September 2019 newsletter [MSA logo] Mineralogical Society of America<http://www.minsocam.org> ________________________________ [AmMin Front cover] American Mineralogist September 2019 (v.104 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 your 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 Sept-Oct double print issue will mail in October. American Mineralogist Papers in Press<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints.html> ________________________________ Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy Second Edition. Written by M. Darby Dyar and Mickey E. Gunter. Illustrations and animations by Dennis Tasa. The second edition of Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy is now available in all its formats - and in full color! Its description, table of contents, preface, as well as all the images, animations, videos, and quizzes that accompany the textbook, the CrystalMaker® software link, and the Mineral Database can be reached online<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/DGTtxt/>. Available in print as a full color paperback, in electronic form (pdf) as both the complete text and as individual chapters, as well as individual chapters for iPad and Mac on iBooks. · From MSA<https://msa.minsocam.org/orders.html> as the color print edition. · From MinPubs.org<http://www.minpubs.org> as an electronic 2019 color version (pdf) of either the complete text or individual chapters. (Select "Textbook" as the menu option.) · From Apple<https://books.apple.com/us/book/mineralogy-and-optical-mineralogy/id1446489515?mt=13#see-all/other-books-in-book-series> as individual chapters for iPad or Mac for iBooks [side image] ________________________________ [side image] MSA's 100th Birthday reminders Videos of the MSA Centennial Symposium Presentations and discussions<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Symposium.html> are posted on the MSA website, and available to be viewed by anyone. MSA Centennial Ambassador Project<http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Ambassadors.html>: Volunteer to give a talk to a non-academic audience about your favorite subject in mineralogy, geochemistry, and/or petrology: K-12 classes, mineral clubs, retirement centers, and local museum or library lecture series, and join with the other Ambassadors there. MSA Centennial events at the 2019 MSA-GSA Annual Meeting, 22-25 September, Phoenix, AZ: · T29. Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) at 100: Reflections, Refractions, Diffractions, Intrusions, Subductions, Reactions, etc. from MSA Past Presidents (I and II). Included will be the Day Medal Address by MSA Past President John W. Valley, who is GSA's 2019 Arthur L. Day Medalist<https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2019/19-25.aspx>. · T28. Mineralogical Society of America at 100: The Many Faces of Tourmaline—From Crystallographic Complexity to Recorder of Crustal Evolution: Organizers: Darrell J. Henry, Barbara L. Dutrow · T24. Metamorphic Petrology Past, Present and Future: Preparing for the Next 100 Years with the Mineralogical Society of America: Organizers: Robert M. Holder, Mark J. Caddick, Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland ________________________________ [side image] Volume 85: Reactive Transport in Natural and Engineered Systems Jennifer Druhan and Christophe Tournassat, editors. The chapters fall into three categories: [1] the current state of reactive transport simulation capability to address challenging new frontiers such as multi-scale hybrid approaches, fractured and nanoporous media, multiphase systems, and evolving physical structures, [2] novel or expanded reactive transport applications in Earth Science such as stable isotope partitioning, microbial catalysis, vadose zone systems, soils, and watersheds, and [3] industrial applications of reactive transport modeling in the fields of waste repositories, carbon sequestration, and sub-surface resource recovery. The volume is a significant update to its predecessor Reviews volume 34<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/RIM/rim34.html>. RiMG 85 Description and table of contents<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/RIM/Rim85.html> ________________________________ [side image] MSA Annual Meeting MSA's Annual Meeting is at the 2019 GSA Meeting<https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/gsa2019.aspx>, Phoenix AZ, USA, 22-25 September 2019. MSA will have its Awards Luncheon; Awards Lectures; Joint Reception among MSA, the Geochemical Society, and GSA’s MGPV (Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology) Division; Annual Business Meeting; Council Meeting; Past Presidents breakfast, and a booth in the exhibit hall. The MSA Awards Lunch is Tuesday, 24 September 2019 for presentations of the: · Roebling Medal to Peter R. Buseck (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) · Dana Medal to Matthew J. Kohn (Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA) · Distinguished Public Service Medal to Rodney C. Ewing (Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA) · 2019 MSA Award to Olivier Namur (University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) · 2018 MSA Award to Laura Nielsen Lammers (University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA). The MSA Awards Lectures are the same day, beginning at 3 pm. The MSA Annual Business Meeting is at 5 pm, followed by the MSA/GS/MGPV Joint Reception at 5:45 pm-7:30 pm. Topical sessions have also been proposed for MSA awardees: · T26. Visions of Minerals at the Nanoscale: In Honor of Mineralogical Society of America Roebling Medalist Peter R. Buseck. Organizers: Mihály Pósfai, Jill F. Banfield, Lindsay P. Keller · T18. The Solidification Path of Magma—Information from Igneous Rocks, Eruptions, and Experimental Petrology: In Honor of the Mineralogical Society of America Awardee for 2019, Olivier Namur. Organizers: Michael D. Higgins, Bernard Charlier · T38. Effects of Mineral-Water Interface Complexity on Geochemical Processes: A Session in Honor of Mineralogical Society of America Awardee for 2018, Laura Nielsen Lammers. Organizers: Benjamin Gilbert, Donald J. DePaolo, Garrison Sposito, Rick Ryerson ________________________________ 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>