ELECTION OF MANAGEMENT
On 8th February, 2003 the new management oh Hungarian Friends of Minerals was elected by the Conference of Delegates.
The new members of the board are the following:
- Mr. Sándor Szakáll (President)
- Mr. Béla Fehér (Vice President)
- Mr. András Galgóczi (Secretary)
- Mr. Gábor Gyombola (Responsible for localitites)
- Ms. Regina Körmendy (Responsible for external relationships)
- Mr. Ádám Kriska (Responsible for technical coordination)
There was no change in the position of our financial leader , which is held by Ms. Eszter Váradi in the future as well.
More details can be found in Geoda No. 1/2003.
08.02.2003
A reprint of an old book, titled Minerals of Hungary by Mike Tóth has been released.
This book was released first in 1862, its author is Mike Tóth (1838-1932) monk and teacher from Kalocsa, Hungary. This is the only book in Hungarian language about the mineral species of the historical Hungary. The author presents the known minerals and localities of that time on 565 pages. For the sake of better practicability and utility an index of mineral names and localities is also connected to the volume.
This bibliographical rarity which is currently totally unobtainable, has been re-released by Herman Ottó Museum in 500 issues. It costs 2.500,- Ft + postage. It is sent by cash on delivery. The book can be ordered at homin@axelero.hu address.
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Topographia Mineralogica Hungariae
Journal of Hungarian topographical mineralogy. Published yearly in Hungarian with English abstracts and captions.
Publisher: Herman Ottó Museum, Miskolc, Hungary.
The annually published volumes of Topographia Mineralogica Hungariae offer a forum for up to date research on minerals, mineral deposits and related petrological and geochemical problems of Hungary. Each volume consists of independent articles (except for volumes IV and VII), but, according to the current editorial philosophy, the Editorial Board tries to collect papers dealing with a smaller or bigger geographical-geological unit of Hungary into one volume. Beside the larger core papers, containing the results of current research activities, the reader can find review type papers and shorter, gap filling articles as well. The subjects and the order of the volumes are determined basically by the current research interest of Hungarian mineralogists and geologists and partly by the interest of the sponsors of the series, whose help has been vital for TMH.
The volumes of Topographia Mineralogica Hungariae which have been released until now:
|
Volume |
Title |
Year of publication
|
Pages |
Price |
|---|
|
I. |
Minerals of Mulató Hill, Erdőbénye |
1993 |
89 |
250 HUF |
|
II. |
Minerals of Telkibánya |
1994 |
258 |
700 HUF |
|
III. |
Minerals of the Szerencs Hills |
1998 |
83 |
400 HUF |
|
IV. |
Minerals of Hungary |
1996 |
130 |
out of print |
|
V. |
Minerals of the Esztramos Hill |
1997 |
148 |
650 HUF |
|
VI. |
Minerals of the Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány |
1999 |
201 |
600 HUF |
|
VII. |
History of topographical and descriptive mineralogy in Hungary |
2002 |
444 |
2700 HUF |
The volumes can be ordered at homin@axelero.hu address. The postage will be charged to the customer!
28.02.2002
An article has been released about the famous Hungarian locality, Rudabánya in Mineralogical Record, the well-known American magazine!
S. Szakáll, L. Horváth & L. Zsámboki (2001): Famous mineral localities: Rudabánya, Hungary. Mineralogical Record, 32, 89-126, 155-160.
You can also read about the fantastic cuprite species found in Rudabánya in 2000 at Lapis Mineralienmagazin.
P. Huber & R. Triebl (2000): Cuprit von Ungarn: Hervorragende Neufunde. Lapis, 25/6, 50-51.
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