4th April 2014
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Event Name | An experiment on crystallography |
Start Date | 4th Mar 2014 9:00am |
End Date | 30th Nov 2014 4:00pm |
Duration | 271 days and 7 hours |
Description | Many initiatives have been and are being organized to involve schoolchildren at Mudaliarpet, Pondicherry (India) into crystallography on the occasion of IYCr2014. 1. At first, the students were given a brief introduction on various crystals, which made them think about how crystals are formed. 2. Following this, a team of students were selected for a project on Crystal Growth - investigating the size, shape and number of crystals formed, taking various substances such as table salt, sugar, epsom salt, borax, potassium nitrate and alum. 3. A Radio Talk was given by the teacher and the students on the "International Year of Crystallography". 4. A lecture was given on the topic to the school students, following which a demonstration -cum- exhibition, along with a poster presentation by the teacher is to be arranged for view for the public around the school locale. 5. A next attempt to telecast the above in the television is made. 6. Students of our school are participating in the IYCr2014 Crystal Growing Competition. |
Location | Mudaliarpet, Pondicherry India |
Contact | Aravindaraja Devadoss aravind.devadoss@gmail.com |
URL | asngmsmudaliarpet2011.blog.com |
Category | activities for schoolchildren |

Event Name | Crystallography Display for IYCr2014 |
Start Date | 19th Mar 2014 2:00pm |
End Date | 25th Oct 2014 4:00pm |
Duration | 220 days and 1 hour |
Description | A small display of minerals at the Diss Museum (Norfolk, England), specially chosen to link with the International Year of Crystallography.
In addition there are minerals exhibiting special features including pyrite, sphalerite, magnetite, fluorspar, gypsum and rhodochrosite, some of which come from the famous 'Trepča' lead/zinc mine near Kosovo Mitrovica in Kosovo. Opening times (19th March to 25th October): |
Location | Diss, Norfolk United Kingdom |
Contact | Peter Perkins pjperkins@live.co.uk |
URL | http://www.disscommunity.net |
Category | exhibitions |

Event Name | L'enigma Escher |
Start Date | 29th Mar 2014 |
End Date | 29th Jun 2014 |
Duration | 92 days and 23 hours |
Description | Following the great success obtained in Reggio Emilia, the exhibition “L’ENIGMA ESCHER- PARADOSSI GRAFICI TRA ARTE E GEOMETRIA”, a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher, will be on display at "Il Filatoio di Caraglio" (Cuneo, Italy) from 29 March to 29 June 2014. The exhibition presents the work of the Dutch graphic artist from his debut on the scene to his latest years, bringing together 130 works, including lithographs, etchings and drawings, on loan from museums, libraries and national institutes – among which the Galleria d’Arte Moderna of Rome and the Fondazione Wolfsoniana of Genoa – as well as from some important, private collections. A special section is dedicated to tilings, with a panel illustrating the 17 crystallographic planar groups and some original examples of Escher's plane-filling drawings. The exhibition is included in the events for IYCr2014 celebrations in Italy. Read the press release on the Reggio Emilia exhibition mentioning the connection with IYCr2014 (in Italian)
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Location | Caraglio Italy |
Contact | Ugo Bertolotti - Associazione Culturale Marcovaldo ugo.bertolotti@marcovaldo.it |
URL | http://www.marcovaldo.it/pagine/ita/dettaglio_evento.lasso?id=4F26D874053422127CNwD2F627BA |
Category | exhibitions |

Event Name | Living with crystals |
Start Date | 13th Feb 2014 6:00pm |
End Date | 11th Jan 2015 6:00pm |
Duration | 332 days |
Description | The exhibition "Living with crystal" (original title in Slovenian: Živeti s kristali), organized on the occasion of the International Year of Crystallography, will be open from 13 February 2014 to 11 January 2015 at the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana. On display: Photographs of minerals, Crystal drawings, Mineral and crystal collections, Jewellery, Fluorescent minerals, Interactive presentation of minerals and rocks on Biedermeier tables, Interactive play "Umek the Mineralogist", Microscopic world of crystals. Authors: Miha Jeršek, Mirjan Žorž, Breda Činč Juhant, Katarina Fuchs |
Location | Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana Slovenia |
Contact | Breda Èinè Juhant bjuhant@pms-lj.si |
URL | http://www.pms-lj.si/si/razstave/obcasne-razstave/634 |
Category | exhibitions |

