AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 1997, V82, N7-8.
LETTERS
R.J. Angel
Transformation of fivefold-coordinated silicon to octahedral silicon in
calcium silicate, CaSi2O5 P.836
ARTICLES
J. David Hobbs, Randall T. Cygan, Kathryn L. Nagy, Peter A. Schultz,
and Mark P. Sears
All-atom ab initio energy minimization of the kaolinite
crystal structure P.657
Renata M. Wentzcovitch and Lars Stixrude
Crystal chemistry of forsterite: A first-principles study P.663
O.V. Krasovska, B. Winkler, E.E. Krasovskii, A.N. Yaresko, V.N. Antonov,
and N. Langer
Ab initio calculation of the pleochroism of fayalite P.672
Jutta Chrosch, Ulrich Bismayer, and Ekhard K.H. Salje
Anti-phase boundaries and phase transitions in titanite:
An X-ray diffraction study P. 677
Nancy L. Ross
The equation of state and high-pressure behavior of
magnesite P. 682
Demelza Hugh-Jones
Thermal expansion of MgSiO3 and FeSiO3 ortho- and
clinopyroxenes P. 689
Ronald Miletich, David R. Allan, and Ross J. Angel
The synthetic Cr2+ silicates BaCrSi4O10 and SrCrSi4O10:
The missing links in the gillespite-type ABSi4O10 series P.697
Frank C. Hawthorne, Giancarlo Della Ventura, Jean-Louis Robert,
Mark D. Welch, Mati Raudsepp, and David M. Jenkins
A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the
potassium-richterite-tremolite join P.708
Amy A. Gribb and Jillian F. Banfield
Particle size effects on transformation kinetics and phase
stability in nanocrystalline TiO2 P.717
Giuseppe Cruciani, Gilberto Artioli, Alessandro Gualtieri, Kenny Stâhl,
and Jonathan C. Hanson
Dehydration dynamics of stilbite using synchrotron X-ray powder
diffraction P.729
Charles A. Geiger and Thomas Armbruster
Mn3Al2Si3O12 spessartine and Ca3Al2Si3O12 grossular garnet:
Structural dynamic and thermodynamic properties P.740
Dimitrios Xirouchakis, Martin Kunz, John B. Parise, and Donald H. Lindsley
Synthesis methods and unit-cell volume of
end-member titanite (CaTiOSiO4) P.748
Dimitrios Xirouchakis, Sophie Fritsch, Robert L. Putnam, Alexandra Navrotsky,
and Donald H. Lindsley
Thermochemistry and the enthalpy of formation of synthetic end-member
(CaTiSiO5) titanite P.754
Bernd Wunder, Alain Baronnet, and Werner Schreyer
Ab-initio synthesis and TEM confirmation of antigorite in the system
MgO-SiO2-H2O P.760
Renaud Podor and Michel Cuney
Experimental study of Th-bearing LaPO4 (780 °C, 200 MPa): Implications
for monazite and actinide orthophosphate stability P.765
René Gratz and Wilhelm Heinrich
Monazite-xenotime thermobarometry: Experimental calibration of
the miscibility gap in the binary system CePO4-YPO4 P.772
Carlos Jové and Bradley R. Hacker
Experimental investigation of laumontite wairakite + H2O:
A model diagenetic reaction P.781
E.D. Young, D. Virgo, and R.K. Popp
Eliminating closure in mineral formulae with specific
application to amphiboles P.790
Paolo Orlandi, Marco Pasero, Giuseppe Duchi, and Filippo Olmi
Dessauite, (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20O38, a new mineral of the
crichtonite group from Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany,Italy P.807
Ignasi Queralt, Ramon Juliá, Feliciano Plana, and James L. Bischoff
A hydrous Ca-bearing magnesium carbonate from playa lake sediments,
Salines Lake, Spain P.812
NEW MINERAL NAMES P.820
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FOR 1996
B. Ronald Frost
Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical
Society of America for 1996 to Donald H. Lindsley P.824
Donald H. Lindsley
Acceptance of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of
America for 1996 P.826
David Virgo
Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for
1996 to Donald B. Dingwell P.829
Donald Bruce Dingwell
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of
America Award for 1996 P.831
L.J. Patrick Muffler
Presentation of the Distinguished Public Service Medal for 1996
to Robert I. Tilling P.833
Robert I. Tilling
Acceptance of the Distinguished Public Service Medal for 1996 834
BOOK REVIEW P.840