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The Canadian Mineralogist regularly features timely thematic issues. On average, one of these is published each year. It is one of the six issues that subscribers receive.
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TI50-6	Granitic Pegmatites and their Minerals: A Second Tribute to Petr Černý
TI50-4	Granitic Pegmatites and their Minerals: A Tribute To Petr Černý
TI50-2	Sulfosalts and Much More... A Tribute to Emil Makovicky
TI49-6	The Mineralogy and Beneficiation of PGM-Cu-Ni Ores
TI49-1	Tourmaline: An Ideal Indicator of its Host Environment
TI48-4	The Petrology of Anorthosites, Related Granitic Rocks, and UHT Assemblages: A Tribute to Ronald F. Emslie
TI47-6	The Petrogenesis of A-Type Granites and Related Rocks
TI47-3	Minerals in Contaminated Environments: Characterization, Stability, Impact
TI46-6	A Tribute to Joseph V. Smith (1928-2007)
TI46-4	The Mineralogy and Petrology of Carbonatites: A Tribute to John Gittins
TI45-1	Contaminated Granites
TI44-3	Rare-Element Geochemistry and Mineral Deposits
TI43-6	The Mineralogical Association of Canada 50^th Anniversary Symposium Volume
TI43-5	S³: Sulfides, Structures, and Synchrotron Light - a tribute to Michael E. Fleet
TI43-1	Truth and Beauty in Metamorphism
TI42-5	PACROFI VIII - Fluid Inclusions
TI42-2	Platinum-Group Elements: Petrology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy
TI40-2	The Cabri Issue
TI39-2	Phase Equilibria in Basaltic Systems
TI38-2	Tectonometamorphic Studies in the Canadian Shield (parts II)
TI37-2	Mineral-Scale Processes in Metamorphic Petrology: the Kretz Volume
TI36-6	XRD and Electron-Microscopy Investigations of Layer Silicates
TI36-2	Granitic Pegmatites: The Cerny-Foord Volume
TI35-5	Tectonometamorphic Studies in the Canadian Shield (part I)
TI35-2	Nature and Origin of Primitive Magmas at Subduction Zones
TI34-2	Alkaline Rocks: Petrology and Mineralogy
TI33-2	Microbeam Techniques in the Earth Sciences
TI30-3	Granitic pegmatites
TI29-4	Quantitative Methods in Petrology
TI28-3	Advances in the Study of Platinum-Group Elements
TI26-3	Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralization
TI22-1	Ore Deposits and Related Petrology of Mafic - Ultramafic Suites
TI21-2	The Crystal Chemistry of the Amphiboles
TI20-3	High-Grade Metamorphism

Granitic Pegmatites and their Minerals:
A Second Tribute to Petr Černý
Editors : M.Á. Galliski, David London, M. Novák, R.F. Martin
Volume 50, Part 6, 2012

We are happy to present to the readership of this journal and to pegmatite afficionados around the world the second tribute to Petr Černý. It contains 23 contributions, which are organized under the following themes: Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry, Mineral Assemblages and Evolution, Petrology, Geology and Granite–Pegmatite Relations, and Manitoba Pegmatites.

TI 50-6 448 pages, US$45 (outside Canada), CDN$45(in Canada)
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Granitic Pegmatites and their Minerals:
A Tribute To Petr Černý
Editors : M.Á. Galliski, David London, M. Novák, R.F. Martin
Volume 50, Part 4, 2012

This issue constitutes the first of two tributes to the professional career of Petr Černý to appear in this journal. The twenty contributions in this festschrift are grouped according to three general themes that reflect well Petr’s broad interests: 1) Mineralogy, crystal structure and crystal chemistry, 2) Mineral assemblages and evolution, and 3) Petrology and geochemistry.

TI 50-4 372 pages, US$45 (outside Canada), CDN$45(in Canada)
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Sulfosalts and Much More... A Tribute to Emil Makovicky
Editors : Y. Moëlo, T. Balić-Žunić, R.F. Martin
Volume 50, Part 2, 2012

This thematic issue of The Canadian Mineralogist is a tribute to Emil Makovicky, Professor of Mineralogy and Crystallography at the University of Copenhagen, in recognition of the seminal role that he has played over the last four decades in the area of mineralogy and crystallography, and in particular in the realm of sulfides and sulfosalts.

