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IMA Council meeting
An agenda was proposed to the IMA councillors for the IMA council meeting to be held in Cambridge, June 2007
IMA publication in Elements
Frances Wall is new IMA Communications Officer. See a report in Elements  , February 2007.
Commission
and Working group news 33rd International Geological Congress: Sessions proposed by IMA Commissions and Working Groups
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IMA Comm/WG |
Proposed Sessions |
Conveners |
1 |
WGME |
Phase transformations and geodynamics |
Taras V.Gerya, Prof. Leonid L.Perchuk |
2 |
WGME |
Fluids and melts in the Earth’s mantle: from natural observation to HT-HP experiment |
Leonid L. Perchuk , Oleg G. Safonov |
3 |
CAM, COM, WGEMG |
Metals in the Earth: from vital resource to environmental hazard |
David Vaughan, Dr. Dogan Pactunc, Kari Kojonen |
4 |
CMGIP* |
Crystal growth and biominerallization |
Tsukamoto, Garcia Luiz, Jim De Yoreo A. Glikin |
5 |
COM |
Au-Ag telluride-selenide deposits - IGCP 486 |
Nigel Cook, Kari Kojonen |
6 |
COM |
Platinum Group Element mineralogy |
Andy McDonald, Kari Kojonen |
7 |
COM |
Mineralogy |
Chris J. Stanley, Kari Kojonen |
8 |
CPM |
Neutrons and synchrotron radiation in mineralogy and material science |
Susan Schorr |
9 |
CPM |
Mineral Spectroscopy |
Georg Amthauer |
10 |
CPM |
Properties and dynamics of mantle and core |
Eiji Ohtani |
11 |
CPM |
Melts and glasses in mineralogy and petrology |
Daniel Neuville |
12 |
CPM |
Kinetics and dynanics in mineral processes |
Yannick Ingrin |
13 |
WGIM |
Inclusions in Minerals |
Sergey Smirnov, Pei Ni, Matti Poutiainen |
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Commission on Mineral Growth and Interface Processes (CMGIP)
Chairs of the CMGIP are revisiting the list of members to increase representation from the different mineralogical societies and participation. The updated list is available here.
Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Information reported below was provided by E. Bürke, Chair of the CNMNC, to the IMA Council (March 16, 2007).
An IMA list of Mineral Names has been compiled in a cooperation between the authors of the MINERAL database (Nickel & Nichols) and CNMNC. This list (with about 6500 entries) is available on the CNMNC website (http://www.geo.vu.nl/~ima-cnmmn).
Links: Click on IMA list of minerals.
In the future, cooperation between the RRUFF project, CNMNC and the owners of the MINERAL database should produce an official IMA list.
IUGS News
From the IUGS Bull N°20: THE 33RD INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
The Science Committee invites all Geoscientists to participate in developing the programme of the 33rd IGC. Please read carefully through our suggestions for Topical, Special and General Symposia and add new suggestions on the Pre-registration and Questionnaire form: http://www.33igc.org/ |
March 2007