The Clay Minerals Group (CMG): 1947–2022

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The Clay Minerals Group (CMG): 1947–2022

Messaggio da Marco E. Ciriotti » dom 04 giu, 2023 17:40

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▪ Kemp, S.J. (2023): The Clay Minerals Group (CMG): 1947–2022. Clay Minerals, 57, 1-19.

Abstract:
The Clay Minerals Group (CMG), the first of the Special Interest Groups of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland, was inaugurated in January 1947. The CMG, together with its Belgian equivalent (originally the Comité Belge pour l’Etude des Argiles, later the
Belgian Clay Group, now defunct), formed the world’s first organizations dedicated to clay mineral research. The CMG celebrated its
75th anniversary in 2022. The Group’s aims are to stimulate interest in clay mineralogy, to facilitate an exchange of information between
members by providing facilities for reading and discussing papers on research on clay minerals (and allied topics) and to expedite their
publication and to encourage practical applications of such research, and these have remained reassuringly the same throughout its history. A founder and active member of both the European Clay Groups Association and the Association Internationale Pour L’Etude des
Argiles, the CMG has promoted clay science through the publication of the highly regarded journal Clay Minerals and a series of influential book titles, organizing international and national scientific conferences and meetings, the George Brown Lecture series, providing
bursaries and grants to assist researchers and hosting the Images of Clay archive. The initial and sustained success of the CMG has been
largely due to the labours of many officers and committee members, some of whom have been recognized for their science and service
with awards from the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland and elsewhere. By maintaining this effort, the evident, continuing
demand for clay mineral research to assist with changing societal needs should ensure the relevance and health of the CMG for the
foreseeable future.
Marco E. Ciriotti

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