TI 50-2 404 pages, US$45 (outside Canada), CDN$45(in Canada)
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The Mineralogy and Beneficiation of PGM-Cu-Ni Ores
Editors : A. McDonald, M. A.E. Huminicki, R.F. Martin
Volume 49, Part 6, 2011

This thematic issue of The Canadian Mineralogist features a collection of 17 contributions focused on the mineralogy (descriptive and applied) and beneficiation of the ores of platinum-group minerals (PGM), copper and nickel. The collection includes papers on the geology, geochemistry, and genesis of PGM occurrences and deposits at many newly documented occurrences worldwide. Many of these papers were presented at the 11th International Platinum Symposium, held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on June 21–24, 2010. The theme of the conference was “PGE in the 21st Century: Innovations in Understanding their Origins and Applications to Mineral Exploration and Beneficiation”.

TI 49-6 366 pages, US$45 (outside Canada), CDN$45(in Canada)
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Tourmaline: An Ideal Indicator of its Host Environment
Editors : V. J. van Hinsberg, D. J. Henry, H. R. Marschall, R.F. Martin
Volume 49, Part 1, 2011

Tourmaline-group minerals are ubiquitous accessory minerals in rocks of the Earth’s crust. They can adjust their composition to suit a wide variety of environments, and therefore they display a remarkable stability range in terms of pressure, temperature, fluid composition, and host-rock composition. Because of this compositional sensitivity, tourmaline is an excellent indicator of the environmental conditions affecting its host. The 24 papers in this thematic issue of The Canadian Mineralogist highlight the exciting possibilities offered by these properties and demonstrate that we are on the brink of a major breakthrough in the use of tourmaline as a quantitative indicator of the chemical and physical properties of its host environment.

TI 49-1 405 pages, US$45 (outside Canada), CDN$45(in Canada)
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The Petrology of Anorthosites, Related Granitic Rocks, and UHT Assemblages: A Tribute to Ronald F. Emslie
Editors : M.A. Hamilton, J. S. Scoates, O.T. Ramo, R.F. Martin
Volume 48, Part 4, 2010

This special issue of The Canadian Mineralogist contains a number of papers that grew out of the joint (GAC–MAC–SEG–SGAMD) meeting in Quebec City, where a Special Session was organized to honor Ronald F. Emslie contributions to the fields of igneous petrology, geochemistry and mineralogy and stands as a tribute to the remarkable career of a humble Canadian giant in all of the aforementioned fields. The contributions in this issue range in scope from large-scale overviews of how, when, and where Proterozoic AMCG suites form to papers dealing with mineral-scale reactions in rocks related to AMCG suites and ultra-high temperature (UHT) assemblages.

TI 48-4 320 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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The Petrogenesis of A-Type Granites and Related Rocks
Editors : R. Dall'Agnol, O.T. Ramo, R.F. Martin
Volume 47, Part 6, 2009

This special issue includes eleven selected papers, most of them presented in the 2006, at the Belém symposium. Ten of these papers can be assembled in two groups: the first embraces four papers that pertain to the crystallization and subsolidus alteration in evolved A-type granites and the role of fluids, fluorine in particular, in these processes, as well as their metallogenic implications. The second group gives a general picture of representative Archean to Neoproterozoic A-type granite assemblages in Brazil and deals with the classification of A-type granites and their isotopic, geochemical, structural, and tectonic aspects

TI 47-6 265 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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Minerals in Contaminated Environments: Characterization, Stability, Impact
Editors : K. Hudson-Edwards, K. Savage, H. Jamieson, K. Taylor, R.F. Martin
Volume 47, Part 3, 2009

This thematic issue presents new discoveries in environmental mineralogy. The first six papers examine the character and impacts of minerals in contaminated natural environments, especially those affected by the mining, extraction and processing of metals and coal. The remaining seven papers describe the structures, chemistries, stabilities and mechanisms of contaminant incorporation for natural, synthetic and computer-generated minerals and analogues.

