File:Mineralogical Society of America (emblem).png

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Summary

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free logo true for Mineralogical Society of America
Description	This is the logo for Mineralogical Society of America.
Source	The logo is from the following website: www.rocksandminerals.org/About%20Us/aboutrocksandminerals.html
Article	Mineralogical Society of America
Portion used	The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image.
Low resolution?	The logo is of a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution.
Purpose of use	The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing Mineralogical Society of America, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey.
Replaceable?	Because it is a non-free logo, there is almost certainly no free representation. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary.
Other information	Use of the logo in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy, logo guidelines, and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Mineralogical Society of America//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mineralogical_Society_of_America_(emblem).pngtrue

Licensing

This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. The use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.

Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. Fair use

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Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:17, 1 March 2018		160 × 155 (35 KB)	RockMagnetist (DCO visiting scholar) (talk \| contribs)	Source: . {{Non-free use rationale 2 <!--Obligatory fields--> \| Description = Logo for the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) \| Author = MSA \| Source = http://www.rocksandminerals.org/About%20Us/aboutrocksandminerals.html \| Article = Unknown \| Purpose = To represent the MSA logo in an article about the organization. \| Replaceability = No free version exists and it would be hard to reproduce. \| Minimality = The entire logo is shown, and nothing but. \| Commercial = As this is for a Wikipedia article on the organization, it will not infringe on any commercial uses. <!--Optional/expert fields--> \| Date = \| Publication = \| Replaceability_text = \| Other information = }}

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Mineralogical Society of America
File:MSA logo.png (file redirect)
- Mineralogical Society of America

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