Home   AmMin   GMR   RiMG   Collectors Corner   Directory   Short Courses 
Short Courses and Workshops
Short Courses and Workshops sponsored or recognized by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), the Geochemical Society (GS), and the European Mineralogical Union (EMU).

Short Courses are 2-4 day in length and are in-depth reviews of a broad topic.  Published proceedings of the MSA and GS short courses will appear as a volume in the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry series.  EMU short course proceedings will appear as a volume in the EMU Notes in Mineralogy series.  Workshops are 1/2 to 1 day instructions on a much more focused topic or technique.  Workshops generally do not result in a publication available after the course.  Both Short Courses and Workshops are held in conjunction with a major meeting at which there may be special sessions on the same topic.

(revised 05/22/2010)

Short Course(s) now open for enrollment:
  • Diffusion in Minerals and Melts (2010)

    • Future Short Courses:
  • Sulfur in Silicate Magmas and Melts and its Importance for Natural and Technical Processes (2011)
  • Applied Mineralogy of Cement and Concrete (2011)

    • Workshop(s) now open for enrollment:
  • None


    • Interested in organizing a short course? Information for prospective short course organizers:
  • Short Course Guidelines
  • Short Course Budget Template (MicroSoft Excel file)
  • Style Manual for Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry volumes
  • Author Copyright Agreement
  • Permission Letter (MicroSoft Word file)
  • Short Course Committee

    • If you are thinking of developing a MSA short course and RiMG volume to be held in the Fall of 2012, plan on submitting your original proposal to the Chair of the MSA Short Course Committee by December 1st, 2010. This wil lgive time for the committee to consider it and make their recomendations to the Spring MSA Council. If all goes well, your final proposal for approval by MSA Council in the Fall of 2011, leaving at least 12 months to organize the course and produce the RiMG volumes in time for the short course. For short courses taking place in the first half of 2013, you should plan on submitting your original proposal to the committee by July 1st, 2011.
     Diffusion in Minerals and Melts.
    December 11-12, 2010


    Short Course organizers: Youxue Zhang and Daniele Cherniak
    meeting: preceding the Annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco
    sponsors: Mineralogical Society of America and The Geochemical Society

    Short Course description and information.

    Register either Online here or by mail or fax using the Downloadable registration form.

    Lodging Reservations     Participants can use this link to a personalized group web page to make their lodging reservations or contact the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel and Spa (3425 Solano Avenue, Napa, CA, USA; Ph: 1-707-253-8600; Fax: 1-707-258-1320, www.napavalleymarriott.com), mention this conference, make reservations and pay for your lodging before 11/10/2010.

     Sulfur in Silicate Magmas and Melts and its Importance for Natural and Technical Processes.
    spring, 2011
    in Goslar, Germany

    Short Course organizers: Harald Behrens and Jim Webster
    meeting:
    sponsors: Mineralogical Society of America and The Geochemical Society

     Applied Mineralogy of Cement and Concrete.
    August, 2011
    Trondheim, Norway

    Short Course organizers: Maarten A. T. M. Broekmans, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU),Trondheim, Norway and Herbert Poellmann, Martin Luther Universitaet, Halle (Saale), Germany
    meeting: preceding the the 2011 International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM) meeting in Trondheim, Norway
    sponsors: Mineralogical Society of America and The Geochemical Society
    Copyright © 1997 - 2010 Mineralogical Society of America. All rights reserved