TI 47-3 207 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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A Tribute to Joseph V. Smith (1928-2007)
Editors : R. J. Angel, I. Parsons, R.F. Martin
Volume 46, Part 6, 2008

This issue is a tribute to Joseph V. Smith, an exceptionally gifted and socially enlightened scientist who was not hesitant to “probe with a sharp scalpel”, to use his expression, the secrets of feldspars, feldspathoids, pyroxenes, zeolites, and many other important groups of minerals. The papers presented here cover themes close to Joe’s interests on many levels.

TI 46-6 262 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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The Mineralogy and Petrology of Carbonatites: A Tribute to John Gittins
Editors : R.H. Mitchell, A.R. Chakhmouradian, D.R. Lentz, R.F. Martin
Volume 46, Part 4, 2008

This collection of papers is published as a tribute to the long and distinguished career of John Gittins, Professor Emeritus of Geology, University of Toronto. The 22 articles that make up the issue cover virtually every aspect of carbonatite petrogenesis and reflect our current understanding of these unusual rocks. It will hopefully provide a step forward toward the resolution of some of the outstanding controversies surrounding carbonatites.

TI 46-4 359 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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Contaminated Granites
Editors : B. Clarke, S. Paterson, R. Vernon, R.F. Martin
Volume 45, Part 1, 2007

This issue of The Canadian Mineralogist (Volume 45, No.1) presents a thematic set of papers on “Contaminated Granites” edited by Barrie Clarke, Scott Paterson, and Ron Vernon. Petrogenetic investigations should always consider granites not so much as the products of crystallization of pristine melts, but as mixtures of such melts and a variety of other components (solid, liquid, vapour) that have contaminated them. Only when we can confidently determine the magnitude of contamination, and are able to subtract its effects, will we be able to understand what the granite magma itself has to say.

TI 45-1 184 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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Rare-Element Geochemistry and Mineral Deposits
Editors : R.L. Linnen, I. Samson, R.F. Martin
Volume 44, Part 3, 2006

The set of thematic papers on Rare-Element Geochemistry and Mineral Deposits originated from the MAC- and MDD-sponsored special session of the same name held at the GAC-MAC annual meeting at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 12-14, 2004. These eleven papers represent a cross-section of current research on rare elements, mostly in high-temperature magmatic environments, and deal with various aspects of rare element mineral deposit formation, the partitioning of rare elements among accessory phases in felsic igneous rocks, and experimental spectroscopic data on the molecular environment of rare elements in felsic glasses and magmas.

TI 44-3 249 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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The Mineralogical Association of Canada 50^th Anniversary Symposium Volume
Editors : F.C. Hawthorne, R.F. Martin
Volume 43, Part 6, 2005

The 50^th Anniversary issue contains ten invited papers forming the core of the MAC 50^th Anniversary Symposium), held at Halifax 2005 last May. Convenor Frank Hawthorne chose topics spanning the range of disciplines covered by the Association and its journal, and reflecting current areas of research within these areas.

TI 43-6 330 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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S³: Sulfides, Structures, and Synchrotron Light - a tribute to Michael E. Fleet
Editors : G. Henderson, Y. Pan, R.F. Martin
Volume 43, Part 5, 2005

This thematic issue features a broad range of papers (24), on such topics as crystal-structure analysis, mineralogy and geochemistry of platinum-group minerals and associated sulfides and oxides, high-pressure mineralogy, spectroscopic methods such as electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and assorted synchrotron-based techniques.

TI 43-5 360 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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Truth and Beauty in Metamorphism
Editors : D.R.M. Pattison, M.R. St-Onge, N.J. Bégin, R.F. Martin
Volume 43, Part 1, 2005

This thematic issue is devoted to one of the world’s most original thinkers in metamorphic petrology, Dugald M. Carmichael, who recently retired from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. The special issue consists of 24 original papers by some of the world’s leading figures in metamorphic petrology that cover the full spectrum of metamorphic petrology and its applications to Earth Science. At 512 pages, it is the largest single of issue of Canadian Mineralogist. The volume is divided up into broad themes that reflect Dugald’s career interests: thermodynamics, phase equilibria, metamorphic processes, metamorphic fluids, petrology and structure, and metamorphic petrolgy applied to tectonics.

