International Mineralogical Association
Abbreviation | IMA |
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Formation | 1958 |
Type | INGO |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
President | Anhui Lu |
Parent organization | International Council for Science (ICSU) |
Website | IMA Official website |
Founded in 1958, the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) is an international group of 40 national societies. The goal is to promote the science of mineralogy and to standardize the nomenclature of the 5000 plus known mineral species. The IMA is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
The Association supports the activities of Commissions and Working Groups involved on certain aspects of mineralogical practice and facilitates interactions among mineralogists by sponsoring and organising meetings. In particular, the IMA holds its general meeting every four years. The next meeting is scheduled in 2022 in Lyon, France.
Presidents[]
The presidents of the IMA have been:[1]
- since 2021: Anhuai Lu
- 2018–2020: Patrick Cordier (born 1961)
- 2016–2018:
- 2014–2016: (born 1972)
- 2012–2014:
- 2010–2012: (born 1941)
- Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Vienna
- Mineral: (IMA2001-010)
- 2006–2010:
- 2002–2006:
- 1998–2002: Anthony (Tony) J. Naldrett (born 1933)
- University of Toronto
- Mineral: naldrettite (IMA2004-007)
- 1994–1998: (born 1938)
- University of Pisa
- Mineral: (IMA1976-046)
- 1990–1994:
- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Mineral: xieite (IMA2007-056)
- 1986–1990: Peter John Wyllie (born 1930)
- California Institute of Technology (after 1984, Caltech) and University of Chicago (1965–1983)
- Mineral: (IMA1972-015)
- 1982–1986: Ivan Kostov (Nikolov) (1913–2004)
- Sofia University
- Mineral: kostovite (IMA1965-002)
- 1978–1982: (1923–1994)
- École des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
- Mineral: guilleminite (IMA1964-031)
- 1974–1978: Vladimir Stepanovich Sobolev (1908–1982)
- Novosibirsk State University
- Mineral: (IMA1982-042)
- 1970–1974: Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
- Technical University of Berlin
- Mineral: strunzite (1958)
- 1964–1970: Cecil Edgar Tilley (1894–1973)
- University of Cambridge (England)
- Mineral: (1933)
- 1960–1964: (1896–1988)
- University of Chicago
- Mineral: djerfisherite (IMA1965-028)
- 1958–1960: (1893–1973)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and University of Zurich
- Mineral: (1937)
Medal[]
The IMA Medal for Excellence in Mineralogical Research was created in 2006. It is awarded for scientific excellence and eminence as represented by long-term outstanding scientific publication in the field of mineralogical sciences. It is one of the pre-eminent awards in mineralogical research and represents a life-time achievement award.
Medalists[]
- 2021 - Robert Hazen
- 2020 - Georges Calas
- 2019 - Eiji Ohtani
- 2018 - Gordon E. Brown, Jr.
- 2017 - Emil Makovicky
- 2015 -
- 2013 - Nikolay V. Sobolev
- 2011 - David H. Green
- 2009 - Frank C. Hawthorne
- 2008 - Charles Prewitt
Working groups and commissions[]
The most active IMA commission is the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN). It was founded in 1959 to coordinate the assigning of new mineral names, revision of existing names and discreditation of invalid species. Traditionally, the validation procedure of new minerals is one of the chairman's tasks and the discreditation or revalidation procedure of invalid species are two of the vice-chairman's tasks. In July 2006 a merger between the CNMMN and the Commission on Classification of Minerals (CCM), initiated at the request of both commissions, resulted in the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC).[2]
Chairmen of CNMNC[]
- (since c. 2018)
- (2015-2018); (since c. 2015); mineral: håleniusite-(La) (IMA 2003-028)
- (2008 – 2014); mineral: (IMA 2002-059)
- , vice-chairman (changes in existing nomenclature)
- , vice-chairman (general classification matters)
- (2003 – August, 2008); mineral: (IMA 2010-059)
- , vice-chairman
- (1995 – 2002); mineral: griceite (IMA 1986-043)
- Joseph (Joe) Anthony Mandarino (1983 – 1994); mineral: (IMA 1977-049)
- Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel, vice-chairman; mineral: (IMA 1993-002)
- (1975 – 1982); mineral: (IMA 1982-080a)
- Michael (Mike) Fleischer (1959 – 1974); mineral: (IMA 1962 s.p.)[3]
- , vice-chairman
- , secretary
Member societies[]
Among the societies represented at the IMA are:
- Geological Society of Australia
- , Committee of Economic Geology Mineralogy and Geochemistry
- (Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands)
- (Hungarian Geological Society), Asvantyan-Geokémoai Szakosztally (Mineralogical and Geochemical Section)
- Mineralogical Society of America
- Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- , Mineralogisk Gruppe
- Russian Mineralogical Society
- , Mineralogical Branch
- [4]
- Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
- , Grupo de Mineralogia
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Past IMA Councils
- ^ CNMNC - Commission members
- ^ de Fourestier, Jeffrey (2002). "The Naming of Mineral Species Approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the International Mineralogical Association: A Brief History". The Canadian Mineralogist. 40 (6): 1721–1735. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.579.3170. doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1721.
- ^ Sociedad Española de Mineralogía: History Retrieved 2011-05-31
External links[]
- Mineralogy
- Geology organizations
- International scientific organizations
- International organizations based in Canada
- Organizations established in 1958