American Mineralogist
LETTER
1122 Using scanning electron microscopy to study mineral deposits in breast tissues
1127 Algorithmic modifications extending MELTS to calculate subsolidus phase relations
REGULAR ARTICLE
937 Molecular dynamics simulations of phase transitions and melting in perovskite MgSiO3 at mantle pressures
942 The role of H2O in Martian magmatic systems
947 Calculated role of aluminum in the incorporation of ferric iron into magnesium silicate perovskite
952 Experimental phase-equilibrium study of Al- and Ti-contents of calcic amphibole in MORB–A semiquantitative thermobarometer
970 Solid-solid reactions mediated by a gas phase: An experimental study of reaction progress and the role of surfaces in the system olivine+iron metal
985 Reduction in piston-cylinder experiments: The detection of carbon infiltration into platinum capsules
995 Microthermometric analysis of synthetic fluid inclusions in the hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell
1008 Heterogeneous crystal nucleation on bubbles in silicate melt
1016 Melt viscosities in the system Na-Fe-Si-O-F-Cl: Contrasting effects of F and Cl in alkaline melts
1022 Structure and dynamics of magnesium in silicate melts: A high-temperature 25Mg NMR study
1030 Volume measurements of zoisite at simultaneously elevated pressure and temperature
1037 The effect of trace elements on the olivine-wadsleyite transformation
1045 Cation sites in Al-rich MgSiO3 perovskites
1054 Molecular cluster models of aluminum oxide and aluminum hydroxide surfaces
1067 Sulfur and iron surface states on fractured pyrite surfaces
1077 Oriented attachment and growth, twinning, polytypism, and formation of metastable phases: Insights from nanocrystalline TiO2
1083 Thermal annealing of radiation damaged titanite
1092 The temperature dependence of the cation distribution in synthetic hercynite (FeAl2O4) from the in-situ neutron structure refinements
1100 Scheelite-powellite and paraniite-(Y) from the Fe-Mn deposit at Fianel, Eastern Swiss Alps
1111 Gordaite [Zn4Na(OH)6(SO4)Cl6H2O]: Second occurrence in the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and new data
NEW MINERAL NAMES
1117 NEW MINERAL NAMES
MEMORIAL
1133 Memorial of Daniel E. Appleman, 1931-1998
1136 Memorial of Oen Ing Soen, 1928-1996
BOOK REVIEW
1138 GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, VOLUME III. By John Sinkankas. Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1997. 526 pages (plus 16 pages ofcolor plates).
DEPOSIT ITEMS
970 Solid-solid reactions mediated by a gas phase: An experimental study of reaction progress and the role of surfaces in the system olivine+iron metal
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