IMA medal

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Description

The IMA Medal From R.I. Gait, Royal Ontario Museum

The IMA medal, 40 mm in diameter, of fine silver (pure silver) weighs 62.2 g (2 oz. Troy) and show IMA logo on obverse and the inscription “ For Excellence in Mineralogical Research” on the reverse.""

The annual IMA medal award was found in 2006. The IMA medal was presented to the IMA Council in Cambridge, in 2007
(see also 'latest news' of July 2007)
Have a look at the first 2008 IMA Medal announcement in Elements 2007, V3, 5.

The IMA medal is awarded every two years to be coincident with a major IMA meeting event. This decision was taken by the council meeting in 2006 in Davos.

Description of the award

The IMA medal is awarded for excellence in mineralogical research and is to be considered as one of the pre-eminent awards in this discipline. The recipient is chosen for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publications of outstanding original research in mineralogy. It will be a life-time achievement award.

The recipient of the IMA Medal is required to present a lecture on a topic related to the award at the meeting of the Association at which the medal is presented. The lecture will be published in a suitable international journal of mineralogy, with the agreement of the IMA Medal Committee.  

The First IMA Medal was attributed to Professor Charles Prewitt during the 1st Council Meeting in Vancouver, July 2008 .

See the I MA Medalist page

The Second IMA Medal was attributed to Professor Frank C. Hawthorne during the Council Meeting in Davos, June 2009.

The third IMA Medal award will occur in 2012. See the procedure for submitting nominations.