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Sage Mineral Cup #MinCup Go #teamclayminerals : that’s #saponite #kaolinite #palygorskite #muscovite (at a pinch) Clay Minerals Group MineralogicalSociety ClayMineralsSociety AIPEA Mineral Cup #MinCup

AIPEA Medal 2022 awarded to Professor David L. Bish and Professor Hongping He in recognition of their outstanding contributions to clay science. Congratulations Dave and Hongping!

AIPEA Fellow 2022 awarded to Professor Warren Huff and to Professor Saverio Fiore for their life-long activity in promoting clay science and in supporting the clay science community. Warren and Saverio: congratulations!

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We would like to congratulate the first of our student prize winners from our Jubilee Meeting last week! Oral Presentation Winner - Hassan Majiya Title: Bentonite-Chitosan composites or beads: for co-adsorption of Pb & Cu from binary aqueous solutions. #student #phdchat #Clay

Are you considering attending a clay-based meeting this year, in-person or online? Are you considering planning a workshop? Take a look at the bursary page on our website to find out how the CMG could give you assistance for clay related activities. minersoc.org/clay-minerals-…

There are many clay groups around the world, big and small, all actively promoting activities linked to #clay minerals, both in #research and #commercial sectors. To highlight a few clay friends, the image below shows the members of the ‏ECGA | European Clay Groups Association! Contact us for more info.

3 years #PhD position in the sedimentology group at @marum_de, Universität Bremen, Germany, investigating the flow dynamics above estuarine dunes. Details about the position and how to apply at the link👇 marum.de/Binaries/Binar…

We are delighted that three of our committee members are session convenors for the upcoming ICC conference in Turkey. If you are attending, please support their sessions which are detailed below. Visit the conference website to find out more icc.aipea.org #clay

Fascinating drone footage looking down into a volcanic eruption from above. Credit: Bjorn Steinbekk

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Reynolds Cup competition from the James Hutton Institute! This biennial quantitative mineral analysis competition had entries from all over the world. Top place results in the image below, which includes CMG members! clays.org/reynolds/

The ClayMineralsSociety Nomenclature Committee was asked by CMS Council to produce a glossary of clay science in 2003 (updated 2020). It provides the original definition & explains how the word may be currently, and perhaps incorrectly, used. View it here: clays.org/clay_glossary/

The difference between information and knowledge:

"Study the science of art. Study the art of Science. Develop your senses - especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else." -- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Mineral Cup has started! KAOLINITE is up first in round 1 match 1! The only chance to keep a #clay mineral in the competition this year... Be sure to vote now! MineralogicalSociety ClayMineralsSociety AIPEA ‏ECGA | European Clay Groups Association @gfa__clays LatClay clays4water

We are delighted that Sabine Petit, Université de Poitiers will also present the 21st George Brown Lecture at MECC 2020/2022 on 12/9/2022. We are looking forward to sharing a recording. ClayMineralsSociety, AIPEA, @gfa_clays, clays4water, LatClay, James Hutton Institute, ‏ECGA | European Clay Groups Association

By the end of Vol.1 the Clay Minerals Bulletin (est. 1947) had become accepted as a journal. A change from the original purpose of ‘discussing, and assisting, current research’. The committee agreed changes & 1965 saw improvements, including a name change to Clay Minerals!

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce our next Research in Progress Meeting will be held at the University of Leeds. Thursday 18th May 2023 Details in image. MineralogicalSociety AIPEA ‏ECGA | European Clay Groups Association clays4water LatClay @gfa_Clays University of Leeds Alastair Marsh

This is only for the UK, but it looks like a great opportunity.