Event Name | NAC2014 |
Start Date | 31st Mar 2014 9:00am |
End Date | 4th Apr 2014 5:00pm |
Duration | 4 days and 8 hours |
Description | The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) organizes NSTDA Annual Conference (NAC) to present the research and development (R&D) progress of NSTDA's and its partnership organizations' researchers every year. NAC2014 also celebrates IYCr2014 by including the work of Thai researchers relating to crystallography. The IYCr2014 booklet "Crystallography Matters" translated into Thai will be given to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on her presiding over the opening ceremony of NAC2014 on March 31, 2014 at Thailand Science Park, Pathumtani สำนักงานพัฒนาวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยีแห่งชาติ (สวทช.) ได้จัดให้มีการประชุมวิชาการเป็นประจำทุกปี เพื่อนำเสนอผลงานวิจัยของนักวิจัยสวทช.และหน่วยงานพันธมิตร สำหรับปีนี้ ได้ร่วมฉลองปีสากลแห่งผลึกศาสตร์ โดยแสดงผลงานด้านผลึกศาสตร์ของนักวิจัยไทย และจะนำหนังสือ "Crystallography Matters" ตีพิมพ์โดย UNESCO ที่ได้แปลเป็นภาษาไทย ทูลเกล้าฯ ถวายสมเด็จพระเทพรัตนราชสุดาฯ สยามบรมราชกุมารี ในโอกาสที่เสด็จเป็นประธานในพิธืเปิดงาน NAC2014 ในวันที่ 31 มีนาคม 2557 ณ อุทยานวิทยาศาสตร์ประเทศไทย ปทุมธานี |
Location | Thailand Science Park, Pathumtani Thailand |
Contact | Omjai Saimek omjai@nstda.or.th |
URL | http://www.nstda.or.th/nac2014 |
Category | conferences |

Event Name | Nobel Structures: Celebrating Crystallography |
Start Date | 15th Mar 2014 |
End Date | 18th May 2014 |
Duration | 64 days and 23 hours |
Description | The United Nations have declared 2014 the International Year of Crystallography. Few people know how important this subject is, even though it has led to 29 Nobel Prizes. ‘Nobel Structures: Celebrating Crystallography’ aims to raise awareness about this fascinating field, allowing us to see how molecules fit together, from diamonds to DNA. The exhibition will investigate the achievements of som...e of the most important scientists of the twentieth century and their work with X-rays. Their ground-breaking discoveries unravelled the structures of DNA, penicillin and insulin, to name but a few... But crystallography goes beyond the boundaries of science, inspiring artists and designers. Come and explore its many facets and forms at the St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road. |
Location | St Andrews United Kingdom |
Contact | Nobel Structures Group crystallography@st-andrews.ac.uk |
URL | http://nobelstructures.wix.com/home |
Category | exhibitions |

Event Name | Platonic Solids and Quasicrystals - Moments in the History of Crystallography |
Start Date | 30th May 2013 |
End Date | 4th May 2014 |
Duration | 340 days |
Description | This year's exhibition at Carolina Rediviva, Platonic Solids and Quasicrystals, is all about crystallography and shows how this science has been perceived over time. By collaborating with the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University, we can exhibit books side by side with real crystals, models of crystals and instruments that have been used to measure the angles of these strange formations that seem to have been cut and polished by human hand whereas in fact they have been shaped by uniform atomic structures. Welcome on a beautiful journey through this collection of historical scientific books and artifacts. |
Location | Uppsala Sweden |
Contact | Johan Kjellman johan.kjellman@em.uu.se |
URL | http://www.ub.uu.se/en/Just-now/Exhibitions/Current-exhibitions/ |
Category | exhibitions |

Event Name | Kristalle - Aesthetik und Anwendung |
Start Date | 4th Apr 2014 5:00pm |
End Date | 5th Apr 2014 12:00am |
Duration | 7 hours |
Description | Lectures on Crystals on behalf of the IYCr at the "Lange Nacht der Forschung" ("Long Night of Research") in Austria. Lange Nacht der Forschung, Wien: Eine Präsentation vor dem Hintergrund des "International Year of Crystallography" (UNESCO). Der Wissenschaftskommunikator und promovierte Mineraloge und Kristallograph Dr. Robert Krickl führt in die Welt des Winzigkleinen, spricht über Relevanz von Mineralen und Kristallen in unserem Alltag und veranschaulicht welche große Auswirkung die unterschiedliche Anordnung von winzigen Atomen in unserer Welt hat. Der Vortrag gibt einen Vorgeschmack auf die Wanderausstellung, die durch Österreich touren wird. |
Location | Vienna Austria |
Contact | Robert Krickl mail@r-krickl.com |
URL | http://www.langenachtderforschung.at/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=21&Itemid=161&group_id=4161 |
Category | seminars |

Event Name | Lange Nacht der Forschung |
Start Date | 4th Apr 2014 5:00pm |
End Date | 5th Apr 2014 12:00am |
Duration | 7 hours |
Description | Die UNO hat das Jahr 2014 zum "Internationalen Jahr der Kristallographie" erklärt, denn Kristalle sind aus unserem täglichen Leben nicht wegzudenken. Wir mögen uns dessen oft nicht bewusst sein, aber wir sind immer und überall von Kristallen umgeben. Wissen Sie eigentlich, was genau man unter einem Kristall versteht? Prüfen Sie selbst, wo kristalline Stoffe in Natur und Technik eine Rolle spielen und warum z.B. ein Mobiltelefon ohne kristalline Stoffe undenkbar wäre! Erleben Sie den ästhetischen Reiz von Kristallen und basteln Sie sich Ihr eigenes Kristallmodell! Erfahren Sie, wie Kristalle mit polarisiertem Licht faszinierenden Effekte und Farbenspiele hervorzaubern! Informieren Sie sich aus erster Hand über das Mineral Innsbruckit, das man erst kürzlich in Tirol entdeckt hat! Lassen Sie sich erklären, wie man den Kristallen Ihren Aufbau entlockt und warum es dafür einen Nobelpreis gab! Begleiten Sie uns auf einer Exkursion in die Wunderwelt der Kristalle! |
Location | Innsbruck Austria |
Contact | Volker Kahlenberg volker.kahlenberg@uibk.ac.at |
URL | http://www.langenachtderforschung.at/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=21&Itemid=161&group_id=4603 |
Category | activities for schoolchildren |

