#minsoc150 in network form!!!😀 Robert Hazen’s work applied to the Society

#minsoc150 and a very warm poster session after the flash talks.

#minmag150 flash poster presentation. 30 s from 32 people. 😀

#minsoc150. Laponite invented by Barbara Neumann - talk by K Shafran

#minsoc150 Banquet dinner. Great to see so many colleagues in mineralogy

#minsoc150 Fascinating talk on jagoite and friisite by Fernando Cámara, two minerals from Långban that are different because of their TOT layers

#minsoc150 The Special Collection (Vol. 1) June issue is out 🤩 ALL papers are available to read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... See the call for papers to submit to the second 150 volume

#minsoc. Great review of 150 years of tourmaline by Darrell Henry. "more like a medieval doctor's prescription than the making of a respectable mineral" - Ruskin on tourmaline when its complex formula started to become clearer

#minsoc150 collections are important and future mineralogists are essential for their future. Talk by Mike Rumsey @nhm-london.bsky.social

#MinSoc150 Catch up with Editors and colleagues before the talks start on Tuesday

#minsoc150 Tuesday 23rd at our conference. 'Max Hey medallist' Lin Ma will be presenting on Seeing Mineral Reactions in 4D: Imaging Dynamic Subsurface Processes from Micro- to Nano-scale minsoc-150.org/programme/

34: Critical Raw Materials opens today! This temporary exhibition is free! At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and growing competition over the resources needed for clean energy, modern technology and defence, there has never been a more timely moment to shine a spotlight on them.

🚨 #JobAlert #EGU is currently seeking a full-time, permanent Editorial Manager, based in the Executive Office in Munich, Germany. 📅 Start date: Summer 2026 👉 Learn more and Apply NOW: egu.eu/1UAC02 📷: Ping Zhao on imaggeo.egu.eu

#minsoc150 #minermag - find firstview copies of the Special 150 collection online. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Read the history and future of the #MinCup doi.org/10.1180/mgm....

#minsoc150 #minerals #museums 23/06/26 keynote 1: The Importance and the future of collections: Reviewing the critical relationship between national museums and subject specialist societies by Mike Rumsey of the NHM @nhm-london.bsky.social

#MinSoc150 23/06/26 day 1: Hallimond lecture - Searching for Earth’s missing magma oceans by Williams, H., Amsellem, E., Matthews, S. and Puchtel, I. The #Hallimond lecture is an annual MinSoc invitation. www.minersoc.org/hallimond-le...

🎉Its soon🎉 - our 150 birthday conference is 23-25th June in Manchester, UK. The programme is available minsoc-150.org/programme/ Registration on the 22nd from 17:00 See you there? 🙂

Geo-Bio Interfaces, official journal of the Mineralogical Society of the UK & Ireland @minersoc.bsky.social welcomes submissions exploring the interface between geoscience & bioscience. The journal aims to address fundamental questions through interdisciplinary research. more at shorturl.at/xulx9

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the forthcoming Geological Collections Group (GCG) Winter Seminar Unnatural Disaster: Fighting back against the steady erosion of geological collections.

#minermag Our Mantle heterogeneity collection is complete. From viscosity to diamonds. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

MinSoc training sessions. 21st April 2026, 10.30 am (UK time, BST)- "An introduction to Single Crystal X-ray and Electron diffraction techniques" by Robert Bannister, Daniel Rainer, Peter Horton zoom.us/meeting/regi... Previous sessions here www.minersoc.org/skills-and-t... and our youtube link

Registration is open for #MPGRiP2026! All career stages welcome! A great opportunity for #PhDs + #postdocs to present work in progress, get feedback, and network. 🗺️ @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 🗓️ 8th-9th July ⏱️ DEADLINE: 29th May. #MineralPhysics #Geoscience @minersoc.bsky.social

#minermag Check out the latest issue. We are a not-for-profit subscription journal but we're working on access. Look at how many of these are OA 😊 From anningite to wiperamingaite www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#ClayMins new paper alert - model for catalytic CO2 conversion by coupling clay minerals and dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New #technician award 🏆 at MinSoc. Honouring Eileen Guppy (1903–1980) a technical assistant at BGS. Nominations for the very first one in by 13th April ▶️ www.minersoc.org/guppy-award....

#minermag The 150 collection has started. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Submissions by 31st August to join the full collection. Celebrate 🎉with us here in June minsoc-150.org

#Howie award for best paper in Min Soc journal 🎉: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Min Soc is 150 years old. Celebrate with us in Manchester, UK on 23-25th June 2026 minsoc-150.org Conference abstracts are due in by 6th March

The journal Geo-Bio Interfaces from @minersoc.bsky.social has opened a call for papers for Critical Metal Bioprocessing research. More detail here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

We are delighted to announce that Geoscientist was awarded two Highly Commended trophies – for Best Magazine (under 20K circulation) and Best Publication – by Memcom at their 2025 Excellence Awards ceremony! #geoscience #geology #magazine #award

Mineralogical Society's 150th Anniversary Meeting: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers. minsoc-150.org 23-25 June 2026, University of Manchester

#Minermag some new prepubs - looking at heat treated #chert here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#Claymin some new papers ready to read www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Registration deadline for the International Clay Conference, Dublin, 13 - 18 July 2025, is TODAY! You still have time to register here: icc.aipea.org @minersoc.bsky.social #clay #mineral

Reminder #minermag special collection on: Mantle Heterogeneity and Evolution See details: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#GBI meet the new Principal Editor www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

#GBI papers now out in the #Microbial #Biomineralization Collection: pyrite and iron sulfides www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Make that Monday 17th, So still time so get those abstracts in!

#minermag - pretty print stone - admired by many - analysed here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Young Persons' Lecture Competition (YPLC) is back for 2025! 📚⁠ ⁠ We invite #students and #earlycareer professionals to deliver a short lecture for a chance to compete in the 2025 UK final at The Armourers' Hall in London. Submit your abstract 👉 bit.ly/3CiQHau #YPLC2025

With just under a month left until the abstract & early bird registration deadlines for #ICCDublin25, have you decided which session aligns with your reseach? Find the full session list here: icc.aipea.org/sessions-list/ 18th International Clay Conference, 13-18 July 2025. @minersoc.bsky.social

Join us for a free-to-attend pre-conference workshop hosted by Datech Scientific, introducing researchers to Laser Ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). This event is open to all researchers, PhD students, and academics! Visit ggrip2025.co.uk for more info!

#minermag - The Alessandro Guastoni memorial issue is now out. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... The Museum of Nature and Humankind at the University of Padova visitmnu.it/en/ has a special #mineral exhibition

If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the International Clay Conference in Dublin, please get in touch (icc.aipea.org/sponsoring/). Rather than the traditional metal categories (Bronze, Ag, Au & Pt) we had, of course, to use clays & clay minerals! #ICCDublin25 @minersoc.bsky.social

The abstract deadline is fast approaching for GGRiP! Abstract submissions must be in by March 10th. For more information, please see our website ggrip2025.co.uk

The MinSoc has three journals. 1) Mineralogical Magazine #minermag (IF 2.8) has been publishing mineralogy and petrology since 1876. Most recent accepted 'prepub' papers free to access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The MinSoc is a not-for-profit charity. See our variety of special interest groups here: www.minersoc.org

#minermag Amazing discovery. Found in #chondrites - now terrestrial #rubinite - a super-reduced garnet www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

EGU's annual photo competition is OPEN! If you are registered for #EGU25, you can submit up to 3 photos & 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 31 March. 🏆Winners receive a free registration to EGU26! Submit your photo today: egu.eu/9VTNXM

One week to go! A reminder that the deadline for early bird registration and abstract submission for GGRiP 2025 is the 10th March. The meeting is being held in Birmingham on the 8th-10th April. Please visit the conference website to register now! ggrip2025.co.uk