July 2020 newsletter [A close up of a logo Description automatically generated]<http://www.minsocam.org/> Mineralogical Society of America<http://www.minsocam.org> ________________________________ [AmMin Front cover]<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/ammin/toc/2020/Jul2020_data/Jul2020_data.html> American Mineralogist<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/ammin/toc/2020/Jul2020_data/Jul2020_data.html> July 2020 (v.105 n.7) 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<https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ammin> link. Likewise, DeGruyter subscribers should use the DeGruyter<https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/ammin/ammin-overview.xml?tab_body=latestIssueToc-75061> link. · American Mineralogist Papers in Press<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints.html> MSA 2020 Elections for 2021 Officers and Councilors The online ballot<https://msa.minsocam.org/electionstart2020.html> is now available for this year’s elections on the MSA website. Candidates for the different positions are: President: Mark Ghiorso Vice-President: Pamela Burnley and Craig Manning Treasurer: Glenn Gaetani and Paul Tomascak Councilor I: Robert Bodnar and Michael Williams Councilor II: Darrell Henry and Jennifer Jackson Voting is open until midnight on August 15, 2020. Those MSA members without email addresses will receive paper ballots and return envelopes. Any member may also request a paper ballot by contacting Ann Benbow at abenbow@minsocam.org<mailto:abenbow@minsocam.org>. [GSA2020]<https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/home> The 2020 GSA Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 situation. Information on abstract submission and registration<https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/home>. [cid:image004.jpg@01D655D5.450A5B70]<https://gem-a.com/jog-volume-37-issue-2> Journal of Gemmology The new issue of the Journal of Gemmology<https://gem-a.com/jog-volume-37-issue-2> is now available. In addition to columns What’s New and Gem Notes, articles cover such topics as amber from Myanmar, saltwater cultured pearls in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), diamonds from Suriname, and pink axinite from Tanzania. MSA Ambassadors Program Please consider participating virtually in the MSA Ambassadors Program<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ambassador/MSA_Ambassadors.html> in the coming months. MSA Ambassadors provide vital outreach on interesting topics in mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry to audiences from schools, rocks and minerals clubs, and other informal groups. Using video-based communications software, you can share your knowledge and enthusiasm. When you contact the MSA Business Office after you have made a presentation to an audience, we will list you on our Ambassadors Page<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ambassador/MSA_Ambassadors.html>. MSA is on Twitter! [cid:image005.png@01D655D5.450A5B70] Follow MSA at @MinSocAm for the latest news and announcements. 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>