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Mineralogical Society of America : The American Mineralogist.
A bi-monthly journal devoted to mineralogy, crystallography, and allied sciences. Each issue has several feature reports and a few other shorter articles and the articles include references. Very detailed, some formulas, charts, diagrams, and photos. Where content is listed below, it is a sample, not a comprehensive listing. 9x6", changing to 10x8" at volume 58.
Condition: These journals are in good condition for their age, with some slight corner bumping. Some have a very small name written on a corner of the cover or inoffensive filing notes.

American Mineralogist Vol. 11(10) : Oct., 1926. Unusual occurance of albite, factors influencing crystal habitat, zaratite from Bohemia Pennsylvania and Tasmania, optical notes from Mahopac iron mine from Brewster New York. 35p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 16(5) : May., 1931. Pyroxenes from basalts, identification of psilomelane and manganite, Clarkeite, Zebra rock. 35p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 16(11) : Nov., 1931. Zinc bearing chromite, crystal structures of iodoform, persistence of feldspar in beach sand, light on polished silver. 75p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 17(2) : Feb., 1932. Perthites, x-ray exam of chrome ores, Creedite from Nevada. 40p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 17(4) : April., 1932. Ptilolite from Utah, clinophtilolite a new species, x-ray studies of psilmelane and wad, detrital cellophane. 35p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 29(3) : Mar-Apr., 1944. Melting and crystallizing of rock forming mineral, Weinschenkite yttrium phospahte from Virgina, calculation of density from x-ray, memorial of William Shirley Bayley, Memorial of Albert Becker Peck. 100p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 29(7) : Jul-Aug., 1944. Morphological crystallography of silicon carbie, white mica in the Wissahickon complex, stilpnomelane reexamined, gabbro-wehrlite new Lochalsh Ontarion, mineralogy of Little Long Lac gold area Ontario. 80p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 29(11) : Nov-Dec., 1944. Synthetic corundum for jewel bearings, grain sizes and shapes of various mineral in igneous rocks, kaolinite structure of amesite and chlorites, pollucite from Karibib South West Africa . 60p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 38 (11-12) : November-December, 1953. Johannsenite and more in Vanadium, New Mexico. Hornblende in Adirondack Granitic rocks. Lindgrenite and cuprotungstite from Seven Devils district, Idaho. Spodumene Minerals. Faustite the zinc analogue of Turquois. Stevensite. Bavenite problem. Mayodan meteorite, Rockingham county, North Carolina. Uranium bearing pegmatite bodies in San Bernardino county, California. Quitman mountains, Texas. Mount Jo, Mount Marcy quadrangle, Essex county, New York. Genesis of pegmatites (II), Mora county, New Mexico. Clintonite. Zoned Zircon. Montroseite, Colorado. Much more. 422p. (Paper rough over upper spine, else Good) $10

American Mineralogist Vol. 39(1) : Jan-Feb., 1954. hydromagnesite, orthopyroxenes from volcanic rocks, clouded plagioclase, variations in kaolinites, kaolin clay from Pugu Tanganyika. 160p. (Condition - Slight spine tearing). $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 40(7) : July-Aug., 1955. Hawleyite isometric cadmium sulphide, Cerianite a new rare earth mineral, descloizite and adelite groups, mode of a metamorphic rock, studies of radioactive compounds, Bauxite deposits of Jamaica. 155p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 40(9) : Sept-Oct., 1955. physical properties of tourmaline, metamict miners by x-ray diffraction, crystal chemical study of montroseite and paramonstroseite, precision of x-ray powder camera, bulfonteinite from crestmore california, crystal structure of murdochite. 150p. $2

