ACTIVITIES OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF

MINERALOGIA POLONICA
Vol. 38, No 1, 2007
PL ISSSN 0032-6267
ACTIVITIES OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF POLAND IN 2006
DZIA£ALNOŒÆ POLSKIEGO TOWARZYSTWA MINERALOGICZNEGO
W ROKU 2006
In 2006, 29 scientific sessions and the annual meeting of the Mineralogical Society of
Poland were held in Cracow, Sosnowiec, Warsaw and Wroc³aw.
Scientific session in Warsaw, 04.01.2006:
Andrzej W i l a m o w s k i (ING PAN, Warsaw) – Oxygen isotopes in silicates: a new method available
in ING PAN (Izotopy tlenu w krzemianach: nowa metoda w ING PAN)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 11.01.2006:
Tomasz O c h m a ñ s k i (UW) – Deposition environments and diagenetic transformations of selected
fine-grained Ordovician and Silurian rocks of the Holy Cross Mts and their microstructural analysis
(Œrodowiska depozycji i przemiany diagenetyczne wybranych osadów drobnoklastycznych ordowiku
i syluru Gór Œwiêtokrzyskich w œwietle analizy mikrostrukturalnej)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 14.02.2006:
Aleksandra K o z ³ o w s k a , Marta K u b e r s k a (PIG, Warsaw) – Application of the computer image
analysis in microscopic studies of rocks – demonstration of equipment (Zastosowanie metody komputerowego przetwarzania i analizy obrazu w mikroskopowej analizie ska³ – pokaz aparatury)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 08.03.2006:
Ewa K r z e m i ñ s k a , Janina W i s z n i e w s k a (PIG, Warsaw), Ian S. W i l l i a m s (Australian National
University, Canberra) – The problem of the presence of Archaic in the crystalline basement of NE Poland
(Problem obecnoœci archaiku w pod³o¿u krystalicznym NE Polski)
Scientific session in Wroc³aw, 08.03.2006:
Ewa S ³ a b y (UW), Martin H e r v é (Université Clermont-Ferrand, France) – Differentiation mechanisms
of the Karkonosze granite (Mechanizmy dyferencjacji granitu Karkonoszy)
Scientific session in Sosnowiec, 08.03.2006:
Tadeusz M a g i e r a (IPIŒ, Zabrze) – Biogenic magnetite and its role in living organisms (Biogeniczny
magnetyt i jego rola w organizmach ¿ywych)
Scientific session in Sosnowiec, 15.03.2006:
Emilia M o s o n y (University of Cluj, Romania) – The microstructural studies in the shear zones
connected to the detachment plane of basement nappes from the S part of the Rodna Mts, E-Carpathians
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Scientific session in Cracow, 23.03.2006:
Vladica C v e t k o v i è (University of Belgrade & University of Salzburg, Serbia/Austria) – Geodynamic
significance of ultramafic xenoliths from East Serbia: relics of sub-arc oceanic mantle
Scientific session in Cracow, 24.03.2006:
Martin O n d r e j k a (Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia) – REE arsenates and phosphates –
chemical composition and anion group substitution in the system REEXO4 (X=P, As, Si, S, Nb): example from
the Tisovec-Rejkovo rhyolite, the Western Carpathians
Pavel U h e r (Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia) – Rare element Nb-Ta-Be mineralization in the
granitic pegmatites of the Western Carpathians
Scientific session in Sosnowiec, 05.04.2006:
Ivana S ý k o r o v á , Martina H a v e l c o v á (Institute of Rocks and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of
the Czech Republic) – Metamorphoses of wood in microscopy: chemistry and applications
Scientific session in Warsaw, 05.04.2006:
Leszek K r z e m i ñ s k i , Pawe³ P o p r a w a (PIG, Warsaw) – Geochemistry of fine-grained detrital rocks
of Ordovician and Silurian from the Western Pomerania (Geochemia drobnoziarnistych osadów klastycznych ordowiku i syluru z Pomorza Zachodniego)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 14.04.2006:
Agnieszka M a r c i n o w s k a (UW) – Conditions of metamorphism of metapelites from the Stara Kamienica range (Izera region) inferred from fluid inclusion studies (Warunki metamorfizmu metapelitów
pasma Starej Kamienicy na obszarze izerskim na podstawie badañ inkluzji fluidalnych)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 26.04.2006:
Matthew T h i r l w a l l (Deptartment of Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
1. Processes controlling isotopic variation on Earth
2. Nd, Sr and Pb isotopic growth
3. Ocean island magmatism: mantle sources
4. Ocean island magmatism: origins of mantle components
Scientific session in Warsaw, 27.04.2006:
Matthew T h i r l w a l l (Deptartment of Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
1. Origins of and relationships between North Atlantic mantle sources from high precision Pb isotope data
2. Does Icelandic mantle have odd d18O? – if so, why?
Scientific session in Warsaw, 10.05.2006:
Grzegorz L e œ n i a k (Oil and Gas Institute, Cracow) – Diagenesis of sandstones of the Silesian Unit
versus migration of hydrocarbons (Diageneza piaskowców jednostki œl¹skiej a migracja wêglowodorów)
Scientific session in Cracow, 18.05.2006:
Franc Z a l e w s k i (AGH, Cracow) – Patina on parent rocks and on the stones of historic buildings, Giza
area, Egypt [Patyna na ska³ach macierzystych i zabytkowych budowlach z okolic Gizy (Egipt)]
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Scientific Symposium of the Clay Mineral Section of the Mineralogical Society of
Poland was held in Cracow on 26-27.05.2006. The program included presentation of six
papers and a field trip.
