期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (3)
Investigations of planetary processes using phosphate minerals often focus on igneous, recrystallized, or potentially metasomatized minerals, likely a......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (5)
First-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) were performed to assess the......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (5)
Both environmental and physiological factors cause carbonate ion structural disorder in biogenic Mg-calcites. A major component of this disorder is dr......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (10)
Halogens and other volatiles are widely recycled into the deep mantle by subduction and are key components to metasomatize the sub-continental lithosp......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (11)
Ion-adsorption rare earth element (REE) deposits in South China are currently the main source of heavy rare earth elements (HREE). The Gucheng deposit......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (3)
Bastnasite contains considerable amounts of U and Th and has been widely used for U-Th-Pb dating. Hydrothermal alteration of bastnasite is common in n......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (6)
We present a conceptually simple method to perform high-temperature experiments in a one atmosphere box furnace that has a negligible cost of material......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (8)
Ion adsorption-type rare earth element (REE) ore deposits in South China are a major source of heavy rare earth elements (HREE) around the world, whic......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (10)
Hydroxylation of wadsleyite, beta-(Mg,Fe)(2)SiO4, is associated with divalent cation defects and well known to afect its physical properties. However,......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (10)
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) investigation of strain mainly uses polycrystalline samples to study fabric development. We extend the use of ......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (1)
Part VI of the evolutionary system of mineralogy catalogs 262 kinds of minerals, formed by 18 different processes, that we suggest represent the earli......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (3)
The Bin Yauri-Libata polymetallic ore district is a Sn and Au ore-bearing district in the Zuru schist belt, Northwestern Nigeria. The Libata Sn ore fi......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (4)
Nitrogen is an essential element for life, one of the most abundant volatiles in the atmosphere, and an important component in the Earth's interior, w......
期刊: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2023; 108 (9)
Time-series experiments were carried out in a piston-cylinder apparatus at 0.8 GPa and 1030-1080 degrees C using a hydrous K-basalt melt as the starti......