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American Mineralogist Vol. 40(9) : Sept-Oct., 1955. physical properties of tourmaline, metamict miners by x-ray diffraction, crystal chemical study of montroseite and paramonstroseite, precision of x-ray powder camera, bulfonteinite from crestmore california, crystal structure of murdochite. 150p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 40(11) : Nov-Dec., 1955.. Studies in Mineralogy dedicated to Edward Henry Kraus, studies in the mica group, action of hot water on feldspars, gonyerite and melanolite, x-ray investigation of ferrierite, alluaudite. 200p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 41(5) : May-Jun., 1956. Alkalai feldspars, physical properties of garnet group, law of Donnay and Harker, Composition of some Indian chromites, Jadeite bearing metagraywackes in California. 140p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 41(9) : Sept-Oc., t1956. Coffinite a new mineral, restudy of bakelite, pricetite and veatchite, ammonium fixation and release in certain clay minerals, rule of Gladstone and Dale minerals, twinning in diamond type structure. 135p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 41(11) : Nov-Dec., 1956. Serpentines, Inderite and gerstleyite from Kern County California, Olivine from Sierra Nevada California, vermiculite-chlorite, studies of uranium minerals, eucolite near Wasau Wisconsin. 180p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 42(1) : Jan-Feb., 1957. X-ray determination of dolomite calcite ratio of cabonate rock, ginorite and sassolite from Death Valley California, Fassaite from near Helena Montana, ferritungstite from Nevada, storage of energy in meramict minerals. 115p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 42(3) : March-Apr., 1957. Mineralogy of uranium, electron diffraction studies of serpentine, bismutatantalite from Brazil, leucophosphite from the Sapacaia pegmatite mine Minas Gerais Brazil, memorial of George Harold Anderson, Norman L Bowen, William Frederick Foshag, Roebling Medal. 150p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 42(11) : Nov-Dec., 1957. Synthesis of tourmaline, hydrothermal synthesis of zircon thorise and huttonite, occurences of high thorian uraninite near Easton Pennsylvanie, silica in the sedimentary cycle, graphical analysis of pelitic schists. 200p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 43(11) : Nov-Dec., 1958. Isogyres in interface figures, eskolaite and new chromium mineral, ajoite a new hydrous copper silicate, inyoite in a playa at Laguna Salinas Peru. 200p. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 53(7-8) : July-August, 1968. Pages 1075-1432. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 54(11-12) : Nov-Dec., 1969. Pages 1509-1784. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 55(1-2) : Jan-Feb., 1970. Pages 1-338. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 55(7-8) : July-August, 1970. Pages 1083-1456. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 55(9-10) : Sept-Oct., 1970. Pages 1457-1828. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 55(11-12) : Nov-Dec, 1970. Pages 1829-2194. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 56(1-2) : Jan-Feb., 1971. Pages 1-374. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 56(3-4) : March-April, 1971. Pages 375-750. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 56(5-6) : May-June, 1971. Pages 751-1126. (bumped corner) $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 56(7-8) : July-August, 1971. Pages, 1127-1500. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 56(9-10) : Sept.-Oct., 1971. Pages 1501-1846. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 56(11-12) : Nov.-Dec., 1971. Pages 1847-2208. $2

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American Mineralogist Vol. 59(1-2) : Jan.-Feb., 1974. Pages 1-229. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 59(3-4) : March-April, 1974. Pages 231-455. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 59(5-6) : May-June, 1974. Pages 457-646. $2

American Mineralogist Vol. 59(7-8) : July-August, 1974. Pages 647-894. $2

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Mineralogical Society of America : Reviews in Mineralogy
Softcover, 9x6”, illustrated. No owner's marks of any kind. Almost no wear unless noted.