The 26th International Exhibition and Fair of Minerals, Fossils and Jewellery Artefacts, held on 3–4.06.2006 in Cracow, was organized in cooperation with the Faculty of
Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection, AGH University of Science and
Technology.
Scientific session in Warsaw, 07.06.2006:
Stefan C e b u l a k , Beata S m i e j a -K r ó l , Magdalena M i s z , Iwona J e l o n e k (UŒl.) – Oxyreactive
thermal analysis – an effective tool in the studies on spontaneous ignition of coal (Oksyreaktywna analiza
termiczna skutecznym sposobem badañ samozapalnoœci wêgli)
The 27th International Exhibition and Fair of Minerals and Fossils, held on
29–30.07.2006 in Cracow, was organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology.
Scientific session in Wroc³aw, 28.08.2006:
Arne W i l l n e r (Ruhr Universitaet, Bochum, Germany) – 100 M yrs of cyclic mass flow in the late
Paleozoic accretionary system of Central Chile: Evidence from the PTtd-evolution
The 13th Meeting of the Petrology Section of the Mineralogical Society of Poland was
held in Leœna on 19-22.10.2006. The program included presentation of 14 papers
devoted to general topics as well as 30 papers in the open session.
Scientific session in Warsaw, 11.10.2006:
Ewa S t a r n a w s k a (PIG, Warsaw) – Morasko meteorite – a known and unknown incomer from the
space – the data from its new mineralogical studies (Meteoryt Morasko – znany i nieznany przybysz
z Kosmosu – w œwietle nowych badañ mineralogicznych)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 25.10.2006:
Stanis³aw H a ³ a s (UMCS, Lublin) – Advances in K-Ar dating (Postêpy w technice datowania metod¹
potasowo-argonowa)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 15.11.2006:
Stefan C e b u l a k , Gra¿yna B z o w s k a (UŒl.), Anna L a n g i e r -K u Ÿ n i a r o w a (PIG, Warsaw), Beata
S m i e j a -K r ó l (UŒl.) – Requirements of oxyreactive thermal analysis in the studies on sulphides (Wymogi
prawid³owego stosowania oksyreaktywnej analizy termicznej w badaniach siarczków)
Scientific session in Cracow, 16.11.2006:
Monika K a s i n a (UJ) – Transformation of blast furnace slags used in road construction (Transformacja
¿u¿li wielkopiecowych wykorzystanych w budownictwie drogowym)
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Scientific session in Warsaw, 22.11.2006:
Leszek M a r y n o w s k i (UŒl.), Angelika O t t o (Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany), Micha³
Z a t o ñ (UŒl.), Marc P h i l i p p e (CNRS and Université Lyon, France), Bernard R.T. S i m o n e i t (Oregon
State University, USA) – Biomolecules preserved in the Middle Jurassic wood from the Czêstochowa area
(Biomoleku³y zachowane w œrodkowojurajskich drzewach z okolic Czêstochowy)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 29.11.2006:
Katarzyna J a r m o ³ o w i c z -S z u l c (PIG, Warsaw) – Tracks – yesterday and today (Traki – wczoraj i dziœ)
Scientific session in Cracow, 30.11.2006:
Irena J e r z y k o w s k a (UJ) – Weathering of the Tatra granitoids in the acid environments of podzols
(Wietrzenie granitoidów tatrzañskich w kwaœnym œrodowisku gleb bielicowych)
The 28th International Exhibition and Fair of Minerals, Fossils and Jewellery
Artefacts, held on 2–3.12.2006 in Cracow, was organized in cooperation with the
Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection, AGH University of
Science and Technology.
Scientific session in Warsaw, 08.12.2006:
Krystyna W o ³ o k o w i c z , Ma³gorzata P o ³ o ñ s k a , Izabella G r o t e k (PIG, Warsaw) – Diagenetic
controls of generation and migration of hydrocarbons in the Upper Jurasic and Lower Cretaceous rocks of
the Polish Lowlands (Genetyczne uwarunkowania generowania i migracji wêglowodorów w osadach jury
górnej i kredy dolnej na Ni¿u Polskim)
Scientific session in Warsaw, 13.12.2006:
Justyna D o m a ñ s k a -S i u d a (ING PAN, Warsaw), Wojciech K o z ³ o w s k i (UW) – Geochemistry and
petrography of Silurian greywackes and their significance in reconstruction of paleogeography of the Holy
Cross Mts (Geochemia i petrografia szarog³azów sylurskich i ich znaczenie w rekonstrukcji paleogeografii
Gór Œwiêtokrzyskich)
Annual Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Poland was held in Cracow on 14th
December, 2006. The following new office-bearers of the Society have been elected:
President
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Vice Presidents
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Dr hab. Marek Michalik
Dr Czes³aw August, Prof. Dr hab. Ewa S³aby
Secretaries
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Dr Maciej Manecki, Dr Tadeusz Szyd³ak
Treasurer
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Beata Zych, M.Sc.
Librarian
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Dr Katarzyna Górniak
Councillors
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Prof. Dr hab. Barbara Kwieciñska,
Dr Eligiusz Sze³êg,
Prof. Dr hab. Jan Œrodoñ,
Prof. Dr hab. Piotr Wyszomirski
Board of Control –
Dr Irina Ga³uskina,
Prof. Dr hab. Andrzej Koz³owski,
Prof. Dr hab. Tadeusz Ratajczak
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Scientific session in Cracow, 14.12.2006:
John R a k o v a n (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA) – Environmental mineralogy of apatite
Scientific session in Wroc³aw, 19.12.2006:
Olegas P u s t e l n i k o v a s (Pedagogic University, Vilnius, Lithuania) – Geochemical hazards in bottom
sediments: examples from the East Baltic Sea