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).
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. In July 2006 a merger between the CNMMN and the Commission on Classification of Minerals, initiated at the request of both commissions, resulted in the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC).
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
- Mineralogical Society of Uzbekistan
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