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GeneralIMA Mineral of the year

17th Oct 2019 15:16 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

https://www.ima-mineralogy.org/Min_Year.htm

Does anybody know whether there was any mineral of the year for 2017, 2018 and 2019?

The page gives 2016 as the last year for which a mineral of the year was announced.

17th Oct 2019 20:49 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager

The IMA has a "Mineral of the Year"?

What a sublime reason for the IMA to hold a meeting at some Caribbean or South Pacific island resort, after the rigors of re-naming the amphiboles of course, to crown the "most interesting mineral published in the previous year". That must be a tough choice. Will it be the sleek cleavage planes that accentuate its form, the bright and sparkly crystal faces that scream out "I'm beautiful!", or a fascinating chemistry that shows off a deeper inner complexity? Or will it just be the usual swimsuit competition, or that perennial "popular-with-the-judges" answer about wanting to help children in under-developed nations? What will ultimately set this year's winner apart from its peers?

Ah, but I pity the poor "grandfathered" species, who will never win this coveted title, because, of course, they're too old. In stones as in life...

17th Oct 2019 20:56 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

Yes Frank, I love it! and wouldn’t we all love to be there to see all the mineral contenders dressed up in their finery! But woe betide any found to have had any relationship with any of the judges!

17th Oct 2019 22:16 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

May I suggest...

18th Oct 2019 10:50 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

if tinnunculite doesn't win there's no justice in the world.

18th Oct 2019 12:13 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

I believe you posted this in the wrong place, Jolyon. This should have went into the "worst photo" thread! ;-)

18th Oct 2019 14:59 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

Tinnunculite - I would have put that one down as bird poop!

Hang on.... it is!

17th Nov 2020 02:52 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

I know this is an old thread but just to update the Mineral of the Year as proclaimed by the IMA:

2014: Ophirite

2015: Chanabayaite

2016: Merelaniite

2017: Rowleyite

2018: Carmeltazite

2019: Tewite

17th Nov 2020 03:08 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

2020: Iamtiredofcovidite?

17th Nov 2020 04:20 UTCDon Windeler

Effenbergerite is a lovely mineral. Maybe the similar-sounding "Wearaneffenmaskite"...

17th Nov 2020 04:30 UTCDon Windeler

Snarky comments aside, I looked up the list and all are pretty interesting. Not sure what criteria are used, but each has some cool aspects to them. Chanabayaite is beautiful.

And it's not often I read a sentence that is close to unintelligible to me, like "Ophirite is the first known mineral to contain a lacunary defect derivative of the Keggin anion, a heteropolyanion that is well known in synthetic phases."

17th Nov 2020 08:35 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

For those who wonder, here is the webpage on these minerals:

https://www.ima-mineralogy.org/Min_Year.htm

Enjoy!

Cheers, Herwig

(Belgium)

17th Nov 2020 14:43 UTCAdam Kelly

I would l like to have seen Laurentthomasite get it in 2019.

Certainly more interesting than many past winners.

Of course I like gemmy stuff.

Adam

17th Nov 2020 17:03 UTCDan Polhemus

Unlike a typical beauty pageant, this contest can also have extraterrestrial contestants. That really would bring a whole new level of competition to a Miss Universe pageant.

18th Nov 2020 03:54 UTCD Mike Reinke

Great thread everybody. This is as funny as Mitch Hedberg and that's saying a lot.

11th Jul 2023 03:29 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

Keith Compton 🌟 Manager ✉️

I know this is an old thread but just to update the Mineral of the Year as proclaimed by the IMA:

2019 and older: see above

2020: bojarite

2021: seaborgite

2022: "tobedecidedite"

Cheers, Herwig

10th Dec 2023 05:43 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

In order to keep this thread up to date ...

The mineral of the year has been chosen for 2022: lazaraskeite.

Read more about it on the new website of IMA:

https://mineralogy-ima-wordpress.website/news/lazaraskeite/

10th Dec 2023 07:28 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager

So it's the end of 2023 going into 2024, and the IMA just got around to deciding on 2022's Mineral of the Year? And do we have a permanent online home for the list of approved minerals yet? The IMA is just a mess. At least we know who'd be a strong contender for the "Least Organized Geoscience Organization" award... ongoing congrats to the IMA!

10th Dec 2023 13:31 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Bear in mind the IMA is a collection of different committees all run pretty much independently, it's far more chaotic than you make out, Frank :)

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