Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica is an academic journal co-sponsored by the Petrology Committee of the Chinese Geological Society, the Mineralogy Committee, and the Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. It is a geological national Chinese core journal, a bimonthly journal published by the Science Press and openly circulated both at home and abroad, and it is published on the 25th of every single month.
The predecessor of Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica is Rock Minerals and Testing, which was founded in 1982. The journal adheres to the tenet of popularisation and improvement, carries out academic exchanges and discussions, using the majority of geoscientific research and teaching personnel as the main target readers, and serves to accelerate the modernisation construction. The main columns include Special Studies, Problems and Discussions, Review and Progress, Methods and Applications, Academic Controversies, Environmental Mineralogy, Jade and Jade Mineralogy, Comprehensive Information, and Newsletters.