lakehead professor emeritus honoured with mineral species name and joint-principal editor appointment

(april 1, 2011 " thunder bay, on) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 professor emeritus, dr. roger mitchell, department of geology, and fellow of the royal society of canada, has received recognition for his outstanding and prolific work in mineralogy, petrology, and crystallography. mitchell is world-renowned for his ground-breaking work in mineralogy and has had his name given to a new mineral discovery. dr. mitchell has also recently accepted an appointment as co-editor of mineralogical magazine, a major international scientific journal.

dr. andrew mcdonald, professor of mineralogy, laurentian university, found an unrecognized, transparent, mineral species at mont saint-hilaire, a famous mineral locality in the montérégion hills of québec. after exhaustive cross-comparative analysis with previously discovered minerals, the international mineralogical association (ima) accepted the find as a new mineralogical discovery. dr. mcdonald, in recognition of dr. roger mitchell's extraordinary work in mineralogy and petrology, put forward the name "rogermitchellite" for the new mineral species.

"there are only about 5,000 named minerals in existence," says mitchell. "the naming of new minerals is quite a complex process that involves several stages of approval by international committees. while there are several other canadian mineralogists who have minerals named after them, names are not given on an ad hoc basis. they have to be approved and there are a lot of rules. i am honoured that my work in mineralogy and petrology has been acknowledged in this way."

in addition to giving his name to a new mineral, mitchell has recently been appointed joint-principal editor of an international journal of mineralogy and petrology, mineralogical magazine, the scientific journal of the mineralogical society of great britain and northern ireland. the magazine, published continuously since 1876, is one of the most highly respected titles in the earth sciences and circulated to over 50 countries around the world.

dr. roger mitchell and fellow internationally renowned mineralogist, dr. peter williams, professor of geology and crystallography, university of western sydney, australia, were appointed co-editors of the prestigious scientific journal earlier this month.

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media: for more information or to schedule an interview with dr. mitchell, please contact janine chiasson, communications officer, at 807-343-8177 or commun@lakeheadu.ca

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