International Mineralogical Association
| Non-governmental, non-profit agency | |
| Industry | Geology Organizations |
| Founded | 1958 |
Area served | Global |
Key people | President Walter V. Maresch, Secretary Richard Göd |
| Website | International Mineralogical Association |
The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) is an international group of 38 national societies. The goal is to promote the science of mineralogy and to standardize the nomenclature of the 4000 plus known mineral species. The IMA is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
- Presidents (IMA)[1]
- 2014–?: Walter V. Maresch
- 2010–2014: Ekkehart Tillmanns (born 1941)
- Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Vienna
- Mineral: tillmannsite (IMA 2001-010)
- 2006–2010: Takamitsu Yamanaka
- 2002–2006: Ian Parsons
- 1998–2002: Anthony (Tony) J. Naldrett (born 1933)
- University of Toronto
- Mineral: naldrettite (IMA 2004-007)
- 1994–1998: Stefano Merlino (born 1938)
- University of Pisa
- Mineral: merlinoite (IMA 1976-046)
- 1990–1994: Xiande Xie
- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Mineral: xieite (IMA 2007-056)
- 1986–1990: Peter John Wyllie (born 1930)
- California Institute of Technology (after 1984, Caltech) and University of Chicago (1965–1983)
- Mineral: wyllieite (IMA 1972-015)
- 1982–1986: Ivan Kostov (Nikolov) (1913–2004)
- Sofia University
- Mineral: kostovite (IMA 1965-002)
- 1978–1982: Claude (Jean Guy) Guillemin (1923–1994)
- École des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
- Mineral: guilleminite (IMA 1964-031)
- 1974–1978: Vladimir Stepanovich Sobolev (1908–1982)
- Novosibirsk State University
- Mineral: sobolevite (IMA 1982-042)
- 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: tilleyite (1933)
- 1960–1964: Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988)
- University of Chicago
- Mineral: djerfisherite (IMA 1965-028)
- 1958–1960: Robert Lüling Parker (1893–1973)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and University of Zurich
- Mineral: parkerite (1937)
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 (CNMNC)
- Ulf Hålenius (since c. 2015); mineral: håleniusite-(La) (IMA 2003-028)
- Peter (Pete) A. Williams (2008 – 2014); mineral: petewilliamsite (IMA 2002-059)
- Frédéric Hatert, vice-chairman (changes in existing nomenclature)
- Marco Pasero, vice-chairman (general classification matters)
- Ernst A. J. Burke (2003 – August, 2008); mineral: ernstburkeite (IMA 2010-059)
- Giovanni Ferraris, vice-chairman
- Joel Denison Grice (1995 – 2002); mineral: griceite (IMA 1986-043)
- Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1983 – 1994); mineral: mandarinoite (IMA 1977-049)
- Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel, vice-chairman; mineral: ernienickelite (IMA 1993-002)
- Akira Kato (1975 – 1982); mineral: katoite (IMA 1982-080a)
- Michael (Mike) Fleischer (1959 – 1974); mineral: fleischerite (IMA 1962 s.p.)[3]
- Max Hey, vice-chairman
- François Permingeat, secretary
Members of the IMA
Among the societies represented at the IMA are:
- Associación Mineralogica Argentina
- Geological Society of Australia
- Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft
- Union Minéralogique de Belgique
- Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
- Bulgarian Mineralogical Society
- Mineralogical Association of Canada
- The Chinese Society of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
- Ceska geolicka spolecnost
- Mineralogical Society of Denmark
- The Mineralogical Society of Egypt
- Suomen mineraloginen seura r.y
- Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie
- Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft
- Committee of Economic Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Geological Society of Greece
- Magyahoni Földtani Tarsulat, Asvantyan-Geokémoai Szakosztaly
- Mineralogical Society of India
- Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia
- Mineralogical Society of Japan
- Mineralogical Society of Korea
- Konincklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap
- New Zealand Geochemical and Mineralogical Society
- Mineralogisk Gruppe av Norsk Geologisk Forening
- Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne
- Sociedade Geologica de Portugal, Grupo de Mineralogia
- Mineralogical Society of Romania
- Russian Mineralogical Society
- Mineralogical Society of Slovakia
- Slovenian Geological Society, Mineralogical Branch
- Mineralogical Association of South Africa
- Mineralogical Society of America
- The Swedish Mineralogical Society
- Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Gesellschaft
- Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Ukrainian mineralogical association
- Sociedad Española de Mineralogía[4]
- Mineralogical Society of Uzbekistan
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: 1721–1735. doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1721.
- ↑ Sociedad Española de Mineralogía: History Retrieved 2011-05-31