Monazite Geochronology:

Michael L. Williams and Robert J. Tracy

Preface to collected papers on monazite microprobe geochronology
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 525. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Jercinovic and Michael L. Williams

Analytical perils (and progress) in electron microprobe trace element analysis applied to geochronology: Background acquisition, interferences, and beam irradiation effects
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 526-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph M. Pyle, Frank S. Spear, David A. Wark, Christopher G. Daniel, and Lara C. Storm

Contributions to precision and accuracy of monazite microprobe ages
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 547-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Philippe Goncalves, Michael L. Williams, and Michael J. Jercinovic

Electron-microprobe age mapping of monazite
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 578-585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yvette D. Kuiper

Isotopic age constraints from electron microprobe U-Th-Pb dates, using a three-dimensional concordia diagram
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 586-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joseph M. Pyle, Frank S. Spear, John T. Cheney, and Graham Layne

Monazite ages in the Chesham Pond Nappe, SW New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Implications for assembly of central New England thrust sheets
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 592-606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alain Cocherie, Eugène Be Mezeme, Olivier Legendre, C. Mark Fanning, Michel Faure, and Philippe Rossi

Electron-microprobe dating as a tool for determining the closure of Th-U-Pb systems in migmatitic monazites
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 607-618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter S. Dahl, Michael A. Hamilton, Michael J. Jercinovic, Michael P. Terry, Michael L. Williams, and Robert Frei

Comparative isotopic and chemical geochronometry of monazite, with implications for U-Th-Pb dating by electron microprobe: An example from metamorphic rocks of the eastern Wyoming Craton (U.S.A.)
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 619-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Articles:

George A. Lager, William G. Marshall, Zhenxian Liu, and Robert T. Downs

Re-examination of the hydrogarnet structure at high pressure using neutron powder diffraction and infrared spectroscopy
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 639-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giacomo Diego Gatta, Paola Comodi, Pier Francesco Zanazzi, and Tiziana Boffa Ballaran

Anomalous elastic behavior and high-pressure structural evolution of zeolite levyne
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 645-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Frédéric Hatert, Leila Rebbouh, Raphaël P. Hermann, André-Mathieu Fransolet, Gary J. Long, and Fernande Grandjean

Crystal chemistry of the hydrothermally synthesized Na₂(Mn_1–xFe_x²⁺)₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)₃ alluaudite-type solid solution
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 653-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Klemme, J.C. van Miltenburg, P. Javorsky, and F. Wastin

Thermodynamic properties of uvarovite garnet (Ca₃Cr₂Si₃O₁₂)
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 663-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shigeaki Ono, Takumi Kikegawa, Yasuo Ohishi, and Jun Tsuchiya

Post-aragonite phase transformation in CaCO3 at 40 GPa
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 667-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P.S.R. Prasad, V. Krishna Chaitanya, K. Shiva Prasad, and D. Narayana Rao

Direct formation of the -CaSO₄ phase in dehydration process of gypsum: In situ FTIR study
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 672-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gennaro Ventruti, Fernando Scordari, Emanuela Schingaro, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, and Carlo Meneghini

The order-disorder character of FeOHSO₄ obtained from the thermal decomposition of metahohmannite, Fe³⁺₂(H₂O)₄[O(SO₄)₂]
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 679-686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rikke Ellemann-Olesen and Thomas Malcherek

Temperature and composition dependence of structural phase transitions in Ca(Ti_xZr_1–x)OGeO₄
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 687-694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Iezzi, G.D. Gatta, W. Kockelmann, G. Della Ventura, R. Rinaldi, W. Schäfer, M. Piccinini, and F. Gaillard

Low-T neutron powder-diffraction and synchrotron-radiation IR study of synthetic amphibole Na(NaMg)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 695-700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Simon J. Cuthbert and James O. Buckman

Charge contrast imaging of fine-scale microstructure and compositional variation in garnet using the environmental scanning electron microscope
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 701-707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ralf Kägi, Othmar Müntener, Peter Ulmer, and Luisa Ottolini

Piston-cylinder experiments on H₂O undersaturated Fe-bearing systems: An experimental setup approaching f_O2 conditions of natural calc-alkaline magmas
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 708-717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael F. Hochella, Jr., Takeshi Kasama, Andrew Putnis, Christine V. Putnis, and Johnnie N. Moore

Environmentally important, poorly crystalline Fe/Mn hydrous oxides: Ferrihydrite and a possibly new vernadite-like mineral from the Clark Fork River Superfund Complex
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 718-724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Toshihiro Kogure, Ritsuro Miyawaki, and Yasuyuki Banno

The true structure of wonesite, an interlayer-deficient trioctahedral sodium mica
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 725-731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roberta Oberti, Fernando Cámara, and Luisa Ottolini

Clinoholmquistite discredited: The new amphibole end-member fluoro-sodic-pedrizite
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 732-736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas K. Tinkham and Edward D. Ghent

XRMapAnal: A program for analysis of quantitative X-ray maps
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 737-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters:

Lutz Nasdala, Wolfgang Hofmeister, Jeffrey W. Harris, and Jürgen Glinnemann

Growth zoning and strain patterns inside diamond crystals as revealed by Raman maps
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 745-748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mickey E. Gunter, Eron Singleton, Bryan R. Bandli, Heather A. Lowers, and Gregory P. Meeker

Differentiation of commercial vermiculite based on statistical analysis of bulk chemical data: Fingerprinting vermiculite from Libby, Montana U.S.A.
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 749-754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Akihiko Nakatsuka, Hiroki Chaya, and Akira Yoshiasa

Crystal structure of single-crystal CaGeO₃ tetragonal garnet synthesized at 3 GPa and 1000 °C
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 755-757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca L. Poulson, Clark M. Johnson, and Brian L. Beard

Iron isotope exchange kinetics at the nanoparticulate ferrihydrite surface
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 758-763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexander I. Turkin and Valeri A. Drebushchak

Cation distribution in MgFe₂O₄ vs. pressure and temperature: Experiments in a "piston-cylinder" apparatus
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 764-767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

New Mineral Names:

Paula C. Piilonen, T. Scott Ercit, and Andrew C. Roberts

New Mineral Names
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 768-773. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Stephen Guggenheim

DEER, HOWIE AND ZUSSMAN ROCK-FORMING MINERALS, SHEET SILICATES: MICAS, volume 3A, 2^nd edition.: By M.E. Fleet, The Geological Society, London, 2003, 758 pp, $209.00
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 774-775. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

ERRATUM
American Mineralogist 2005 90: 776. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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