''Mineralogical Abstracts'', also known as ''MINABS Online'', was a
bibliographic database
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, ...
that was first published in 1920 and discontinued in 2008. It is now included in
GeoRef
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The GeoRef database is a bibliographic database that indexes scientific literature in the geosciences, including geology. Coverage ranges from 1666 to the present for North American literature, and 1933 to the present for the rest of t ...
. The database consists of more than 135,000 abstracts of journal papers. Subject coverage includes
mineralogy,
crystallography,
geochemistry
Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the ...
,
petrology, environmental mineralogy, and related topics.
[
] From 1920 until 1957, it appeared as a supplement to ''The Mineralogical Magazine'' and ''Journal of the Mineralogical Society''. The last
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was
Robert A. Howie, who served in this position from 1966 until ''Mineralogical Abstracts'' ceased publication in 2008. Howie oversaw the transition from a paper publication to
compact disk
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October ...
s ''(MinSource'') and then to the online version in 2003 (''MinAbs Online'').
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.minersoc.org/minabs.html
Publications established in 1920
Publications disestablished in 2008
Mineralogy
Bibliographic databases and indexes