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Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is an international journal devoted to publishing articles and short communications of physical or chemical studies on minerals or solids related to minerals. The aim of the journal is to support competent interdisciplinary work in mineralogy and physics or chemistry. Particular emphasis is placed on applications of modern techniques or new theories and models to interpret atomic structures and physical or chemical properties of minerals. Some subjects of interest are:
Relationships between atomic structure and crystalline state (structures of various states, crystal energies, crystal growth, thermodynamic studies, phase transformations, solid solution, exsolution phenomena, etc.)
General solid state spectroscopy (ultraviolet, visible, infrared, Raman, ESCA, luminescence, X-ray, electron paramagnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, gamma ray resonance, etc.)
Experimental and theoretical analysis of chemical bonding in minerals (application of crystal field, molecular orbital, band theories, etc.)
Physical properties (magnetic, mechanical, electric, optical, thermodynamic, etc.)
Relations between thermal expansion, compressibility, elastic constants, and fundamental properties of atomic structure, particularly as applied to geophysical problems
Electron microscopy in support of physical and chemical studies
Computational methods in the study of the structure and properties of minerals
Mineral surfaces (experimental methods, structure and properties)
Manuscripts submitted to the journal should conform to the "Instructions for Authors" and should not contain obsolete, discredited, or superfluous mineral names (see http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/ima-cnmnc/). Manuscripts may be submitted using the online submission system.

Keywords: Mineralogy, Crystallography, Crystal Chemistry, Crystal Structure Refinement, Mineral Physics, Spectroscopy, Mineral Surface Science, Materials Science, Electron Microscopy, Computational Methods

Editors
C.A. McCammon 
Bayerisches Geoinstitut 
Universität Bayreuth 
D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany 
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 3769 
e-mail: catherine.mccammon@uni-bayreuth.de
L. Dobrzhinetskaya
University of California at Riverside
Department of Earth Sciences
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
email: Larissa@ucr.edu
M. Rieder
Mimonská 14/638
190 00 Praha 9 - Prosek
Czech Republic
e-mail: Milan_Rieder@JHU.edu
T. Tsuchiya
Ehime University
Geodynamics Research Center
Sogo-Kenkyu-To 466
2-5 Bunkyo-cho
Matsuyama 790-8577
Japan 
e-mail: takut@sci.ehime-u.ac.jp

Advisory Board
M. Akaogi
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
Gakushuin University
Mejiro Toshima-ku
Tokyo 171-8588, Japan
J.D. Bass
Geology Department, University of Illinois
1301 West Green Street, Urbana
Illinois 61801, USA
P.C. Burnley
Department of Geoscience
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, USA
G. Calas
Laboratoire de Minéralogie
Université de Paris VI, 4 pl. Jussieu
F-75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
M. Carpenter
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Cambridge, Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
D.L. Kohlstedt
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Pillsbury Hall
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
K. Langer
Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften I
Technische Universität
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1
D-10587 Berlin, Germany

S. Merlino
Dipartimento di Science delle Terra
Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53
I-56126 Pisa, Italy
A. Navrotsky
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 
95616-8779, USA
A. Putnis
Institut für Mineralogie
Universität Münster
Corrensstrasse 24
48149 Münster, Germany
E. Salje
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Cambridge, Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
E. Tillmanns
Institut für Mineralogie
und Kristallographie, Universität Wien
Geozentrum, Althanstraße 14
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
J. A. Tyburczy
Arizona State University
Department of Geological Sciences
PO Box 871404
Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA

T. Yagi
Institute for Solid State Physics
University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha
Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan