Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland

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A learned society for all things mineralogical.....

A network with each special interest group of minsoc connected to others
200 people seated at tables in a room with high vaulted ceilings
A pretend cinema screen saying jagoite and friisite are the 'casts of the show'
Presentation screen with pictures of tourmaline and some old texts.
10 colleagues from different areas of mineralogy at a table having a curry in Manchester
A selection of colourful minerals that have won the annual mincup. Each has a beautiful crystal shape. c is a snowflake to represent ice
The Mineralogical Society of UK and Ireland is 150 years old. The image shows the MinSoc twinned crystal logo and small crystals coming out of the number 150 like fireworks
Nanoscale images of pyrite and other sufides in association with bacteria
Image of a striped rock. Red and yellow stripes.
Photo of Alessandro Guastoni in a van. The front cover for a memorial issue on pegmatites and related issues for Mineralogical Magazine
Scanning electron microscopy black and white image of nanometre scale clay particles
fragment of beautiful coloured, zoned tourmaline - from inner brown to yellow to pink. The pink is the new mineral fluor-rossmanite
Some front covers for Mineralogical Magazine showing mineral samples, field locations and old sample bottles