Environmental mineralogy image competition

The Environmental Mineralogy Group (EMG) is holding an image competition for Mineralogical Society members to raise awareness of minerals in the environment. A £100 Amazon voucher prize will be offered to the best image (photograph, line diagram) of a mineral that tells an interesting environmental story. Copyright of the winning image must be assigned to the Mineralogical Society. The image must be no less than 5 cm x 5 cm at a resolution of not less than 300 dpi (JPEG or TIFF formats are both acceptable). The image must be accompanied by a contextual piece of text (up to 100 words) explaining the importance of the image. This text should be written for a non-specialist audience, in the style of New Scientist.

Please send your images to the EMG Secretary, Kevin Taylor (k.g.taylor@mmu.ac.uk).  The winner will be announced on the Mineralogical Society’s web page and in Elements. The Environmental Mineralogy Group reserves the right to use the winning image in its publicity.  The closing date is June 30th 2008.