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 1 : 1974 : Sulfide Mineralogy. Edited by Paul H. Ribbe. Paged in sections, about 250 pages. Good. $19

Volume 1 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Determination, Relationships, and Classification of Sulfide Mineral Structures by Bernhardt J. Wuensch, p. W-1 through W-20.
Chapter 2. Sulfide Crystal Chemistry by Bernhardt J. Wuensch, p. W-21 through W-44.
Chapter 3. Electron Interactions and Chemical Bonding in Sulfides by Charles T. Prewitt and V. Rajamani, p. PR-1 through PR-41
Chapter 4. Experimental Methods in Sulfide Synthesis by Steven D. Scott, p. S-1 through S-38.
Chapter 5. Sulfide Phase Equilibria by James R. Craig and Steven D. Scott, p. CS-1 through CS-110.
Chapter 6. Sulfide Petrology by Paul B. Barton, Jr. p. B-1 through B-11.

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 2 : 1974 : Feldspar mineralogy, 2nd Edition. Edited by Paul H. Ribbe. 362 pages. (Very Good, back cover faintly rough). $38

Volume 2 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Chemistry, Structure, and Nomenclature of Feldspars
Chapter 2. Aluminum-Silicon Order in Feldspars: Domain Textures and Diffraction Patterns
Chapter 3. Lattice Parameters, Composition, and Al/Si Order in Alkali Feldspars
Chapter 4. Lattice Parameters and Determinative Methods for Plagioclase and Alkali Feldspars
Chapter 5. Optical Properties of Feldspars
Chapter 6. Subsolidus Phase Relations in the Alkali Feldspars with Emphasis on Coherent Phases
Chapter 7. Microstructure, Kinetics and Mechanisms of Alkali Feldspar Exsolution
Chapter 8. Diffusion in Feldspars
Chapter 9. Phase Equilibria of Plagioclase
Chapter 10. Exsolution Textures in Ternary and Plagioclase Feldspars; Interference Colors
Chapter 11. Color in Feldspars
Chapter 12. Some Chemical Properties of Feldspars
Chapter 13. Deformation of Feldspars
Appendix. Guides to indexing Feldspar Powder Patterns

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 4 : 1977 : Mineralogy and geology of natural zeolites. Edited by Frederick A. Mumpton. 225 pages. Very Good. $11

Volume 4 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Natural Zeolites
Chapter 2. Crystal Structure and Chemistry of Natural Zeolites
Chapter 3. Geology of Zeolites in Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 4. Zeolites in Closed Hydrologic Systems
Chapter 5. Zeolites in Open Hydrologic Systems
Chapter 6. Zeolites in Low-Grade Metamorphic Grades
Chapter 7. Zeolites in Deep-Sea Sediments
Chapter 8. Commercial Properties of Natural Zeolites
Chapter 9. Utilization of Natural Zeolites
Appendix I. Representations and Models of Zeolite Crystal Structures
Appendix II. Crystal structure Data for Important Zeolites

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 5 : 1980 : Ortho-silicates, 2nd edition. Edited by Paul H. Ribbe. 450 pages. Very Good. $42

Volume 5 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Classification of Silicates
Chapter 2. Silicate Garnets
Chapter 3. Zircon
Chapter 4. The Actinide Orthosilicates
Chapter 5. Titanite (Sphene)
Chapter 6. Chloritoid
Chapter 7. Staurolite
Chapter 8. Kyanite, Andalusite and Other Aluminum Silicates
Chapter 9. Topaz
Chapter 10. The Humite Series and Mn-Analogs
Chapter 11. Olivines and Silicate Spinels
Chapter 12. Miscellaneous Orthosilicates
Chapter 13. Orthosilicates with SiO4 Polymerized to Other Tetrahedral Polyanions

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 7 : 1980 : Pyroxenes. Edited by Charles T. Prewitt. 525 pages. Very Good. $32

Volume 7 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 2. Crystal Chemistry of Silicate Pyroxenes
Chapter 3. Pyroxene Spectroscopy
Chapter 4. Subsolidus Phenomena in Pyroxene
Chapter 5. Pyroxene Phase Equilibria at Low Pressure
Chapter 6. Phase Equilibria of Pyroxenes at Pressure >1 Atmosphere
Chapter 7. Phase Equilibria at High Pressure of Pyroxenes Containing Monovalent and Trivalent Ions
Chapter 8. Thermodynamics of Pyroxenes
Chapter 9. The Composition Space of Terrestrial Pyroxenes - Internal and External Limits
Chapter 10. Pyroxene Mineralogy of the Moon and Meteorites

