The MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences.
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American Mineralogist:
High-resolution Raman spectroscopy of calcium phosphate apatite along the F-OH, F-Cl, and Cl-OH binaries
Kyle Ashley, Matthew Steele-MacInnis, Daniel Harlov, John Hughes, Robert Bodnar
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9938
MSA Tucson 2027 abstracts portal open, and abstract deadline is October 31, 2026!
Submission portal: abstractscorecard.com/cfp/su…
Meeting webpage: msaweb.org/annualmeeting/
Join us in Tucson Feb. 14 – 18, 2027!
American Mineralogist:
The periclase-wüstite stability field and the exsolution of coherent nanocrystalline spinel ferrite at 0.1 MPa
Caterina Melai, et al.
(Open Access)
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9930
Mineral Monday!
Graphites of the Ticonderoga Area, New York
By William Peck, Colgate University
Graphite was mined in the Adirondacks from 1850-1920. It formed from organic and igneous carbon sources during 2 orogenies.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #graphite #Adirondacks
American Mineralogist:
Fluid assimilation-fractional crystallization drives heavy zinc isotope enrichment in Himalayan leucogranites
Cuihua Luo, Gengxin Deng, Shubin Fang, Xiao Chi Liu, Fang Huang
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9889
Thin Section Thursday! Upper image: XPL. Lower image: Cathodoluminescence. 2.8 Ga tonalite from the Beartooth Mtns, MT with anti-perthitic exsolution of microcline (blue in CL) in a plagioclase host. Contributed by Darrell Henry.
#thinsectionthursday
American Mineralogist:
Iron phyllosilicates: Targeted removal by acid treatment and their differing potential to immobilize aqueous sulfide
Spencer Bingham, Peter Solheid, Alon McCormick, R. Lee Penn
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9800
American Mineralogist:
K+/Na+-smectite indicates a lake 3500 million years ago in Gale crater on Mars
Xiaorong Qin, et al.
The extent and persistence of liquid water in Gale crater are central to understanding Mars’ past habitability.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9781
Mineralogical Society of America retweeted
Today is #MINERALSDAY! 💎⛏️🚨
Where would we be without minerals? They impact every aspect of our life!
So why not take some time today to explore minerals on mineralsday.org?
#CriticalMineralsThrivingSociety #ESW2026 #EarthScienceWeek2026 #MineralsDay #Minerals
Mineral Monday!
Minerals Day Around the World
By Fernando Núñez Useche
October 12, 2026 is Minerals Day, part of Earth Science Week. Here we share an educational event taking place in Mexico.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #MineralsDay #EarthScienceWeek #education
American Mineralogist:
Electrical conductivity of MgCO3 under thermodynamic conditions of Earth's interior: a first-principles investigation
Samuel Santos, João Francisco Filho, Lucy Vitória Assali
doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9719
Thin Section Thursday!
Holmquistite in Mica Schist
Crossed polars, horizontal length: 7 mm
Xinjiang, Uygur Autonomous Region
#ThinSectionThursday
You can contribute too. Send images and captions to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu.
American Mineralogist:
Synthesis of K- and Fe-rich davemaoite
Oliver Tschauner, Shichun Huang, Justin Hardin, Michael Michael Petaev, Logan Magad-Weiss, Erinna Tschauner, Melanie White, Ashkan Salamat, Nicholas Dygert, Ping Wang
(Open Access)
doi.org/10.2138/am-2026-1028…
American Mineralogist:
Sunshuite, FeBi2S4, a new member of the pavonite homologous series from the Jiawula-Chaganbulagen Ag-Pb-Zn ore field, Inner Mongolia, China
Kaixuan Hui, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-1009…
MSA Tucson 2027 meeting: Feb. 14 - 18 2027
The abstract deadline: Oct. 31, 2026
The link to the abstract submission portal is available on the main page of the MSA website: msaweb.org.
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We are pleased to announce the results of our recent election for Officers and Councilors for 2027. They are:
President: Professor Marc Hirschmann
Vice-President: Professor Paul Tomascak
Councilor I: Professor Emily Chin
Councilor II: Professor G. Diego Gatta
American Mineralogist:
New insights into antimony isotopic fractionation mechanisms from experimental investigations
Da Wang, Ryan Mathur, Hong-Jie Wu, Wayne Powell, Peter Baran, Zi-An Liu, Huchao Ma
doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9999
Mineral Cup Final! Cuprite vs. quartz. Vote only once!
mineralcup.org/2026/vote-res…
