IMA was founded in 1958 as the the world’s largest organization promoting mineralogy, one of the oldest branches of science. 36 national mineralogical societies or groups are members of IMA. The Association supports the activities of several Commissions and Working Groups at the cutting edge of mineralogy and facilitates interactions among mineralogists by sponsoring and organizing meetings.
IMA Statement
According to our constitution, an important objective of IMA is the promotion of contact and interaction among mineralogists of all nations. The current dramatic events in Ukraina affect IMA, in that both Ukraine and Russia are two of our member countries. Thus, we cannot ignore the present situation and we call for a dialogue without weapons and or peace. Any military conflict is a humanitarian catastrophe serving against progress and international scientific cooperation.
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IMA2026 Nanjing – Website Open!
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Report of IMA Meetings at EMC 2024 Dublin
During EMC 2024 in Dublin on 18-23 August, three IMA Council Meetings and two Business Meetings were held. All the meetings were held in a hybrid format with participants primarily in person and some in remote. See details.
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IMA Meetings at EMC 2024 Dublin
The details of the IMA Meetings at EMC 2024 Dublin are updated! See details
IMA Meetings at EMC 2024, Dublin
IMA Meetings will be held during the 4th European Mineralogical Conference, EMC2024 in Dublin in 18-23 August 2024.
IMA Council Meeting 1
Sunday 18, August 16:00-18:00 (Geology 1)
IMA Council Meeting 2
Tuesday 20 16:00-17:00 (Geology 1)
IMA Council Meeting 3
Friday 23 12:45-13:15 (Geology 1)
IMA Business Meeting 1 (General assembly)
Monday 19, 17:30-18:30 (Burke theatre)
IMA Business Meeting 2 (Election)
Thursday 22, 16:00-18:00 (Davis theatre)
Mineral of the Year 2023 – Batoniite
For 2023 the “Mineral of the Year” award has been assigned to batoniite. The mineral was discovered in a sample collected at the Cetine di Cotorniano mine, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy, and was fully characterized by a research team lead by Daniela Mauro from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy.
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2023 IMA Medalist
Prof. Tetsuo IRIFUNE of Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, (Japan) is our 2023 IMA Medalist. Congratulations! He is a pioneer in the development of new methods for the generation of ultrahigh pressures and temperatures in large volumes press and has reached the highest level of scientific excellence and eminence within the international mineral physics community by setting new standards in the performance of high-pressure experiments with applications to both deep Earth processes, and to materials science.
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MINERALOGY 2022 – IYBSSD 2022-2023
Interview of Patrick Cordier