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 8 : 1981 : Kinetics of geochemical processes. Edited by A. C. Lasaga and R. J. Kirkpatrick. 398 pages. Very Good. $12

Volume 8 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Rate Laws of Chemical Reactions
Chapter 2. Dynamic Treatment of Geochemical Cycles: Global Kinetics
Chapter 3. Kinetics of Weathering and Diagenesis
Chapter 4. Transition State Theory
Chapter 5. Irreversible Thermodynamics in Petrology
Chapter 6. Diffusion in Electrolyte Mixtures
Chapter 7. The Atomistic Basis of Kinetics: Defects in Minerals
Chapter 8. Kinetics of Crystallization of Igneous Rocks

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 9A : 1981 : Amphiboles and other hydrous pyriboles – mineralogy. Edited by David R. Veblen. 372 pages. Very Good. $38

Volume 9A includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Crystal Chemistry of the Amphiboles
Chapter 2. Amphibole Spectroscopy
Chapter 3. An Introduction to the Mineralogy and Petrology of the Biopyriboles
Chapter 4. Non-Classical Pyriboles and Polysomatic Reactions in Biopyriboles
Chapter 5. Amphibole Asbestos Mineralogy
Chapter 6. The Geologic Occurrences and Health Hazards of Amphibole and Serpentine Asbestos
Chapter 7. Subsolidus Reactions and Microstructures in Amphiboles

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 11 : 1983 : Carbonates : mineraology and chemistry. Edited by Richard J. Reeder. 394 pages. Good. $12

Volume 11 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Crystal Chemistry of the Rhombohedral Carbonates
Chapter 2. Phase Relations of Rhombohedral Carbonates
Chapter 3. Solid Solutions and Solvi Among Metamorphic Carbonates with Applications to Geologic Thermobarometry
Chapter 4. Magnesian Calcites: Low-Temperature Occurrence, Solubility and Solid Solution Behavior
Chapter 5. Crystal Chemistry and Phase Relations of Orthorhombic Carbonates
Chapter 6. The Polymorphs of CaCO3 and the Aragonite-Calcite Transformation
Chapter 7. The Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate Dissolution and Precipitation
Chapter 8. Trace Elements and Isotopes in Sedimentary Carbonates
Chapter 9. Microstructures in Carbonates

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 12 : 1984 : Fluid inclusions. By Edwin Roedder (single author). 646 pages. Very Good. $48

Volume 12 includes the following technical chapters, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Fluid Inclusions
Chapter 2. The Origin of Inclusions
Chapter 3. Changes in Inclusions after Trapping
Chapter 4. Nondestructive Methods of Determination of Inclusion Composition
Chapter 5. Destructive Methods of Determination of Inclusion Composition
Chapter 6. Inclusion Sample Selection, Preparation, Petrography, and Photography
Chapter 7. Inclusion Measurements -- Heating, Cooling Decrepitation and Crushing
Chapter 8. Interpretation and Utilization of Inclusion Measurements -- Compositional Data on Liquid and Gas Inclusions
Chapter 9. Interpretation and Utilization of Inclusion Measurements -- Temperature, Pressure and Density at Trapping
Chapter 10. Interpretation and Utilization of Inclusion Measurements -- Metastability
Chapter 11. Sedimentary Environments
Chapter 12. Low- to Medium-Grade Metamorphic Environments
Chapter 13. Medium- to High-Grade Metamorphic Environments
Chapter 14. Intrusive Rock and Pegmatitic Environments
Chapter 15. Ore Deposition Environments
Chapter 16. Extrusive Rock and Volcanic Environments
Chapter 17. Upper Mantle Environments
Chapter 18. Extraterrestrial Environments
Chapter 19. Future of Inclusion Studies

