The purpose of the Electronic Articles is to provide a means for authors to utilize the capabilities of electronic publication for the enhancement of scientific communication through the use of extensive color, animations, and interactive design elements. This was formerly only available via GMR, an online journal of MSA, but now there is no reason that American Mineralogist should be limited in its use of web capacities; thus a merger was born to allow the full use of state-of-the-art technologies for scientific communications.