American Mineralogist

Volume 81, Issue no. 0506 : May - June 1996

LETTER

782 Short-range order of (Na,K) and Al in tremolite: An infrared study

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785 A new high-pressure silica phase obtained by molecular dynamics

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EDITORIAL

525 Pyroxene as a recorder of cumulate formational processes in asteroids, Moon, Mars, Earth: Reading the record with the ion microprobe

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REGULAR ARTICLE

545 Ab initio calculation of electric-field–gradient tensors of forsterite

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550 In situ 29Si MAS NMR studies of structural phase transitions of tridymite

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561 Microstructures and high-temperature phase transitions in kalsilite

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585 High-temperature Raman spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction study of β-Mg2SiO4: Insights into its high-temperature thermodynamic properties and the β to α phase-transformation mechanism and kinetics

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595 A synchrotron radiation, HRTEM, X-ray powder diffraction, and Raman spectroscopic study of malayaite, CaSnSiO5

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603 Mn crystal chemistry in pumpellyite: A resonant scattering powder diffraction Rietveld study using synchrotron radiation

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611 In situ X-ray diffraction of aragonite and dolomite at high pressure and high temperature: Evidence for dolomite breakdown to aragonite and magnesite

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625 Mechanism of the SiO4 for CO3 substitution in defernite,

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632 Structure refinement of a natural K-rich diopside: The effect of K on the average structure

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639 A reexamination of absorption and enhancement effects in X-ray fluorescence trace element analysis

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651 Phase changes and amorphization of zeolites at high pressures: The case of scolecite and mesolite

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658 Thermochemistry and phase equilibria in calcium zeolites

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668 Thermochemistry of natural potassium sodium calcium leonhardite and its cation-exchanged forms

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676 Experimental reversals of chlorite compositions in divariant MgO + Al2O3 + SiO2 + H2O assemblages

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685 Graphical analysis of pigeonite-augite liquidus equilibria

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696 Modification of garnet by fluid infiltration during regional metamorphism in garnet through sillimanite-zone rocks, Dutchess County, New York

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706 Diffusion of the hydrous component in pyrope

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719 Experimental partitioning of Rb, Cs, Sr, and Ba between alkali feldspar and peraluminous melt

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735 Solid solution between piemontite and androsite-(La), a new mineral of the epidote group from Andros Island, Greece

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743 Hyttsjöite, a new, complex layered plumbosilicate with unique tetrahedral sheets from Långban, Sweden

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754 Magma transport and metasomatism in the mantle: A critical review of current geochemical models—Discussion

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760 Magma transport and metasomatism in the mantle: A critical review of current geochemical models—Reply to Navon et al.

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NEW MINERAL NAMES

766 NEW MINERAL NAMES

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MEMORIAL

779 Memorial of Carl Tolman, 1897-1995

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AWARD

771 Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 1995 to William S. Fyfe

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773 Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 1995

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775 Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1995 to Zachary D. Sharp

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777 Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1995

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BOOK REVIEW

781 Glossary of Mineral Species by M. Fleischer and J.A. Mandarino, 1995

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