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 13 : 1984 : Micas. Edited by S. W. Bailey. 584 pages. Very Good. $14

Volume 13 includes the following technical presentations, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Classification and Structures of the Micas
Chapter 2. Crystal Chemistry of the True Micas
Chapter 3. The Brittle Micas
Chapter 4. Electrostatic Energy Models of Micas
Chapter 5. Spectroscopy of Micas
Chapter 6. Optical Properties of Mica Under the Polarizing Microscope
Chapter 7. Experimental Phase Relations of the Micas
Chapter 8. Paragenesis, Crystallochemical Characteristics, and Geochemical Evolution of Micas in Granitic Pegmatites
Chapter 9. Micas in Igneous Rocks
Chapter 10. Micas in Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter 11. F-OH and Cl-OH Exchange in Micas with Applications to Hydrothermal Ore Deposits
Chapter 12. Illite Chapter 13. Glauconite and Celadonite Minerals
Appendix: X-Ray Power Patterns of Micas

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 15 : 1990 : Mathematical crystallography : an introduction to the mathematical foundations of crystallography. By M. B. Boisen and G. V. Gibbs. 406 pages. Very Good. $12

Volume 15 includes the following technical chapters, plus references and more.
Chapter 1. Modeling Symmetrical Patterns and Geometries of Molecules and Crystals
Chapter 2. Some Geometrical Aspects of Crystals
Chapter 3. Point Isometries - Vehicles for Describing Symmetry
Chapter 4. The Monaxial Crystallographic Point Groups
Chapter 5. The Polyaxial Crystallographic Point Groups
Chapter 6. The Bravais Lattice Types
Chapter 7. The Crystallographic Space Groups
Appendix 1. Mappings
Appendix 2. Matrix Methods
Appendix 3. Construction and Interpretation of Matrices Representating Point Isometries
Appendix 4. Popourri
Appendix 5. Some Properies of Lattice Planes
Appendix 6. Intersection Angles between Rotation axes
Appendix 7. Equivalent Relations, Cosets, and Factor Groups
Appendix 8. Isomorphisms

Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 18 : 1988 : Spectroscopic methods in mineralogy and geology. Edited by Frank C. Hawthorne. 698 pages. Very Good (cover edge barely bumped). $14

Volume 18 includes the following technical presentations, plus refences and more.
Chapter 1. Introduction To Spectroscopic Methods
Chapter 2. Symmetry, Group Theory And Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 3. Spectrum-Fitting Methods
Chapter 4. Infrared And Raman Spectroscopy
Chapter 5. Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Chapter 6. Vibrational Spectroscopy Of Hydrous Components
Chapter 7. Optical Spectroscopy
Chapter 8. Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Chapter 9. MAS NMR Spectroscopy Of Minerals And Glasses
Chapter 10. NMR Spectroscopy And Dynamic Processes In Mineralogy And Geochemistry
Chapter 11. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Applications In Mineralogy ind Geochemistry
Chapter 12. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Chapter 13. Auger Electron And X-Ray Photelectron Spectroscopies
Chapter 14. Luminescence, X-Ray Emission and New Spectroscopies

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Mineralogical Society of America : Short Course Notes
Softcover, 9x6”, illustrated.

Short Course Note Volume 2 : 1975 : Feldspar Mineraology. Paged in sections, around 200p., illustrated. Good. $12

Contents of Feldspar Mineraology : The chemistry, structure, and nomenclature of feldspars. Optical properties and lattice parameters of Plagioclase feldspars. Lattice parameters, composition, and Al/Si order in alkali feldspars. Optical properties of Alkali feldspars. Subsolidus phase relations in the alkali feldspars with emphasis on coherent phases. Microstructure, kinetics and mechanisms of alkali feldspar exsolution. Phase equilibria of plagioclase. Exsolution textures and interference colors. Some chemical properties of feldspars.

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