Cordier:”Education is the best way to cross all kind of barriers”
Mineralogy is important to find new ressources, and also for education, says Patrick Cordier, the past-president of the International Mineralogical Association.
Website for René-Just Haüy’s 200th death anniversary
A website to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of René-Just Haüy has been launched by a renowned French researcher, Francois Farges. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
Traveling to the Earth’s center: the explanations of tectonic plates
Patrick Cordier, Professor of Physics, and specialist in mineral physics, at Lille University, in this article, explains how tectonic shape various phenomena of earth surface, gravity, among others.
IMA unveils programmes for 2022 mineralogy year, founder’s anniversary
Activities for Mineralogy 2022, which will begin mid-2022 and extend until mid-2023, have been unveiled by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA).
2022: a Year to Celebrate Mineralogy
The International Mineralogical Association will celebrate mineralogy throughout the world in 2022. These celebrations will be within IYBSSD 2022. 2022 will be the bicentennial of the death of René Just Haüy (born 1743) who is a father of modern mineralogy and crystallography. 1822 is also when Haüy’s Traité de minéralogie and Traité de cristallographie were…
