"Celebrating the International Year of Mineralogy is more than just a collection of scientific essays; it is a celebration of the field’s vibrant history and its promising future. Every word in this book perfectly confirms the sentence proposed by editors in the preface: 'mineralogy is a living science'. This book pays homage to the many researchers whose tireless efforts have expanded our understanding of the mineral kingdom and is a must-read for anyone interested in mineralogical stories ... ." (Anhuai Lu, American Mineralogist, Vol. 109 (12), 2024)

• Editorial.- Discovery of fullerenes and quasicrystals in nature.- The Evolution of Mineral Evolution.- Mineral Informatics: Origins.- The Discovery of New Minerals in Modern Mineralogy: Experience, Implications and Perspectives.- Structural and chemical complexity of minerals: the information-based approach.- Predicting HP-HT Earth and planetary materials.- Structural mechanisms stabilizing hydrous silicates at deep-Earth conditions.- Discovering High-pressure and High-temperature Minerals.- Mineralogy of Planetary Cores.- Going inside a diamond.- Mineralogy of returned sample from C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu.- Mineral discoveries that changed everyday life.- Hydrogen, the principal agent of structural and chemical diversity in minerals.