The use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially machine learning or deep learning techniques, has strongly increased in the last few years. These techniques have demonstrated their potential for the valorization of the large volume of digital data now accessible. For instance, they have demonstrated their usefulness in mineralogy, mineral spectroscopy, petrography, thermobarometry, thermochronology, and isotope geochemistry. Applications range from the study of mineral resources and Earth surface processes to that of mantle rocks, metamorphism and metasomatism, the carbon cycle, and volcanic processes. This list is far from exhaustive, and many other applications have been explored and are foreseen in mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry. This special issue intends to provide a platform to researchers for the presentation of new results obtained from the use of AI, as well as of new methodological approaches linked to AI technology and data processing applied to mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry.

This special issue invites contributions that showcase innovative experimental approaches, cutting-edge techniques, and multidisciplinary research aimed at addressing the importance of experimental mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry in (bio)geological processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, mineral phase transformations, fluid–rock interactions, biomineralization, the origin and evolution of life, the impact of mineralogical processes on climate, and the application of experimental techniques to exoplanetary research.

Overall, this special issue provides a platform for researchers to share their latest findings on, methodologies addressing, and insights into the fundamental role of experimental mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry in unravelling the complex workings of Earth and its potential for hosting life, as well as expanding our understanding of exoplanetary systems.

This special issue was initiated by Ferdinando Bosi, Chairman of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC). It is intended to support the community working not only on the discovery of new minerals but also on mineral nomenclature and classification. This community is at the core of mineralogy, and the European Journal of Mineralogy fully supports its work. Manuscripts submitted to this special issue will be published for free.

This special issue was initiated during the research workshop on Magma and Fluids, scheduled from 4 to 6 July 2022 at Orléans. This workshop was also an occasion to celebrate the prolific career of Michel Pichavant.

Magma and fluids play a crucial role in the Earth's dynamics by ruling mass and heat transfer from the innermost to the outermost regions of our planet. Capturing the ability of magma to convey heat requires its petrology to be tightly defined on the one hand and the mechanics of multiphase systems to be quantitatively addressed on the other hand. This approach can link intrusive to extrusive processes and is central to capturing the processes conducive to ore deposits. Magma is connected to fluids as it degases not only during volcanic processes but also during deep intrusions, as deep crystallization produces abundant fluids that can interact with the solids and mix with other fluids, building peri-magmatic hydrothermal systems and ore deposits.

In this special issue, we welcome contributions to the petrology, the transport properties, the geochemistry, and the mechanics of magma and fluids, as well as any studies connecting these two realms, using experimental, numerical, and field approaches to bridge the gap in knowledge on magma and fluids. We also welcome studies of high-temperature fluid–rock interactions.

Inclusions in natural rocks are an invaluable asset for geoscientists because they provide information about processes in the Earth's history that are otherwise hidden or subsequently overprinted. In particular, these "impurities" that are remnants of geological processes frozen in the rock record have the potential to provide quantitative data necessary for quantifying a wealth of processes of great impact for all humankind. The field of inclusion studies has been revolutionized in the last 2 decades with the development of ever more precise microanalytical probes that allow us for the first time to characterize tiny inclusions, as well as with a parallel development in theory that now allows the new data measured on inclusions to be used to define the chemical and physical conditions at the time of their formation.

Papers are invited on all aspects of solid and melt inclusions, both reviews of methodologies and specific case studies applied to all fields of geology, so that the special issue provides a comprehensive view of the latest developments of this fertile field. If you wish to discuss potential topics for your submission, please contact the guest editors.