30th August 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 | Aus der Mineraliensammlung des Krahuletz-Museum in Eggenburg: Neufunde – Neuerwerbungen – Schätze der Studiensammlung |
| Start Date | 18th Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 31st Dec 2014 |
| Duration | 197 days and 1 hour |
| Description |
Eine neue Kluft im Steinbruch Eibenstein lieferte beachtliche Kalzitkristalle, z.T. Phantombildungen und Kalzite in Chalcedon. Aus Motlas O.Ö. wurden herrliche Quarz-Stufen, Andalusit, Beryll, Schörl und Orthoklas angekauft. In der Mittelvitrine werden aus der Studiensammlung des Museum besondere Stufen ausgestellt: Einzel-Quarzkristalle und Stufen (auch Amethyst), sowie seltene Mineralien wie Amstallit, bzw. aus dem Fundort Kottaun; ferner Beryll, Chalcedon, Schörl u.a. Ebenso wurde der größte Feldspatkristall Österreichs aus Wanzenau bei Rosenburg dem Krahuletz-Museum übergeben und ist dort im Rahmen der Mineralien-Dauerausstellung zu sehen. |
| Location | Eggenburg Austria |
| Contact | Herta Effenberger herta.silvia.effenberger@univie.ac.at |
| URL | http://www.krahuletzmuseum.at/sonderausstellungen.html |
| Category | exhibitions |
| 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): |
Minerals have been selected that exhibit their crystalline form to illustrate some basic laws: the work of Nicolas Steno and the law of the constancy of facial angles (using quartz) and Réne Haüy's geometrical law of crystallization (using calcite and galena).| Location | Diss, Norfolk United Kingdom |
| Contact | Peter Perkins pjperkins@live.co.uk |
| URL | http://www.disscommunity.net |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Crystallography for Humankind |
| Start Date | 23rd Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 23rd Dec 2014 |
| Duration | 184 days and 1 hour |
| Description | From June to December 2014 an exhibit related to the celebrations for the International Year of Crystallography entitled "Crystallography for Humankind" will be on view at the FCT-NOVA (entrance of Building VII).
The opening is scheduled on June 23rd, with the presence of Professor Robert Huber, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The results of the Photo Contest will be announced. |
| Location | Caparica Portugal |
| Contact | Ana Luisa Carvalho almc@fct.unl.pt |
| URL | http://xtal.dq.fct.unl.pt/iycr2014 |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Crystallography in everyday life"- Travelling photo-Exhibition |
| Start Date | 12th Jun 2014 |
| End Date | 27th Oct 2014 |
| Duration | 138 days and 1 hour |
| Description |
The 15 stunning images celebrate the wonder of crystallography, symmetry and crystals as symbolized in the places, objects and experiences of everyday life and will now form part of the traveling exhibition around Australia. Graziano Lolli from Italy won the first prize in this category with a photo of "romanesco broccoli". |
The Australian satellite of the IYCr2014 photo competition | Location | Australia Australia |
| Contact | Poulomi Agrawal poulomi.agrawal@science.org.au |
| URL | http://www.science.org.au/crystallography-everyday-life-travelling-photo-exhibition |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Exhibición Especial de Cristales y Estructuras, Crystals and strucures special exhibit |
| Start Date | 19th May 2014 |
| End Date | 31st Dec 2014 |
| Duration | 227 days and 1 hour |
| Description | El Museo de Historia Natural "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" de Montevideo, Uruguay ha realizado una exhibición especial de Cristales y Estructuras Cristalinas aprovechando su colección de minerales para celebrar el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014. En la exposición se agregan a los minerales algunas figuras con las estructuras atómicas correspondientes. ---- The Natural History Museum "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" of Montevideo, Uruguay has created a special exhibit of Crystals and Crystal structures using its own minerals collection to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014. The exposition contains some figures with the atomic structures of the selected minerals. |
| Location | Montevideo Uruguay |
| Contact | Leopoldo Suescun leopoldo@fq.edu.uy |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/site/museotorresdelallosa/ano-internacional-de-la-cristalografia |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | Exhibition "Gemmes, une brillante histoire" ("Gems, a bright story") |
| Start Date | 6th Jul 2014 |
| End Date | 5th Oct 2014 |
| Duration | 92 days |
| Description | The exhibition "Gemmes, une brillante histoire" ("Gems, a bright story") will look like a trip to the heart of the history of gems from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, at the option of paintings, prints, art objects >, manuscripts and crystals into three thematic courses:
- Man, crystal, pearl and coral: myths and symbols - King, Prince and Bishop: gems in majesty - the science of gems Many events will be organized around the exhibition: concerts, conferences, demonstrations, ...