Event Name | Lange Nacht der Forschung |
Start Date | 4th Apr 2014 5:00pm |
End Date | 4th Apr 2014 11:00pm |
Duration | 6 hours |
Description | Röntgenstrahlen können viel mehr als Knochen abbilden. Mit Röntgentechnik kann man die Struktur von Materialen untersuchen um dadurch wichtige Materialeigenschaften zu verstehen. Werfen Sie einen Blick in das Röntgenlabor der TU Wien – bei einer Laborführung lernen Sie unterschiedliche Untersuchungsmethoden und Geräte kennen. Die regelmäßige Anordnung von Atomen in einem Kristall bestimmt wesentlich die physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften. Deswegen erfordert die Entwicklung von neuen oder die Verbesserung von bereits bekannten Materialien zuverlässige Daten über deren Strukturen und Eigenschaften. Mit unserem Beitrag wollen wir Ihnen anhand von Beispielen aus dem Alltag die Welt der Kristalle und die Untersuchungsmethoden mittels Beugungsexperimenten zur Untersuchung dieser Eigenschaften näher bringen. Neben einer Laborführung erwarten Sie verschiedene Versuchsaufbauten wie Beugungsexperimente mittels Laserstrahlen an optischen Gittern, Vorführungen von Beugungsexperimenten an den Geräten des Röntgenzentrums und eine Rätselecke mit Objekten zur Symmetrieerkennung. |
Location | Wien Austria |
Contact | Hradil Klaudia klaudia.hradil@tuwien.ac.at |
URL | http://www.langenachtderforschung.at/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=21&Itemid=161&group_id=4721 |
Category | activities for schoolchildren |
Event Name | Lange Nacht der Forschung |
Start Date | 4th Apr 2014 5:00pm |
End Date | 4th Apr 2014 11:00pm |
Duration | 6 hours |
Description | Kristalle - wozu sind sie gut?
Bedeutung der Kristallografie in alltäglichen Beispielen |
Location | Linz Austria |
Contact | Julian Stangl julian.stangl@jku.at |
URL | http://www.langenachtderforschung.at/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=21&Itemid=161&group_id=4241 |
Category | other |

Event Name | Lange Nacht der Forschung |
Start Date | 4th Apr 2014 8:00pm |
End Date | 4th Apr 2014 10:00pm |
Duration | 2 hours |
Description | Zwei brandneue Geräte gibt es im elektronenmikroskopischen Labor des NHM Wien zu bewundern: Das Rasterelektronenmikroskop Jeol JSM 6610-LV liefert Vergrößerungen von 10- bis 300.000-fach und verfügt über eine extragroße Probenkammer, in die Proben von mehreren Dezimetern passen.
Neben mineralogischen Objekten werden zoologische Unikate, aber auch Schmuckstücke, prähistorische Objekte, Kunstgegenstände u. v. m. untersucht. Die Elektronenstrahlmikrosonde Jeol JXA 8530-F liefert auf Basis der Rasterelektronenmikroskopie eine präzise chemische Analytik der Objekte. Es handelt sich um das modernste Gerät seiner Art in ganz Österreich. Am NHM wird die Elektronenstrahlmikrosonde vorwiegend im Bereich der Meteoriten und Impaktforschung, Mineralogie und Petrologie eingesetzt. Die Führungen finden auch im Rahmen des IYCr2014 http://www.iycr2014.org statt. Dr. Dan Topa: „Sulfosalze – auf der Suche nach neuen Kristallstrukturen“ Christian Steinwender: „Rasterelektronenmikroskopie – Der Blick aufs Detail“ Treffpunkt: NHM Wien (Seiteneingang, Portier) Burgring 7, 1010 Wien Beginnzeiten: 20 Uhr, 21 Uhr | Durchschnittliche Verweildauer: 45 Minuten Max. Teilnehmer: 20 Personen pro Führung | Art der Station: Führung Anmeldung per E-Mail: anmeldung@nhm-wien.ac.at Ansprechperson: Gloria Lekaj +43 1 521 77-335 |
Location | Vienna Austria |
Contact | Vera Hammer vera.hammer@nhm-wien.ac.at |
URL | http://www.langenachtderforschung.at/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=21&Itemid=161&group_id=3615 |
Category | seminars |