Upcoming Conferences

Nature’s Treasures: Minerals and Gems
December 13, 2009
Natural History Museum, London

National Association of Jewelry Appraisers 33rd ACE© It Winter Conference
January 31–February 1, 2010
Tucson, Arizona

The 31st Annual Friends of Mineralogy Symposium “Gems and Gem Minerals”
February 13, 2010
Tucson, Arizona

15th Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2010
February 22–24
Hasselt, Belgium

Diamonds—Source to Use 2010
South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
March 1–3, 2010
Gabarone, Botswana

13th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium 2010
April 6–9
International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits
Adelaide, South Australia
Session: Gem Deposits
Field trip: Opal fields of the Great Artesian Basin (New South Wales and South Australia)
Abstracts deadline: December 4

Scottish Gemmological Association Annual Conference 2010
April 30–May 3, 2010
Perth, Scotland

EGU 2010—European Geosciences Union General Assembly
May 2–7, 2010
Vienna, Austria
Session: Diamond Genesis: Insights from Natural Samples and Experiments

GeoCanada 2010
Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada, and others
May 10–14, 2010
Calgary, Canada
Session: Cratons, Kimberlites and Diamonds

4th International New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference (NDNC 2010)
May 16–20, 2010
Suzhou, China
Abstracts deadline: February 1, 2010

Gemmological Association of Australia 64th Annual Federal Conference
May 20–23, 2010
South Brisbane, Australia

IMA2010—The 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
August 21–27
Budapest, Hungary
Sessions:
• Gem materials: Origins, properties, and new analytical challenges
• Mineral spectroscopy: Advanced spectroscopic methods applied to minerals and related inorganic materials
• From gemstones to cell phones: The importance of pegmatites to society
• Jadeitites and their record of subduction zone processes
• The scientific value of mineral beauty

Diamond 2010—21st European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nitrides and Silicon Carbide
September 5–9
Budapest, Hungary