More information at http://www.aicr2014.fr and http://www.musee-saint-antoine.fr |
| Location | Musée de Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye France |
| Contact | Marc Blanchard contact@aicr2014.fr |
| URL | http://www.aicr2014.fr/index.php/agenda/icalrepeat.detail/2014/07/06/97/78|79|80|81/exposition-gemmes-une-brillante-histoire |
| Category | exhibitions |
| Event Name | First European Crystallography School |
| Start Date | 28th Aug 2014 |
| End Date | 6th Sep 2014 |
| Duration | 10 days |
| Description | Reinforcing foundations to build the 2nd century of modern crystallography As celebrated by the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2014), modern crystallography is entering its 2nd century of life, being as vital and challenging as a young discipline. In the last decades, crystallography has experienced a rapid advance, which has produced an enormous impact towards a deeper understanding of the properties of matter and functionality of materials. ECS1 is directed to young researchers and Ph.D. students involved in all different fields of structural sciences, and aims at diffusing and sharing the idea of crystallography as a unique discipline. The School will include lectures and practical sessions, as well as dissemination seminars open to the public, in order to increase the awareness and ignite an interest in crystallography among young students. Moreover, a series of satellite events will be organized to celebrate IYCr2014. ECS1 has been approved as an Erasmus Intensive Programme under the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union. Follow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ECASchool2014
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| Location | Pavia Italy |
| Contact | Michele Zema michele.zema@unipv.it |
| URL | http://2014.aicschool.org/ |
| Category | schools and workshops |
| Event Name | Lattices and invisible rays |
| Start Date | 9th May 2014 |
| End Date | 12th Sep 2014 |
| Duration | 127 days |
| Description | The University library at Lund University celebrates the International Year of Crystallography by hosting a book exhibition displaying a wide plethora of scientific works ranging from the 15th Century up to present time. Focus will be on man's fascination of crystals, the discoveries of Röntgen, Laue and the Braggs, plus local crystallographers and the new MAX IV Laboratory currently under construction in Lund.
The exhibition will open on May 9th with a speech by Sven Lidin, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Lund University and Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. |
| Location | Lund Sweden |
| Contact | Kristian Knutsson kristian.knutsson@ub.lu.se |
| URL | http://www.ub.lu.se/o.o.i.s/5311 |
| 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 | Virtual Conference on Computational Chemistry |
| Start Date | 1st Aug 2014 |
| End Date | 31st Aug 2014 |
| Duration | 31 days |
| Description | The first Virtual Conference on Computational Chemistry (VCCC-2013) was held from 1st to 31st August 2013. Following the success of this conference, we are now planning for the second virtual conference, VCCC-2014, from 1st to 31st August 2014. Chemistry is no more about test-tubes and experiments but it also involves the use of efficient and accurate computational methods. This virtual conference will also be held as part of the International Year of Crystallography. Computational chemistry is also used to complement research involving crystallography. ICT can be used effectively for conferences and thus, virtual conferences have gained popularity. The major advantage of virtual conference is the lower cost involved for participation. One simply has to have access to the Internet or email to be involved in the conference. |
| Location | Virtual India |
| Contact | ponnadurai ramasami ramchemi@intnet.mu |
| URL | http://sites.uom.ac.mu/vccc2014/ |
| Category | conferences |