Mineralogical Society of America

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Mineralogical Society of America

Abbreviation	MSA
Formation	December 30, 1919; 104 years ago (1919-12-30)[1]
Type	Scientific society
Legal status	Not-for-profit 501(c)(3)[2]
Purpose	To advance mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology[2]
Headquarters	Chantilly, VA[3]
President	Mark Ghiorso (2021)[4]
Vice President	Pamela Burnley (2022)[4]
Main organ	American Mineralogist[2]
Website	www.minsocam.org

The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization. MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, and the arts. It encourages fundamental research about natural materials; supports the teaching of mineralogical concepts and procedures to students of mineralogy and related arts and sciences; and attempts to raise the scientific literacy of society with respect to issues involving mineralogy. The Society encourages the general preservation of mineral collections, displays, mineral localities, type minerals and scientific data. MSA represents the United States with regard to the science of mineralogy in any international context. The Society was incorporated in 1937 and approved as a nonprofit organization in 1959.