September 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/index.html?issue_number=09> American Mineralogist<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/ammin/toc/2020/index.html?issue_number=09> September 2020 (v.105 n.9) 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 Election Results MSA is pleased to announce the results of the 2020 election for 2021 Officers and Councilors: President: Mark Ghiorso, OFM Research Inc. Vice-President: Pamela Burnley, University of Nevada-Las Vegas Treasurer: Glenn Gaetani, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Councilor I: Robert Bodnar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Councilor II: Jennifer Jackson, California Institute of Technology Congratulations to the new MSA Officers and Councilors and many thanks to all of those MSA members who ran for Council this year. The 2021 Council positions will take effect on October 24, 2020 after the Third 2020 MSA Council Meeting, which will be held virtually this year via Zoom. Upcoming Meetings and Events Minerals Day: MSA is collaborating with the American Geosciences Institute and other scientific societies to celebrate Minerals Day on October 12, 2020, the second day of Earth Science Week. The theme for Earth Science Week this year is Earth Materials in Our Lives. More information about Minerals Day will be available shortly via the MSA website and social media outlets. MSA Annual Meeting: Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 3:00 PM Eastern via Zoom. Information on how to register for the meeting will be in the October MSA-Announce. GSA 2020 Connects Online: The Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America will be held virtually from October 26 – 30, 2020 with many MSA-sponsored sessions. Registration<https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/registration> is now open and the Early Registration Deadline is September 21, 2020. America’s Geoheritage II Webinar Series: The U.S. National Committee for Geosciences (IUGS) is presenting a distinguished speaker webinar series<https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/americas-geoheritage-ii-a-workshop> throughout the fall. Anyone interested in geoheritage may register and attend. [ELEM_Cover_v16n4_web]<http://elementsmagazine.org/> Elements<http://elementsmagazine.org/> Elements,<http://elementsmagazine.org/> August 2020, Volume 16, Number 4 is out. The issue’s theme is “Lithium: Less is More” and the Guest Editors are Robert J. Bowell, Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, and Edward S. Grew. [cid:image004.png@01D68074.7991FAA0]<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vram20/current> Rocks & Minerals<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vram20/current> Rocks & Minerals<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vram20/current> Volume 95, Number 5 is available. In addition to Chips from the Quarry and book reviews, there are articles on fluorite from New Mexico; Arizona Prehnite; Kermasite from Zimbabwe; and on the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. MSA Online Teaching Resources For those MSA members planning their mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry courses and syllabi for the upcoming Fall semester, there are Online Teaching Resources<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Teaching_Resources.html> on the MSA website. There you will find videos, animations, images, models, a text, databases, thin section scans, quizzes and much more. Teaching Suggestions<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Teaching_Suggestions.html> are also available. Follow MSA on Twitter! [cid:image005.png@01D68074.7991FAA0] The MSA Twitter feed is at @MinSocAm. 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>