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April 2019 newsletter
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American Mineralogist
April 2019 (v.104 n.4) issue is online.

Member access to online MSA publications is at www.msapub.orghttp://www.msapubs.org. Select the appropriate link based on your member or institution's subscription. If your institution subscribes to GeoScienceWorld (GSW), we ask that you preferentially use the GSW linkhttp://www.msapubs.org. Likewise, DeGruyter subscribers should use their DeGruyterhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ammin link. The Mar-Apr double print issue will be mailed this month.
American Mineralogist Papers in Presshttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints.html

The April issue contains the citations and acceptances of the 2018 MSA medalists and awardees. MSA's 2018 Award Lectures and Presidential Address, were recorded and are posted:
·        Joerg Hermann - “Dana Medal Lecture: Mineralogical and petrological constraints on the Earth’s deep-water cycle”https://youtu.be/ndpJHpUn_A8
·        E. Bruce Watson - MSA Roebling Medal Lecture: Nitrogen diffusion in silicates, with implications for terrestrial N cyclinghttps://youtu.be/NfMTkIvmdOc
·        Michael Brown - “MSA Presidential Address: Metamorphism, Secular Change and Geodynamics"https://youtu.be/78TqBSiQXv8


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Join us in celebrating
MSA's 100th Birthday!

June 20-21, 2019, Washington, D.C.

The MSA Centennial Symposiumhttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Symposium.html will feature 44 speakers who will address a range of exciting themes. Registrants will attend a private evening reception at the National Museum of Natural History for viewing of the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, & Minerals! online Registrationhttps://msa.minsocam.org/Centennial.html ormail Registrationhttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Symposium_Registration.pdf.

MSA Centennial Ambassador Project: Volunteer to give a talk to a non-academic audience about your favorite subject in mineralogy, geochemistry, and/or petrology: K-12 classrooms, mineral clubs, retirement centers, and local museum or library lecture series. Include one of the official MSA Centennial slides that can be downloadedhttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Ambassadors.html. After you have given your talk, visit the Ambassadors web pagehttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Ambassadors.html again, register your presentation, and join with the other Ambassadors there.


MSA Lecture program

The 2019-2020 Lecture Program is open for requestshttp://www.minsocam.org/msa/Lecture_Prog.html#instructions. Those received before June 22, will be given priority.


MSA Awards & Recognitions

June 1 is the deadline for nominations for 2019 MSA awards and honors. Descriptions and how to make a nomination:

Roebling Medalhttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Roebling.html MSA Awardhttp://www.minsocam.org/msa/Awards/MSA_Award.html

Dana Medalhttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Dana.html Fellowshiphttp://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Fellowship.html

Distinguished Public Service Medalhttp://www.minsocam.org/msa/Awards/Public_Service.html


Short Course: Reactive Transport in Natural and Engineered Systems

August 17-18, 2019, Barcelona, Spain, before the Goldschmidt Conference. Organizers: Jennifer L. Druhan, University of Illinois and Christophe Tournassat, French Geological Survey, Orléans (BRGM). This workshop will cover the diversity of applications which have developed since the 1996 RiMG volume 34 on reactive transport, with emphasis on principles now employed to address a wide variety of natural and engineered systems across diverse spatial and temporal scales, in tandem with advances in computational capacity, quantitative imaging and reactive interface characterization techniques.

Description and registration online.https://goldschmidt.info/2019/


March/April Rocks & Minerals

Articles include "Arizona Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs", "Who's Who in Mineral Names: Luca Bindi", "The Where of Mineral Names: Nimite, National Institute for Metallurgy (NIM), Bon Accord, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa", "Minerals of the Kabwe (“Broken Hill”) Mine, Central Province, Zambia", .

table of contentshttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vram20/94/2?nav=tocList
MSA members can subscribe at special rates. Sign up with your MSA member ID & passwordhttps://msa.minsocam.org/subscriptions.html

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The Journal of Gemmology

The new issue of Journal of Gemmology(2019, v. 36, n. 5) includes articles on the raman microspectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy of spinel, Mogok, Myanmar; characterisation of peridot from China’s Jilin Province and from North Korea, as well as the regular "What's New" and "Gem, Note" sections.

table of contentshttps://gem-a.com/news-publications/news-blogs/gems-from-gem-a/gem/journal-of-gemmology MSA members can subscribe at special rates. Sign up with your MSA member ID & passwordhttps://msa.minsocam.org/subscriptions.html

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MSA Annual Meeting

At the 2019 GSA Meetinghttps://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/gsa2019.aspx, Phoenix AZ, USA, 22-25 September 2019. Abstracts Deadline: 25 June 2019.


