Acceptance of the Distinguished Public Service Award of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2024.

Sharon Tahirkheli, a retired geoscientist, has been awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) for her contributions to the field. Although not a mineralogist, Tahirkheli's career focused on geoscience information and she has worked on projects related to mineralogy. The MSA defined mineralogy broadly for the award, including service to national and international geoscience societies. Tahirkheli expressed her gratitude for the recognition and reflected on her career, emphasizing her passion for information dissemination and the impact of community-based projects in the geoscience field. [Extracted from the article]