MINERALOGICAL SOC. OF AMERICA
SESSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
M22A BCC:302 Tues 1330h
Volatiles in Minerals and the Mantle (joint with GS,T,V)
Presiding: K Leinenweber, Arizona State Univ; D J Frost,
Univ of Bristol
1330h M22A-01 Baddeleyite-Type High Pressure Phase of
Portlandite, Ca(OH)~K2~L: M Kunz, J B Parise,
D J Weidner, M T Vaughan, Y Wang, T Wu, W A
Bassett, K Brister, *K Leinenweber
1350h M22A-02 Raman Spectroscopic Observation of a Phase
Transformation in Ca(OH)~K2~L at High
Pressure and Room Temperature: *S Ekbundit,
K Leinenweber, J L Yarger, J S Robinson, G H
Wolf
1410h M22A-03 Elasticity of Brucite: *X Xia, D J Weidner, H
Zhao
1430h M22A-04 Hydrogen Storage in Earth's Mantle and Core:
*C T Prewitt
1450h M22A-05 The Low-Pressure Stability of Phase A:
Implications for H~K2~LO Storage in the
Mantle: *A R Pawley, B J Wood
1510h Break
1540h M22A-06 Phase Relations Among Calcite, Dolomite, and
Magnesite Solutions in the
CaCO~K3~L-MgCO~K3~L System: *G H Symmes
1600h M22A-07 The Fugacity of Pure Carbon Dioxide to
77kbars and the Volumes of Water-Carbon
Dioxide Mixtures at 15kbars: *D J Frost, B J
Wood
1620h M22A-08 Ice to Diamond: A Model for the Sonochemical
Transformation of Clathrate to Carbonado: *S E
Haggerty
1640h M22A-09 The Role of CO~K2~L During Partial Melting
of Amphibolites: *V Gardien, P Ulmer
M31A BCC:301 Wed 0830h
Crystal Chemistry, Phase Equilibria, and Thermodynamics (joint
with GS,T,V)
Presiding: R T Downs, Carnegie Inst. of Washington; D Sykes,
Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
0830h M31A-01 The Split H-Positions in Muscovite: Static
Structure Energy-Minimization Calculations
and Neutron Diffraction Studies: J Liang, F C
Hawthorne, I Swainson
0845h M31A-02 The Atomic Arrangement of Nanpingite,
CsAl~K2~L(AlSi~K3~L)O~K10~L(OH)~K2~L, a 2:1
2M~K2~L Dioctahedral Mica: *N Y Ni, J M
Hughes
0900h M31A-03 Crystal-Chemical Characterization of an NBS
Standard: Fluorophlogopite (SRM675): F C
Hawthorne, J Liang
0915h M31A-04 Olivine Compression Mechanisms: *R T Downs,
R M Hazen, L W Finger
0930h M31A-05 An Electron Density Study of the Bonding of
Na and Oco in Low Albite: *A Andalman, M
Hudacsko, R T Downs
0945h M31A-06 XRD Study of Cation Distribution Variations
in Low Temperature Disordered Spinels: *N E
Johnson, B H Howard
1000h M31A-07 High-Pressure Ordering: Structural Origins
of Delta V~Kdis~L: *R M Hazen, A Navrotsky
1015h Break
1035h M31A-08 A Comparative Study of SiC Crystals From
Kimberley and Fuxian: *I S Leung, Y L Li, Z G
Han
1050h M31A-09 Calorimetry Study of the Coesite-Stishovite
Transformation and Calculation of the Phase
Boundary: *J Liu, L Toper, J Zhang, A
Navrotsky, R C Liebermann
1105h M31A-10 Silicate Species Exchange, Viscosity, and
Crystallization in a Low-Silica Melt: High
Temperature MAS NMR: *J F Stebbins, S Sen, I
Farnan
1120h M31A-11 Calculated Q~L3~K Al-(OH) Stretching
Frequencies and NMR Parameters in Q~L3~K
Al-(OH) Species Compared to Measured Spectra:
*D Sykes, J D Kubicki
1135h M31A-12 Single-Crystal IR Spectroscopy of the
Pyrope-Almandine Binary and of the Effect of
Minor Mn and Ca Substitution in Pyralspites:
*A M Hofmeister, T J Fagan, K M Campbell, R B
Schaal
1150h M31A-13 Activity-Composition Models for
Phlogopite-Eastonite, Muscovite-Celadonite,
and Albite-Anorthite Solid Solutions
Constrained by NMR and IR Spectroscopy Data:
*V L Vinograd
M32A BCC:Hall C Wed 1300h
Advances in Mineral Physics Posters (joint with T,V)
Presiding: D G Isaak, Univ of California, LA; P G Conrad,
Carnegie Inst of Washington
1300h M32A-01 POSTER Maximum Pressure Stability of
Majorite-Type Garnet: *P G Conrad, A J
Campbell, R J Hemley, H Mao
1300h M32A-02 POSTER New Compounds of Hydrogen and
Methane at High Pressures: *M S Somayazulu,
R J Hemley, H K Mao, L W Finger
1300h M32A-03 POSTER Phase Relations in the CaSiO~K3~L
System: Thermodynamic Evaluation Using
THERMO-CALC and GEMIN: *V Swamy, L S
Dubrovinsky
1300h M32A-04 POSTER Stability of
Enstatite-Diopside-Jadeite Garnet: *T
Gasparik
1300h M32A-05 POSTER Inaccuracies of the Mie-Gruneisen
Thermal Pressure at High Temperature and Low
Pressure: *D G Isaak, O L Anderson
1300h M32A-06 POSTER High Pressure Stokes' Viscometry
With In-Situ Velocity Determination: *G E
LeBlanc, R A Secco
1300h M32A-07 POSTER Electrical Properties of
Mg~K0.83~LFe~K0.17~L0 in a Gas Mixing
Furnace and the Diamond Anvil Cell: J Roberts,
*A Duba, R Reichlin, S Martin, C Ruddle, B
Bonner, A Pfennig
1300h M32A-08 POSTER High-Pressure, High-Temperature
X-Ray Diffraction Studies on Iron-Rich Phases:
*A J Campbell, G Shen, J Hu, Y Fei, H K Mao,
R J Hemley, C S Yoo, J Akella
1300h M32A-09 POSTER Quantitative X-ray Diffraction at
High Pressure and Temperature: J Chen, D J
Weidner, M T Vaughan, J B Praise, R Li
1300h M32A-10 POSTER Evaluation of the Differential
Stress Produced in a Multianvil High
Pressure Apparatus: *J I Ando, T Irifune, T
Takeshita, K Fujino
1300h M32A-11 POSTER t: *K Leinenweber
1300h M32A-12 POSTER The Effect of Charge-Balancing
Cations on Calculated Frequencies of
Aluminosilicate Molecules and the Dependence
of v~Ks~L(T-O-T) and v~Kas~L(T-O-T) on
Q~Ln~K and T-O-T Angle: J D Kubicki, *D Sykes
1300h M32A-13 POSTER Distribution and Valence State of
Iron in Tourmaline: *M E Taylor, M D Dyar
1300h M32A-14 POSTER Fe Site Populations in
Cummingtonite-Grunerite: *C A Grant, M D Dyar
1300h M32A-15 POSTER Inclusions in Siamese Ruby and
Sapphire: Their Application in Gemology: S
Intasopa, W Atichat
1300h M32A-16 POSTER Kirschsteinitic Olivine-Like Phase
in Peridotite: *C L Chan
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