《美國礦物學家》是美國礦物學學會(MSA)的期刊，出版礦物學、晶體學、地球化學和巖石學等一般領域的原始科學研究成果。具體覆蓋的領域包括,但不限于,火成巖和變質巖石學,實驗礦物學和巖石學、晶體化學和晶體結構決定,礦物譜學、礦物物理、同位素地球化學,主要和微量元素地球化學、地球物質科學、粘土礦物、礦物表面科學、地球化學mineral-fluid系統(tǒng),環(huán)境礦物學、地球微生物學,生物礦化,新礦物和礦物出現(xiàn),巖石學和巖石成因，礦床，礦物儀器和技術。

American Mineralogist, the journal of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), publishes the results of original scientific research in the general fields of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology. Specific areas of coverage include, but are not restricted to, igneous and metamorphic petrology, experimental mineralogy and petrology, crystal chemistry and crystal-structure determinations, mineral spectroscopy, mineral physics, isotope geochemistry, major and trace element geochemistry, planetary material science, clay minerals, mineral surface science, geochemistry of mineral-fluid systems, environmental mineralogy, biomineralization, geomicrobiology, new minerals and mineral occurrences, petrography and petrogenesis, ore deposits, and mineralogical apparatus and techniques.