Articles:

Daniela Pinto, Elena Bonaccorsi, Tonci Balic-Zunic, and Emil Makovicky

The crystal structure of vurroite, Pb₂₀Sn₂(Bi, As)₂₂S₅₄Cl₆: OD-character, polytypism, twinning, and modular description
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 713-727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Melissa D. Lane, Janice L. Bishop, M. Darby Dyar, Penelope L. King, Mario Parente, and Brendt C. Hyde

Mineralogy of the Paso Robles soils on Mars
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 728-739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jinsha Xu, Guamin G Yang, Guowu Li, Zhilan Wu, and Ganfu Shen

Dingdaohengite-(Ce) from the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe Mine, China: Both a true polymorph of perrierite-(Ce) and a titanic analog at the C1 site of chevkinite subgroup
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 740-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Wei Liu, Jennifer Kung, Liping Wang, and Baosheng Li

Thermal equation of state of CaGeO₃ perovskite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 745-750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Malcolm Sambridge, John Fitz Gerald, István Kovács, Hugh St.C. O’Neill, and Jörg Hermann

Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part I. Physical and mathematical development
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 751-764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

István Kovács, Jörg Hermann, Hugh St. C. O’Neill, John Fitz Gerald, Malcolm Sambridge, and Gábor Horváth

Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part II. Experimental evaluation and development of a protocol for quantitative analysis of mineral IR spectra
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 765-778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Suraj Deore, Fen Xu, and Alexandra Navrotsky

Oxide-melt solution calorimetry of selenides: Enthalpy of formation of zinc, cadmium, and lead selenide
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 779-783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Elliot Smith, Brad S. Singer, Alan R. Carroll, and John H. Fournelle

Precise dating of biotite in distal volcanic ash: Isolating subtle alteration using ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser incremental heating and electron microprobe techniques
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 784-795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Gian Carlo Capitani and Marcello Mellini

Rationale for the existence of four- and eight-reversals in antigorite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 796-799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Amélie Juhin, Georges Calas, Delphine Cabaret, Laurence Galoisy, and Jean-Louis Hazemann

Structural relaxation around substitutional Cr³⁺ in pyrope garnet
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 800-805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Callum J. Hetherington and Daniel E. Harlov

Metasomatic thorite and uraninite inclusions in xenotime and monazite from granitic pegmatites, Hidra anorthosite massif, southwestern Norway: Mechanics and fluid chemistry
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 806-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maria Franca Brigatti, Daniele Malferrari, Marco Poppi, Annibale Mottana, Giannantonio Cibin, Augusto Marcelli, and Gianfelice Cinque

Interlayer potassium and its neighboring atoms in micas: Crystal-chemical modeling and XANES spectroscopy
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 821-830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Yu Nishihara, Toru Shinmei, and Shun-ichiro Karato

Effect of chemical environment on the hydrogen-related defect chemistry in wadsleyite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 831-843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Alexandre Mikowski, Paulo Soares, Fernando Wypych, and Carlos M. Lepienski

Fracture toughness, hardness, and elastic modulus of kyanite investigated by a depth-sensing indentation technique
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 844-852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Laurel C. Basciano and Ronald C. Peterson

Crystal chemistry of the natrojarosite-jarosite and natrojarosite-hydronium jarosite solid-solution series: A synthetic study with full Fe site occupancy
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 853-862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ralf Dohmen

A new experimental thin film approach to study mobility and partitioning of elements in grain boundaries: Fe-Mg exchange between olivines mediated by transport through an inert grain boundary
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 863-874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ian Parsons, David A. Steele, Martin R. Lee, and Charles W. Magee

Titanium as a cathodoluminescence activator in alkali feldspars
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 875-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Claire Carvallo, Philippe Sainctavit, Marie-Anne Arrio, Nicolas Menguy, Yuheng Wang, Georges Ona-Nguema, and Sandrine Brice-Profeta

Biogenic vs. abiogenic magnetite nanoparticles: A XMCD study
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 880-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Jeremy L. Wykes, Robert C. Newton, and Craig E. Manning

Solubility of andradite, Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂, in a 10 mol% NaCl solution at 800 °C and 10 kbar: Implications for the metasomatic origin of grandite garnet in calc-silicate granulites
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 886-892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stéphanie Duchêne, Elsa Pupier, Christian Le Carlier de Veslud, and Michael J. Toplis

A 3D reconstruction of plagioclase crystals in a synthetic basalt
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 893-901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sergey N. Britvin, Alla N. Bogdanova, Maya M. Boldyreva, and Galina Y. Aksenova

Rudashevskyite, the Fe-dominant analogue of sphalerite, a new mineral: Description and crystal structure
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 902-909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Peter Elliott, Joël Brugger, Allan Pring, Marcus L. Cole, Anthony C. Willis, and Uwe Kolitsch

Birchite, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia: Description and structure refinement
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 910-917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Reinhard X. Fischer, Volker Kahlenberg, Dietmar Voll, Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie, Mark E. Smith, Bernhard Schnetger, Hans-Jürgen Brumsack, and Hartmut Schneider

Crystal structure of synthetic Al₄B₂O₉: A member of the mullite family closely related to boralsilite
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 918-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Juan D. Rodríguez, Amalia Jiménez, Manuel Prieto, Laura Torre, and Santiago García-Granda

Interaction of gypsum with As(V)-bearing aqueous solutions: Surface precipitation of guerinite, sainfeldite, and Ca₂NaH(AsO₄)₂·6H₂O, a synthetic arsenate
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 928-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anthony R. Kampf, Ian M. Steele, and Thomas A. Loomis

Jahnsite-(NaFeMg), a new mineral from the Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota: Description and crystal structure
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 940-945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters:

Sabyasachi Sen and Jean Tangeman

Evidence for anomalously large degree of polymerization in Mg₂SiO₄ glass and melt
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 946-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Etienne Balan, Keith Refson, Marc Blanchard, Simon Delattre, Michele Lazzeri, Jannick Ingrin, Francesco Mauri, Kate Wright, and Bjoern Winkler

Theoretical infrared absorption coefficient of OH groups in minerals
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 950-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Presentation of Awards for 2007:

G.V. Gibbs and Michael F. Hochella, Jr.

Presentation of the Roebling Medal for 2007 of the Mineralogical Society of America to Gordon E. Brown Jr.
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 954-955. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gordon E. Brown, Jr.

Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Roebling Medal for 2007
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 956-957. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon Redfern

Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2007
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 958. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Harrison

Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2007
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 959. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew J. Kohn

Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Dana Medal for 2007 to Frank S. Spear
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 960. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank S. Spear

Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2007
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 961. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

George E. Harlow

PHOTOATLAS OF INCLUSIONS IN GEMSTONES: volume 2, by Eduard J. Gübelin and John I. Koivula. (2005) Opinio Verlag Publishers, Basel, Switzerland. 829 p., over 2200 color plates, $260.00. ISBN: 3-03999-029-2.
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 962-963. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dougal Jerram

CLASSIC AREAS OF BRITISH GEOLOGY: GLENCOE CALDERA VOLCANO, SCOTLAND: B.P. Kokelaar and I.D. Moore, 127 pp. British Geological Survey. Price £15.00 (paperback); book and map pack £22.00. ISBN: 978-0852 725252.
American Mineralogist 2008 93: 963. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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