Presidential Address:

Michael A. Carpenter

Elastic properties of minerals and the influence of phase transitions
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 229-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Articles:

Yongjae Lee, Joseph A. Hriljac, John B. Parise, and Thomas Vogt

Pressure-induced hydration in zeolite tetranatrolite
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 247-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carlos A. Tello, Rosane Palissari, Julio C. Hadler, Pedro J. Iunes, Sandro Guedes, Eduardo A.C. Curvo, and Sergio R. Paulo

Annealing experiments on induced fission tracks in apatite: Measurements of horizontal-confined track lengths and track densities in basal sections and randomly oriented grains
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 252-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ronald C. Peterson, Jane M. Hammarstrom, and Robert R. Seal, II

Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO₄·7H₂O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 261-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jim M. Karner, Steven R. Sutton, James J. Papike, Charles K. Shearer, John H. Jones, and Matt Newville

Application of a new vanadium valence oxybarometer to basaltic glasses from the Earth, Moon, and Mars
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 270-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paul D. Asimow, Leo C. Stein, Jed L. Mosenfelder, and George R. Rossman

Quantitative polarized infrared analysis of trace OH in populations of randomly oriented mineral grains
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 278-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Jed L. Mosenfelder, Natalia I. Deligne, Paul D. Asimow, and George R. Rossman

Hydrogen incorporation in olivine from 2–12 GPa
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 285-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John Hernlund, Kurt Leinenweber, Darren Locke, and James A. Tyburczy

A numerical model for steady-state temperature distributions in solid-medium high-pressure cell assemblies
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 295-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Martignago, G.B. Andreozzi, and A. Dal Negro

Thermodynamics and kinetics of cation ordering in natural and synthetic Mg(Al,Fe³⁺)₂O₄ spinels from in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 306-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Princivalle, F. Martignago, and A. Dal Negro

Kinetics of cation ordering in natural Mg(Al,Cr³⁺)₂O₄ spinels
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 313-318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jason B. Burt, Nancy L. Ross, Ross J. Angel, and Mario Koch

Equations of state and structures of andalusite to 9.8 GPa and sillimanite to 8.5 GPa
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 319-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tristan Ferroir, Tsuyoshi Onozawa, Takehiko Yagi, Sebastien Merkel, Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Norimasa Nishiyama, Tetsuo Irifune, and Takumi Kikegawa

Equation of state and phase transition in KAlSi₃O₈ hollandite at high pressure
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 327-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karrie-Ann Kubatko and Peter C. Burns

A novel arrangement of silicate tetrahedra in the uranyl silicate sheet of oursinite, (Co_0.8Mg_0.2)[(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)]₂(H₂O)₆
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 333-336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jonathan F. Stebbins, Lin-Shu Du, Kimberly Kelsey, Hiroshi Kojitani, Masaki Akaogi, and Shigeaki Ono

Aluminum substitution in stishovite and MgSiO₃ perovskite: High-resolution ²⁷Al NMR
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 337-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Milada Zimova and Sharon Webb

The effect of chlorine on the viscosity of Na₂O-Fe₂O₃-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ melts
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 344-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ofra Klein-BenDavid, Richard Wirth, and Oded Navon

TEM imaging and analysis of microinclusions in diamonds: A close look at diamond-growing fluids
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 353-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

M. Potuzak, D.B. Dingwell, B. Ledda, and P. Courtial

A partial molar volume for ZnO in silicate melts
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 366-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kaushik Das, Sankar Bose, Ichiro Ohnishi, and Somnath Dasgupta

Garnet-spinel intergrowths in ultrahigh-temperature granulite, Eastern Ghats, India: Possible evidence of an early Tschermak-rich orthopyroxene during prograde metamorphism
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 375-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Qiong Liu and Rebecca A. Lange

The partial molar volume of Fe₂O₃ in alkali silicate melts: Evidence for an average Fe³⁺ coordination number near five
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 385-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gian Carlo Capitani and Marcello Mellini

The crystal structure of a second antigorite polysome (m = 16), by single-crystal synchrotron diffraction
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 394-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Suraj Deore and Alexandra Navrotsky

Oxide melt solution calorimetry of sulfides: Enthalpy of formation of sphalerite, galena, greenockite, and hawleyite
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 400-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugh St.C. O’Neill, Andrew J. Berry, Catherine C. McCammon, Kasthuri D. Jayasuriya, Stewart J. Campbell, and Garry Foran

An experimental determination of the effect of pressure on the Fe³⁺/Fe ratio of an anhydrous silicate melt to 3.0 GPa
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 404-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karine Devineau, Bertrand Devouard, Frédéric Villieras, François Faure, Jean-Luc Devidal, and Alain Kohler

Evolution of product phase assemblages during thermal decomposition of muscovite under strong disequilibrium conditions
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 413-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gianluca Iezzi, Giancarlo Della Ventura, and Mario Tribaudino

Synthetic P2₁/m amphiboles in the system Li₂O-Na₂O-MgO-SiO₂-H₂O (LNMSH)
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 425-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Elisabeth Green and Andreas Luttge

Incongruent dissolution of wollastonite measured with vertical scanning interferometry
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 430-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alessandra Buob, Robert W. Luth, Max W. Schmidt, and Peter Ulmer

Experiments on CaCO₃-MgCO₃ solid solutions at high pressure and temperature
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 435-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian Bertoldi, Edgar Dachs, and Thomas Theye

Calorimetric data for naturally occurring magnesiocarpholite and ferrocarpholite
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 441-445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Yusuke Seto, Shugo Ohi, Norimasa Shimobayashi, Masao Kitamura, Akira Miyake, Yoshikuni Hiroi, and Geoffrey H. Grantham

Clinopyroxene exsolution in wollastonite from Namaqualand granulite, South Africa
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 446-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters:

Giovanni Pratesi, Luca Bindi, and Vanni Moggi-Cecchi

Icosahedral coordination of phosphorus in the crystal structure of melliniite, a new phosphide mineral from the Northwest Africa 1054 acapulcoite
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 451-454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Yun Liu, Amanda A. Olsen, and J. Donald Rimstidt

Mechanism for the dissolution of olivine series minerals in acidic solutions
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 455-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

B. Reynard and B. Wunder

High-pressure behavior of synthetic antigorite in the MgO-SiO₂-H₂O system from Raman spectroscopy
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 459-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Toshimori Sekine, Hongliang He, Takamichi Kobayashi, and Kazusato Shibata

Sinoite (Si₂N₂O) shocked at pressures of 28 to 64 GPa
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 463-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rainer Thomas, Vadim S. Kamenetsky, and Paul Davidson

Laser Raman spectroscopic measurements of water in unexposed glass inclusions
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 467-470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Justin Filiberto, Hanna Nekvasil, and Donald H. Lindsley

The Mars/Earth dichotomy in Mg/Si and Al/Si ratios: Is it real?
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 471-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shigeaki Ono, Takumi Kikegawa, and Yasuo Ohishi

Equation of state of CaIrO₃-type MgSiO₃ up to 144 GPa
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 475-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gianluca Iezzi, Zhenxian Liu, and Giancarlo Della Ventura

Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy of synthetic Na(NaMg)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ up to 30 GPa: Insight on a new high-pressure amphibole polymorph
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 479-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Reviewers 2005:

American Mineralogist thanks the year 2005 reviewers
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 483-484. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Errata
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 485-486. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Florie Caporuscio

MINERALS FIRST DISCOVERED ON THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION: by Igor V. Pekov. Ocean Pictures, Moscow, 369 pages. $53 hardback.
American Mineralogist 2006 91: 487-488. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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