Austrian Mineralogical Society
Austrian Mineralogical Society (ÖMG) |
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purpose | Promotion of Austrian mineralogy |
Chair: | Frank Melcher (President) |
Establishment date: | 1901 (as the Vienna Mineralogical Society ) |
Number of members: | approx. 270 |
Seat : | Vienna |
Website: | www.univie.ac.at/OeMG |
The Austrian Mineralogical Society , or ÖMG for short , is the professional representation of mineralogists in Austria .
Structure and tasks
The association is a scientific association for the promotion of the entire mineralogical sciences: mineralogy , crystallography , petrology and geochemistry . The ÖMG currently has around 270 members who can be both natural persons and institutions.
In addition to publication and public relations, she also represents Austria in the International Mineralogical Association (IMA).
The secretariat of the ÖGG is at the Mineralogical-Petrographic Department of the Natural History Museum Vienna .
history
It was founded in 1901 as the Vienna Mineralogical Society by Friedrich Becke and Friedrich Martin Berwerth and the first president was Gustav Tschermak . It has had its current name since 1950.
Honors awarded
The society awards the Friedrich Becke Medal , named after the mineralogist Friedrich Johann Karl Becke , and the Felix Machatschki Prize .
Honorary members
Publications
- Announcements of the Austrian Mineralogical Society (Mitt.ÖMG), annually and special volumes, ISSN 1680-8959
The releases appeared:
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Communications from the Vienna Mineralogical Society , publisher: Wiener Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Volume 1–110, Vienna, 1901–1948 / 50
- Supplement to Tschermak's mineralogical and petrographic communications , 1901–1926 and 1948/50 (published 1950)
- Supplement to Mineralogical and Petrographic Communications , 1927–1928
- Supplement to the journal for crystallography, mineralogy and petrography , section B, 1929–1943 (not published in Austria)
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Information from the Austrian Mineralogical Society .
- Supplement to: Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen , Ed .: Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Vol. 111–122, Vienna, 1948/49 (published 1951) - 1969
- Information from the Austrian Mineralogical Society. Ed .: Austrian Mineralogical Society, Volume 123, Vienna, 1970 ff
So far they have been retro-digitized from volume 142 (1997) and are freely accessible.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ currently Montanuniversität Leoben , Chair for Geology and Mineral Resources;
see board & intern. representation , univie.ac.at/OeMG - ↑ List of members , univie.ac.at/OeMG
- ^ Mineralogical Society , univie.ac.at/OeMG
- ^ To Mineralogical and Petrological Periodicals from Austria , oeab.at
- ↑ Communications from the Austrian Mineralogical Society , uibk.ac.at