European Mineralogical Union

2011 EMU Research Excellence Medalist
Sébastien Merkel (Unité Matériaux Et Transformations, Université Lille 1, France)
The medal ceremony and medallist lecture will take place during the
First European Mineralogical Conference - emc2012
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, September 2-6, 2012

'EMU Notes in Mineralogy' - Volume 8 available now
Nanoscopic approaches in Earth and planetary sciences (F. Brenker and G. Jordan, eds)

'EMU Notes in Mineralogy' - Volume 9 available now
Industrial mineralogy (G. Christidis, ed.)

'EMU Notes in Mineralogy' - Volume 10 available now
Ion partitioning in ambient-temperature aqueous systems (M. Prieto and H.M. Stoll, eds)

'EMU Notes in Mineralogy' - Volume 11 available soon
Layered mineral structures and their application in advanced technologies
(M.F. Brigatti & A. Mottana, eds.)

EMU School 2013
Electron microscopy and nanoscale phenomena in minerals
2013, Granada, Spain

International Year of Crystallography 2013

In 1912 Max von Laue showed that X-rays were diffracted by crystals, and in 1913 W. H. and W. L. Bragg demonstrated that the diffraction of X-rays can be used to determine the positions of atoms within a crystal. These groundbreaking experiments mark the birth of modern crystallography. The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is marking the centennial of these events by declaring 2013 the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2013).

EMU supports the participation of young scientists:

	14^th EMPG Meeting (Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry) Kiel, Germany March 4 to 7, 2012

	emc²⁰¹² First European Mineralogical Conference Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany September 02-06, 2012
	Geo-Raman X^th Meeting G2R and SFMC Nancy, France June 11 to 13, 2012 International School: Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Earth Sciences and Cultural Heritage Nancy, France June 14 to 16, 2012