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April 2019 newsletter [MSA logo] Mineralogical Society of America<http://www.minsocam.org> ________________________________ [AmMin Front cover] American Mineralogist April 2019 (v.104 n.4) issue is online. Member access to online MSA publications is at www.msapub.org<http://www.msapubs.org>. Select the appropriate link based on your member or institution's subscription. If your institution subscribes to GeoScienceWorld (GSW), we ask that you preferentially use the GSW link<http://www.msapubs.org>. Likewise, DeGruyter subscribers should use their DeGruyter<http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ammin> link. The Mar-Apr double print issue will be mailed this month. American Mineralogist Papers in Press<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints.html> The April issue contains the citations and acceptances of the 2018 MSA medalists and awardees. MSA's 2018 Award Lectures and Presidential Address, were recorded and are posted: · Joerg Hermann - “Dana Medal Lecture: Mineralogical and petrological constraints on the Earth’s deep-water cycle”<https://youtu.be/ndpJHpUn_A8> · E. Bruce Watson - MSA Roebling Medal Lecture: Nitrogen diffusion in silicates, with implications for terrestrial N cycling<https://youtu.be/NfMTkIvmdOc> · Michael Brown - “MSA Presidential Address: Metamorphism, Secular Change and Geodynamics"<https://youtu.be/78TqBSiQXv8> ________________________________ [side image] Join us in celebrating MSA's 100th Birthday! June 20-21, 2019, Washington, D.C. The MSA Centennial Symposium<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Symposium.html> will feature 44 speakers who will address a range of exciting themes. Registrants will attend a private evening reception at the National Museum of Natural History for viewing of the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, & Minerals! online Registration<https://msa.minsocam.org/Centennial.html> ormail Registration<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Symposium_Registration.pdf>. MSA Centennial Ambassador Project: Volunteer to give a talk to a non-academic audience about your favorite subject in mineralogy, geochemistry, and/or petrology: K-12 classrooms, mineral clubs, retirement centers, and local museum or library lecture series. Include one of the official MSA Centennial slides that can be downloaded<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Ambassadors.html>. After you have given your talk, visit the Ambassadors web page<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Ambassadors.html> again, register your presentation, and join with the other Ambassadors there. ________________________________ MSA Lecture program The 2019-2020 Lecture Program is open for requests<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Lecture_Prog.html#instructions>. Those received before June 22, will be given priority. ________________________________ MSA Awards & Recognitions June 1 is the deadline for nominations for 2019 MSA awards and honors. Descriptions and how to make a nomination: Roebling Medal<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Roebling.html> MSA Award<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Awards/MSA_Award.html> Dana Medal<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Dana.html> Fellowship<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Fellowship.html> Distinguished Public Service Medal<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Awards/Public_Service.html> ________________________________ Short Course: Reactive Transport in Natural and Engineered Systems August 17-18, 2019, Barcelona, Spain, before the Goldschmidt Conference. Organizers: Jennifer L. Druhan, University of Illinois and Christophe Tournassat, French Geological Survey, Orléans (BRGM). This workshop will cover the diversity of applications which have developed since the 1996 RiMG volume 34 on reactive transport, with emphasis on principles now employed to address a wide variety of natural and engineered systems across diverse spatial and temporal scales, in tandem with advances in computational capacity, quantitative imaging and reactive interface characterization techniques. Description and registration online.<https://goldschmidt.info/2019/> ________________________________ March/April Rocks & Minerals Articles include "Arizona Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs", "Who's Who in Mineral Names: Luca Bindi", "The Where of Mineral Names: Nimite, National Institute for Metallurgy (NIM), Bon Accord, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa", "Minerals of the Kabwe (“Broken Hill”) Mine, Central Province, Zambia", . table of contents<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vram20/94/2?nav=tocList> MSA members can subscribe at special rates. Sign up with your MSA member ID & password<https://msa.minsocam.org/subscriptions.html> [side image] ________________________________ The Journal of Gemmology The new issue of Journal of Gemmology(2019, v. 36, n. 5) includes articles on the raman microspectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy of spinel, Mogok, Myanmar; characterisation of peridot from China’s Jilin Province and from North Korea, as well as the regular "What's New" and "Gem, Note" sections. table of contents<https://gem-a.com/news-publications/news-blogs/gems-from-gem-a/gem/journal-of-gemmology> MSA members can subscribe at special rates. Sign up with your MSA member ID & password<https://msa.minsocam.org/subscriptions.html> [side image] ________________________________ [side image] MSA Annual Meeting At the 2019 GSA Meeting<https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/gsa2019.aspx>, Phoenix AZ, USA, 22-25 September 2019. Abstracts Deadline: 25 June 2019. ________________________________ Mineralogical Society of America 3635 Concorde Pkwy Ste 500 - Chantilly VA 20151-1110 - USA Tel: +1 (703) 652-9950 - Fax: +1 (703) 652-9951 e-mail: business@minsocam.org<mailto:jaspeer@minsocam.org> - Internet: www.minsocam.org<http://www.minsocam.org>