Poland
Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne
The Mineralogical Society of Poland

Address/Contact:
E-mail: e-mail MSP
Phone:
Fax:
Website:
http://uranos.cto.us.edu.pl/~ptmin/
created in 1969
Last modification on the Polish webpage on the 4 Jan. 2007

Chairman: Marek Michalik
Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, ul. Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Krakow, Poland
tel: +48-12-6334603
fax: +48-12-6332270
e-mail Mark Michalik
Since 2004
Secretary : Michal Skiba
E-mail Michal Skiba
IMA Representative: Marek Michalik
Address: Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, ul. Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Krakow, Poland
e-mail Mark Michalik
Phone: +48-12-6334603 Phone: 0604147828
Fax: +48-12-6332270
Website:
Since 2006
Former IMA representative : Wojciech NAREBSKI
e-mail Wojciech Narebski
Mineralogical Society of Poland, Al. Mickiewicza 30 - AGH, PL-30-059 Cracow

General features - The Mineralogical Society of Poland (MSP) was established in April 17, 1969. According to the statute "MSP supports the development of mineralogical sciences and propagates them in the Polish society". The headquarter of the Society is in Cracow at the AGH University of Science and Technology. There are regional branches of the MSP in Warsaw, Wroc©©aw and Sosnowiec.
In 2004 the Mineralogical Society of Poland had 192 members, including 12 honorary members.
Meetings : XIIIth Session of the Petrology Group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland (19-22nd October 2006) - Mantle beneath SW Poland and some occurrences of related tertiary volcanism.

The Mineralogical Society of Poland is organising with the mineralogical societies or groups of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungaria, Slovakia and Romania, the 20th General Meeting of IMA in Budapest in August 2010.
IMA 2010 website IMA2010
 Publication - The Mineralogical Society of Poland publishes in English two journals: "Mineralogia Polonica" (since 1970, chief editor ­ prof. Witold °abi®ski) and "Mineralogical Society of Poland ­ Special Papers" (since 1991, chief editor ­ prof. Piotr Wyszomirski). The "Mineralogia Polonica" publishes reviewed papers on the latest achievements in mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry in Poland and elsewhere. The "Special Papers" publishes reviewed abstracts, texts of posters and oral presentations presented during conferences organized by the MSP.