Call for papers 44th FM-TGMS-MSA Tucson Mineral Symposium: Red, White and Blue Minerals – Let us Celebrate Saturday, February 14, 2026 Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ The forty-fourth Mineral Symposium, held in conjunction with the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®, will take place on Saturday, February 14, 2026. This symposium is co-sponsored by the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society®, the Friends of Mineralogy, and the Mineralogical Society of America. As a tie in with the show, the symposium theme is a modified form of the show theme: “Red White and Blue, Celebrate the Spirit of Minerals.” Presentations are sought on red, white or blue minerals – worldwide localities, geology, mineralogy, crystallography, cause of color, or geochemistry. Some examples of desired topics, but not restricted to these, are talks about rhodochrosite, rhodonite, rubies, red beryl, azurite, aquamarine, linarite, lazurite, elbaite, barite, gypsum, calcite, and zeolites. An audience of amateur and professional mineralogists and geologists is expected. Presentation titles must be submitted prior to July 31, 2025. Details on the symposia and what, where, and when to submit are gives on the national FM website: https://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/call-for-papers/