5th EMU School

5th EMU School: Ultra-high Pressure Metamorphism Budapest, Hungary, 21 - 25 July 2003 School directors: D.A. Carswell (University of Sheffield, UK) and R. Compagnoni (University of Torino, Italy) Official Website

Continuation of the 4th EMU School

Continuation of 4th EMU School in Budapest: Energy Modelling in Minerals Gargnano, Garda Lake, Italy, 8 - 14 June 2003 Official Website

EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Symposium

EGS-AGU-EUG Joint symposium: Gold and Platinum Group Minerals: from Experimental Mineralogy and Microanalysis to Deposit Modelling Nice, France, 7-11 April 2003 IMA-COM (Commission on Ore Mineralogy) and EMU (European Mineralogical Union) are organising a symposium session at the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly. The session (VGP3.17) is titled "Gold and Platinum Group Minerals: from experimental mineralogy and microanalysis to deposit Modelling". Convenors are Kari Kojonen (Finland) , Roland.K.W. Merkle (South Africa) and Nigel J. Kook (Norway). The aim of this special session is to bring together researchers of experimental sulphide and platinum group element (PGE) mineralogy, ore mineralogists, exploration geologists, people responsible for the ore deposit modelling and evaluation and representatives from the mining industry who have an interest in gold, and platinum group elements. The session will comprise a series of presentations that will review and discuss the ore mineralogy, geochemistry and deposit modelling of existing deposits and exploration targets. The role of experimental sulphide and PGE-mineralogy is emphasized in interpreting the genetical conditions of ore deposit formation. Official Website

SMEC 2003

2nd meeting of the Study of Matter at Extreme Conditions Miami, USA, 24 - 27 March 2003 The focus of the meeting will be to promote the integration of mineral-physics, high-pressure chemistry/physics and materials science. Following the tradition of the first meeting it will aim at science emphasizing the role of extreme variables (pressure, temperature and size) in materials science and geophysics. Official Website

IMA 2002

XVIII General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 - 6 September 2002 Official Website