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editorial: Dear readers, authors and everyone else concerned with the science and production of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals pp. 273-274
J. F. Blackburn, E. K. H. Salje: Time evolution of twin domains in cordierite: a computer simulation study pp. 275-296
S. V. Sinogeikin, J. D. Bass: Single-crystal elastic properties of chondrodite: implications for water in the upper mantle pp. 297-303
M. Okuno, B. Reynard, Y. Shimada, Y. Syono, C. Willaime: A Raman spectroscopic study of shock-wave densification of vitreous silica pp. 304-311
M. Koch-Müller, I. Abs-Wurmbach, W. Bubenik: Intracrystalline fractionation of Fe in synthetic (Fe, Mg, Zn) - bearing staurolite: a Mössbauer spectroscopic study pp. 312-321
R. J. Harrison, A. Putnis: Determination of the mechanism of cation ordering in magnesioferrite (MgFe2O4) from the time- and temperature-dependence of magnetic susceptibility> pp. 322-332
K. Toohill, S. Siegesmund, J. D. Bass: Sound velocities and elasticity of cordierite and implications for deep crustal seismic anisotropy pp. 333-343
Martin T. Dove, Manoj Gambhir, Volker Heine: Anatomy of a structural phase transition: theoretical analysis of the displacive phase transition in quartz and other silicates pp. 344-353
T. Malcherek, M. A. Carpenter, H. Kroll, E. K. H. Salje: Cation ordering in BaAl2Ge2O8-feldspar: implications for the ${I}\bar {1}\leftrightarrow {C}\bar {1}$ phase transition in anorthite pp. 354-366