TI 43-1 512 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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PACROFI VIII - Fluid Inclusions
Editors : D.J. Kontak, A.J. Anderson, D. Marshall, R.F. Martin
Volume 42, Part 5, 2004

This thematic issue presents 17 original research papers on various aspects of fluid inclusions research. Most of these were presented at the eight biennial meeting of the Pan-American Conference on Research on Fluid Inclusions (PACROFI), held in Halifax in July 2002.

TI 42-5 328 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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Platinum-Group Elements: Petrology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy
Editors : J.E. Mungall, W.P. Meurer, R.F. Martin
Volume 42, Part 2, 2004

This thematic issue presents 29 original research papers on the petrology, geochemistry, or mineralogy of deposits of the platinum-group elements. Most of these were presented at the 9th International Platinum Symposium held in Montana, in July 2002.

TI 42-2 456 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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The Cabri Issue
Editors : R.F. Martin
Volume 40, Part 2, 2002

This thematic issue of The Canadian Mineralogist honors Louis Cabri on the occasion of his retirement. More than 60 researchers and close collaborators, colleagues and admirers of his work, publish on the themes that have been recurrent in Louis Cabri’s distinguished career – innovative research in the field of platinum-group minerals and precious metals. The authors of the 32 papers explore the following themes: ore mineralogy of platinum-group minerals; phase-equilibria studies in sulfur-bearing systems; distribution of PGE in natural systems; crystal structure and crystal chemistry of PGM and mineralogy of ore assemblages.

TI 40-2 0 pages, US$40 (outside Canada), CDN$40(in Canada)
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Phase Equilibria in Basaltic Systems
Editors : D. Canil, H.E. Jamieson, R.F. Martin
Volume 39, Part 2, 2001

The articles underscore the many areas in igneous petrology advanced by Peter Roeder’s work over his career. And Ore-Forming Processes in Dynamic Magmatic Systems Editors: S.-J. Barnes, J.H. Crocket & R.F. Martin The 15 contributions, proceedings of an IGCP Field Conference, address how Ni-Cu-PGE deposits found in komatiitic and picritic flows are formed.

TI 39-2 464 pages, US$30 (outside Canada), CDN$30(in Canada)
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Tectonometamorphic Studies in the Canadian Shield (parts II)
Editors : R.G. Berman, R.M. Easton, R.F. Martin
Volume 38, Part 2, 2000

A summary of what is known of the tectonometamorphic history of a significant part of the Canadian Shield. Complements the incoming tectonometamorphic map of the Canadian Shield by the Geological Survey of Canada.

TI 38-2 280 pages, US$30 (outside Canada), CDN$30(in Canada)
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Mineral-Scale Processes in Metamorphic Petrology: the Kretz Volume
Editors : T. Rivers, D.R.M. Pattison, R.F. Martin
Volume 37, Part 2, 1999

An eclectic mix of approaches and subject matter in metamorphic petrology: mineralogy and mineral physics, phase equilibria and the physical conditions of metamorphism, kinetics, trace and REE geochemistry and microstructures.

TI 37-2 272 pages, US$30 (outside Canada), CDN$30(in Canada)
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XRD and Electron-Microscopy Investigations of Layer Silicates
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Volume 36, Part 6, 1998

A demonstration of the power of a combined XRD-TEM approach in the study of layer silicates.

TI 36-6 242 pages, US$30 (outside Canada), CDN$30(in Canada)
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Granitic Pegmatites: The Cerny-Foord Volume
Editors : A.J. Anderson, W.B. Simmons Jr, L.A. Groat, R.F. Martin
Volume 36, Part 2, 1998

A wide spectrum of pegmatite research, from regional field-based studies to detailed characterization of pegmatites minerals and fluids.