Review Paper:

Hailiang Dong, Deb P. Jaisi, Jinwook Kim, and Gengxin Zhang

Microbe-clay mineral interactions
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1505-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Articles:

Pulak Sengupta, Uttam K. Bhui, Ingo Braun, Upama Dutta, and D. Mukhopadhyay

Chemical substitutions, paragenetic relations, and physical conditions of formation of högbomite in the Sittampundi layered anorthosite complex, South India
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1520-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anthony R. Kampf

Miguelromeroite, the Mn analogue of sainfeldite, and redefinition of villyaellenite as an ordered intermediate in the sainfeldite-miguelromeroite series
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1535-1540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Jing Zhao, Joël Brugger, Pascal V. Grundler, Fang Xia, Guorong Chen, and Allan Pring

Mechanism and kinetics of a mineral transformation under hydrothermal conditions: Calaverite to metallic gold
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1541-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

María Támara and Martin R. Preston

A statistical reassessment of the evidence for the racemic distribution of quartz enantiomorphs
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1556-1559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Diego Gatta, R. Rinaldi, G.J. McIntyre, G. Nénert, F. Bellatreccia, A. Guastoni, and G. Della Ventura

On the crystal structure and crystal chemistry of pollucite, (Cs,Na)₁₆Al₁₆Si₃₂O₉₆·nH₂O: A natural microporous material of interest in nuclear technology
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1560-1568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

András Fall, J. Donald Rimstidt, and Robert J. Bodnar

The effect of fluid inclusion size on determination of homogenization temperature and density of liquid-rich aqueous inclusions
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1569-1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Céleste D.M. Dufresne, Penelope L. King, M. Darby Dyar, and Kim N. Dalby

Effect of SiO₂, total FeO, Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺, and alkali elements in basaltic glasses on mid-infrared spectra
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1580-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Pascal Richet, Atsusi Nidaira, Daniel R. Neuville, and Tooru Atake

Influence of cation size on the low-temperature heat capacity of alkaline earth metasilicate glasses
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1591-1595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Paola Comodi, Sabrina Nazzareni, Leonid Dubrovinsky, and Marco Merlini

The high-pressure–high-temperature behavior of bassanite
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1596-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Liberto De Pablo, Mercedes Doval, and Angel La Iglesia

Geochemistry of reversible hydratable tephra from the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1603-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

George Helffrich and J.A.D. Connolly

Physical contradictions and remedies using simple polythermal equations of state
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1616-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sonia Ackermann, Biljana Lazic, Thomas Armbruster, Stephen Doyle, Klaus-Dieter Grevel, and Juraj Majzlan

Thermodynamic and crystallographic properties of kornelite [Fe₂(SO₄)₃·~7.75H₂O] and paracoquimbite [Fe₂(SO₄)₃·9H₂O]
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1620-1628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Wenqian Xu, Nicholas J. Tosca, Scott M. McLennan, and John B. Parise

Humidity-induced phase transitions of ferric sulfate minerals studied by in situ and ex situ X-ray diffraction
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1629-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rachel Zucker and Sang-Heon Shim

In situ Raman spectroscopy of MgSiO₃ enstatite up to 1550 K
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1638-1646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michail N. Taran, Monika Koch-Müller, and Anne Feenstra

Optical spectroscopic study of tetrahedrally coordinated Co²⁺ in natural spinel and staurolite at different temperatures and pressures
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1647-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Douglas K. McCarty, Boris A. Sakharov, and Victor A. Drits

New insights into smectite illitization: A zoned K-bentonite revisited
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1653-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ana Isabel Becerro, Alberto Escudero, and Marco Mantovani

The hydrothermal conversion of kaolinite to kalsilite: Influence of time, temperature, and pH
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1672-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fernando Scordari and Gennaro Ventruti

Sideronatrite, Na₂Fe(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O: Crystal structure of the orthorhombic polytype and OD character analysis
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1679-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Pavlin D. Mitev, Grzegorz Gajewski, and Kersti Hermansson

Anharmonic OH vibrations in brucite: Small pressure-induced redshift in the range 0–22 GPa
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1687-1697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Giovanni De Giudici, Francesca Podda, Roberta Sanna, Elodia Musu, Riccardo Tombolini, Carla Cannas, Anna Musinu, and Mariano Casu

Structural properties of biologically controlled hydrozincite: An HRTEM and NMR spectroscopic study
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1698-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Damien Daval, Isabelle Martinez, Jean-Michel Guigner, Roland Hellmann, Jérôme Corvisier, Nathaniel Findling, Christian Dominici, Bruno Goffé, and François Guyot

Mechanism of wollastonite carbonation deduced from micro- to nanometer length scale observations
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1707-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Letters:

Hexiong Yang, William W. Pinch, and Robert T. Downs

Crystal structure of argentopyrite, AgFe₂S₃, and its relationship with cubanite
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1727-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary Data Info]  

Bernard W. Evans, Scott M. Kuehner, and Anastasia Chopelas

Magnetite-free, yellow lizardite serpentinization of olivine websterite, Canyon Mountain complex, N.E. Oregon
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1731-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Liqun Zhang, James A. Van Orman, and Daniel J. Lacks

The influence of atomic size and charge of dissolved species on the diffusivity and viscosity of silicate melts
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1735-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Xianyu Xue, Shuangmeng Zhai, and Masami Kanzaki

Si-Al distribution in high-pressure CaAl₄Si₂O₁₁ phase: A ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al NMR study
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1739-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

George E. Harlow

PHOTOATLAS OF INCLUSIONS IN GEMSTONES: Vol. 3, by Eduard J. Gübelin and John I. Koivula (2008). Opinio-Verlag, Basel, Switzerland, 672 p. $300.00 plus shipping (and tax, if applicable). ISBN 978-3-03999-047-4.
American Mineralogist 2009 94: 1743-1744. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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