Mineralogical Society of Poland www.ptmin.agh.edu.pl PRESIDENT’S CORNER The winners of the Dear Members of the Mineralogical Society of competition for the Poland (PTMin), best master’s thesis, from the left: Bartosz The election of the new PTMin board was held Pieterek, Janina 7 December 2018 during the general election Wiszniewska (one of the supervisors), assembly of PTMin’s members. I wish to thank Anna Grabarczyk, all PTMin members who voted. The continued Tomasz Bajda. active engagement of PTMin members is crucial for the ongoing success of the society. Tomasz Bajda The results of the 2019–2020 elections are as follows: The two winners of the competition for the best master’s thesis in 2018 are: President: Tomasz Bajda (AGH [Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza] University of Science and Technology, Kraków). Anna Grabarczyk (Warsaw University). Thesis title: “Genesis of Jotunites and Related Rocks from the Bilwinowo IG-1 (Suwałki Massif) Vice-Presidents: Jakub Matusik (AGH University of Science and and the Sejny IG-1, IG-2 (Sejny Intrusion) Boreholes in NE Poland”. Technology, Kraków), Marek Michalik (Jagiellonian University, Kraków). Her supervisors were Bogusław Bagin´ski (Warsaw University), Janina Secretaries: Agnieszka Klimek (AGH University of Science and Wiszniewska (Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute). Technology, Kraków); Justyna Topolska (AGH University of Science Bartosz Pieterek (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan´). Thesis title: and Technology, Kraków). “Layer Boundaries Attract Sulfides Throughout the Igneous Layering of Treasurer: Krzysztof Szopa (University of Silesia, Katowice). the Lower Oceanic Crust: IODP Hole U1473A, Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge”. His supervisor was Agata Duczmal-Czernikiewicz (Adam Librarian: Grzegorz Rzepa (AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicz University, Poznan´). Kraków). Board Members: Marek Awdankiewicz (University of Wrocław), 25th MEETING OF THE PETROLOGY GROUP OF Wojciech Franus (Lublin University of Technology), Jakub Kierczak THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF POLAND: (University of Wrocław), Monika Kasina (Jagiellonian University, PETROLOGY IN NARROW AND WIDE PERSPECTIVE Kraków). The jubilee 25th meeting was held 25–28 October 2018 in the Brunów Audit Commission: Jarosław Majka (AGH University of Science and Palace in Lower Silesia (SW Poland). It was co-organized by the Technology, Krakow), Jacek Puziewicz (University of Wrocław), Tadeusz University of Wrocław, the Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan´), Szydłak (AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków). and the Copper Museum (Legnica). The organizing committee was chaired by Magdalena Matusiak-Małek (University of Wrocław), who Thank you very much for electing me as President of PTMin for a was supported by vice-chairpersons Agata Duczmal-Czernikiewicz second term of office. I congratulate the newly elected members of the (Adam Mickiewicz University, Pooznan´) and Jacek Puziewicz (University PTMin board. The upcoming term of office for the PTMin board will be of Wrocław). The main aims of the jubilee meeting were to not only a time of intense work. In 2020, PTMin, together with other European present the results of scientific studies on rocks but also to show the mineralogical societies, will organize the 3rd European Mineralogical wide usage of petrology in other sciences. Therefore, the theme (and Conference (https://emc2020.ptmin.eu/). subtitle) of the meeting was “petrology in narrow and wide perspective”. In 2019, as for previous years, we will also hold the XXVI Session of The invited speakers presented a set of excellent talks on a wide range the Petrology Group of the PTMin. This year, the session meeting will of petrological themes. Professor Justyna Baron (University of Wrocław) be organized by the Warsaw Branch. discussed ways in which petrologists might cooperate with archae- I wish all PTMin members a successful 2019! ologists. The main area of cooperation would likely be establishing the provenance of stone material used for artefact production, but Tomasz Bajda, President petrology could also give clues on the firing conditions of ceramics and metal and the origin of natural pigments. Professor Hilary Downes RESULTS FOR THE 2018 BEST MINERALOGICAL (Birkbeck, University of London, UK) gave a fabulous presentation on SCIENCES THESIS AND DISSERTATION COMPETITION the origin of ureilitic meteorites. This type of meteorite is mostly made During the general election assembly of PTMin’s members on 7 of olivine and low-Ca pyroxenes and possibly represents the mantle of December 2018, the results of the competition for the best master’s an ancient planetesimal. Ureilites are, in fact, strongly heterogeneous in thesis and