Articles:

Daniel Atencio, Paulo A. Matioli, Jason B. Smith, Nikita V. Chukanov, José M.V. Coutinho, Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, and Steffen Möckel

Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscherite-group minerals
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 1-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland and John M. Ferry

Element mobility and scale of mass transport in the formation of quartz veins during regional metamorphism of the Waits River Formation, east-central Vermont
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 7-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Daouda Traoré, Anicet Beauvais, François Chabaux, Chantal Peiffert, Jean-Claude Parisot, Jean-Paul Ambrosi, and Fabrice Colin

Chemical and physical transfers in an ultramafic rock weathering profile: Part 1. Supergene dissolution of Pt-bearing chromite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 22-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daouda Traoré, Anicet Beauvais, Thierry Augé, Jean Claude Parisot, Fabrice Colin, and Michel Cathelineau

Chemical and physical transfers in an ultramafic rock weathering profile: Part 2. Dissolution vs. accumulation of platinum group minerals
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 31-38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Taku Okada, Toshiharu Narita, Takaya Nagai, and Takamitsu Yamanaka

Comparative Raman spectroscopic study on ilmenite-type MgSiO₃ (akimotoite), MgGeO₃, and MgTiO₃ (geikielite) at high temperatures and high pressures
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 39-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gordon Moore, Kurt Roggensack, and Stan Klonowski

A low-pressure–high-temperature technique for the piston-cylinder
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 48-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Silvia Ori, Simona Quartieri, Giovanna Vezzalini, and Vladimir Dmitriev

Pressure-induced structural deformation and elastic behavior of wairakite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 53-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pavel Uher, Martin Kovácik, Michal Kubis, Alexander Shtukenberg, and Daniel Ozdín

Metamorphic vanadian-chromian silicate mineralization in carbon-rich amphibole schists from the Malé Karpaty Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 63-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Robert, J.K. Russell, D. Giordano, and C. Romano

High-temperature deformation of volcanic materials in the presence of water
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 74-80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniel Atencio, José M.V. Coutinho, Antonio C. Doriguetto, Yvonne P. Mascarenhas, Javier Ellena, and Viviane C. Ferrari

Menezesite, the first natural heteropolyniobate, from Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil: Description and crystal structure
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 81-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Mario Tribaudino, Andrea Artoni, Christian Mavris, Danilo Bersani, Pier Paolo Lottici, and Daniele Belletti

Single-crystal X-ray and Raman investigation on melanophlogite from Varano Marchesi (Parma, Italy)
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 88-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

E. Galli and A.F. Gualtieri

Direnzoite, [NaK₆MgCa₂(Al₁3Si₄₇O₁₂₀)·36H₂O], a new zeolite from Massif Central (France): Description and crystal structure
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 95-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ann-Kristin Larsson and Andrew G. Christy

On twinning and microstructures in calcite and dolomite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 103-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sitaram Aryal, Paul Rulis, and W.Y. Ching

Density functional calculations of the electronic structure and optical properties of aluminosilicate polymorphs (Al₂SiO₅)
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 114-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Correction to Abstract]  

Hao Cheng, Zuyi Zhou, and Eizo Nakamura

Crystal-size distribution and composition of garnets in eclogites from the Dabie orogen, central China
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 124-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Kimberly E. Kelsey, Jonathan F. Stebbins, Lin-Shu Du, Jed L. Mosenfelder, Paul D. Asimow, and Charles A. Geiger

Cation order/disorder behavior and crystal chemistry of pyrope-grossular garnets: An ¹⁷O 3QMAS and ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectroscopic study
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 134-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Angèle Ricolleau, Guillaume Fiquet, Ahmed Addad, Nicolas Menguy, Christian Vanni, Jean-Philippe Perrillat, Isabelle Daniel, Hervé Cardon, and Nicolas Guignot

Analytical transmission electron microscopy study of a natural MORB sample assemblage transformed at high pressure and high temperature
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 144-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chi Ma and George R. Rossman

Barioperovskite, BaTiO₃, a new mineral from the Benitoite Mine, California
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 154-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Gaft, Lev Nagli, Gerard Panczer, Glenn Waychunas, and Naomi Porat

The nature of unusual luminescence in natural calcite CaCO₃
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 158-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Christ Tacker

Carbonate in igneous and metamorphic fluorapatite: Two type A and two type B substitutions
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 168-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Richard M. Thompson and Robert T. Downs

The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 177-186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Steven M. Reddy, Nicholas E. Timms, and Bruce M. Eglington

Electron backscatter diffraction analysis of zircon: A systematic assessment of match unit characteristics and pattern indexing optimization
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 187-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Andrew C. McCarthy, Robert T. Downs, and Richard M. Thompson

Compressibility trends of the clinopyroxenes, and in-situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of jadeite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 198-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Francis M. McCubbin, Harris E. Mason, Hyunsoo Park, Brian L. Phillips, John B. Parise, Hanna Nekvasil, and Donald H. Lindsley

Synthesis and characterization of low-OH^– fluor-chlorapatite: A single-crystal XRD and NMR spectroscopic study
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 210-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Komatsu, H. Kagi, W.G. Marshall, T. Kuribayashi, J.B. Parise, and Y. Kudoh

Pressure dependence of the hydrogen-bond geometry in topaz-OD from neutron powder diffraction
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 217-227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D.R. Neuville, L. Cormier, D. de Ligny, J. Roux, A-M. Flank, and P. Lagarde

Environments around Al, Si, and Ca in aluminate and aluminosilicate melts by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at high temperature
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 228-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Max Wilke, Pedro J. Jugo, Kevin Klimm, Jean Susini, Roman Botcharnikov, Simon C. Kohn, and Markus Janousch

The origin of S⁴⁺ detected in silicate glasses by XANES
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 235-240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abdesselam Abdelouas, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Tomo Suzuki, Bernd Grambow, Thierry Advocat, Florence Bart, and Rodney C. Ewing

Effects of ionizing radiation on the hollandite structure-type: Ba_0.85Cs_0.26Al_1.35Fe_0.77Ti_5.90O₁₆
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 241-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters:

S.A. Morse

Toward a thermal model for the Skaergaard liquidus
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 248-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

New Mineral Names:

Kim Tait, Glenn Poirier, Ralph Rowe, and Paula C. Piilonen

New Mineral Names
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 252-256. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviewers 2007:

American Mineralogist thanks the year 2007 reviewers
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 257-258. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

VINCENT J. VAN HINSBERG

WILLS’ MINERAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ORE TREATMENT AND MINERAL RECOVERY: Seventh edition, by B.A. Wills and T.J. Napier-Munn. (2006) Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier), Burlington, Massachusetts. 456 p. ISBN: 978-0-7506-4450-1. $59.95.
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 259-260. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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