1. Preface – Special Issue: Mineral Spectroscopy

   • E. Libowitzky
   • A. Beran

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 2

2. Electron paramagnetic resonance and electron spin echo spectroscopy study of natural bornite

   • M. Borgheresi
   • G. P. Bernardini
   • M. Romanelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 18

3. Natural Fe-oxide and -oxyhydroxide nanoparticles: an EPR and SQUID investigation

   • C. Carbone
   • F. Di Benedetto
   • C. Cipriani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 32

4. The nature of red luminescence of natural benitoite BaTiSi₃O₉

   • M. Gaft
   • L. Nagli
   • G. Panczer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 44

5. Distinguishing natural from synthetic amethyst: the presence and shape of the 3595 cm⁻¹ peak

   • S. Karampelas
   • E. Fritsch
   • S. Sklavounos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 52

6. Absorption properties of synthetic Cr-doped spinels in the UV, visible and infrared range and their astronomical implications

   • H. Richter
   • T. Posch
   • H. Mutschke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 65

7. Potassium coordination in trioctahedral micas investigated by K-edge XANES spectroscopy

   • G. Cibin
   • A. Mottana
   • M. F. Brigatti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 87

8. X-ray powder diffraction and ⁵⁷Fe – Mössbauer spectroscopy of synthetic trioctahedral micas {K}[Me₃]\(\langle\)TSi₃\(\rangle\)O₁₀(OH)₂, Me = Ni²⁺, Mg²⁺, Co²⁺, Fe²⁺; T = Al³⁺, Fe³⁺

   • G. J. Redhammer
   • G. Amthauer
   • G. Roth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 115