doctoral dissertation in the field of mineralogical sciences terms of their texture, chemistry, and isotopic composition, and they were announced. The competition is organized by PTMin, and the record numerous processes, such as melt injection, shock metamor- competition committee comprised Arek Derkowski (Chairman), Boz˙ ena phism, and even space weathering. Thus, they give us a glimpse into Gołe˛biowska, and Michał Skiba. otherwise unknown solar system history. As an equilibrium counter- balance to the cosmic topics, Professor Marek Grad (University of The winner of the competition for the best doctoral thesis in 2018 is: Warsaw) discussed the structure of the Earth’s lithosphere at a margin Karolina Kos´min´ska (AGH University of Science and Technology, between the Precambrian East European Craton and Variscan and Kraków). Dissertation title: “Meso-Neoproterozoic Evolution of the Alpine Europe. This zone is nowadays known as the Teisseyre–Tornquist Caledonian Basement of SW Svalbard”. Her supervisor was Maciej Zone, but establishing its true nature and location involved a long Manecki (AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków). process of co-operation between geologists and geophysicists. Dr. Károly Hidas (Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Superior ELEMENTS 46 FEBRUARY 2019 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/elements/article-pdf/15/1/46/4640716/gselements-15-1-46.pdf by guest on 26 September 2021 de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad de Granada, Spain) tion. Separate from the Kryza Awards, the organizing committee gave illustrated how to combine X-ray micro-computed tomography with an oral presentation award to Dorota S´rodek (University of Silesia), electron backscatter diffraction to reconstruct the reaction history of and poster presentation awards to Kamil Nowak, Wiktoria Gmochowska metaperidotites formed by the dehydration of serpentinite in a subduc- (both University of Wrocław) and Magdalena Tuchowska (University of tion zone. The combination of the two methods, when supported by Science and Technology, Kraków). The best student scientific project geochemical data, constitutes a new approach for deciphering the evolu- went to Karolina Bałaga and Katarzyna Gajewska (Geological Science tion of rock sequences. Group of the AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków) for their project “One-Pot Synthesis of Magnetic Composites based on The links between petrology and other sciences were also a feature of Synthetic Hydrotalcite”. the “regular” oral and poster presentations. A book of abstracts has been published in Mineralogia - Special Papers and is available online at In keeping with tradition, the last day of the meeting was dedicated to www.mineralogia.pl. Because the meeting celebrated the society’s 25th a field trip that related thematically to the topic of the conference. The jubilee, Prof. Jacek Puziewicz (University of Wrocław) announced that participants visited an old sandstone quarry in Lwówek S´la˛ski, where a special issue of Chemie der Erde/Geochemistry will be dedicated to the usage and preservation of this popular construction stone was discussed. “narrow and wide perspective” of petrology. Bad weather did not stop the participants of the field trip from visiting the Old Copper Basin in Leszczyna, where copper had been smelted from the 13th to 19th centuries. Nowadays, this area is an archaeological reserve, but it is also a perfect locality to study the threats related to the weathering of smelting wastes. Grodziec Castle was the last stop of the field trip: it had been built on a basaltic plug elevated above the surrounding area. As such, this elevated basaltic plug was a perfect location for human settlement from prehistoric times, as was discussed by the invited archaeologists. The Grodziec basanite itself contains numerous xenoliths of mantle rocks, Participants representing fifteen research institutions from Poland, Great Britain, Sweden, and Hungary. and so the evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath SW Poland could not go unmentioned. In the evenings, after the serious scientific debates of the day had What of the meeting more generally? This jubilee 25th meeting gathered subsided, the meeting became a over 80 scientists from Poland, Sweden, Great Britain, and Hungary. platform for social life and for Almost half of the participants were PhD or MSc students. The meeting less official matters. One of the was a great forum by which to exchange ideas between experienced results of the meeting was the and young scientists. The Petrology Group of Mineralogical Society establishment of a new logo of The new logo of the Petrology Group of PTMin. of Poland awarded two young scientists the Professor Ryszard Kryza the Petrology Group. Young Researcher Award: Michał Bukała