two new sulfide minerals from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California
255 The crystal structure of sulfoborite, Mg3SO4(B(OH)4)2(OH)F
262 Calciobetafite (new mineral of the pyrochlore group) and related minerals from Campi Flegrei, Italy; crystal structures of polymignyte and zirkelite: comparison with pyrochlore and zirconolite
277 Symbols for rock-forming minerals
NEW MINERAL NAMES
280 New Mineral Names
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