Draft:Società italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia

The Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology, acronym SIMP. was established in Pavia and legally recognized with the royal decree n. 1901 on December 12th 1940. , with the name of Società mineralogica italiana (Italian Mineralogical Society). The name was then changed to the current Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (SIMP) in 1970.

Memberships
Memberships are open upon application to people and institutions working in mineralogical sciences s.l. which includes the fields of Crystallography, Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry and Volcanology.

The society currently counts 553 registered member (May 2020) from Italy and some international countries

Publishing activities
Since the year of its foundation until 1988 the society published the "Reports of the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology"

In 1989 the cooperation with other European societies (the "Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft" and the "Societè Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie") gave rise to the scientific journal European Journal of Mineralogy (EJM) that became the official international journal of the three societies later (2004) joined by the "Sociedad Española de Mineralogía".

The SIMP also edits and publishes an annual national supplement “Plinius”, which contains among other the extended summaries of the PhD theses of Italian PhD students carrying out their research in the disciplines competence of the Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia.

Presidents

 * 1941-1948 Ugo PANICHI
 * 1949-1951 Angelo BIANCHI
 * 1952-1954 Guido CAROBBI
 * 1955-1957 Ciro ANDREATTA
 * 1958-1960 Ettore ONORATO
 * 1961-1963 Massimo FENOGLIO
 * 1964-1965 Stefano BONATTI
 * 1966-1967 Paolo GALLITELLI
 * 1968-1969 Antonio SCHERILLO
 * 1970-1971 Renato PELLIZZER
 * 1972-1973 Piero ZUFFARDI
 * 1974-1975 Mario FORNASERI
 * I1976-1977 Carlo LAURO
 * 1978-1979 Mario GALLI
 * 1980-1981 Ivo URAS
 * 1982-1983 Marcello CARAPEZZA
 * 1984-1985 Curzio CIPRIANI
 * 1986-1987 Attilio BORIANI
 * 1988-1989 Paolo OMENETTO
 * 1990-1991 Antonio LONGINELLI
 * 1992-1993 Emiliano BRUNO
 * 1994-1995 Francesco Paolo SASSI
 * 1996-1997 Bruno TURI
 * 1998-1999 Fernando SCORDARI
 * 2000-2001 Bruno MESSIGA
 * 2002-2003 Maria Franca BRIGATTI
 * 2004-2005 Roberto COMPAGNONI
 * 2006-2007 Pierfranco LATTANZI
 * 2008-2009 Simona QUARTIERI
 * 2010-2011 Stefano POLI
 * 2012-2013 Giuseppe CRUCIANI
 * 2014-2015 Bernardo CESARE
 * 2016-2017 Alessandro PAVESE
 * 2018-2019 Piergiulio CAPPELLETTI
 * 2020-2021 Daniele Carlo Cesare CASTELLI
 * 2022-2023 Francesco PRINCIVALLE