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<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="color:black"><img width="264" height="44" style="width:2.75in;height:.4583in" id="x_x_image_0" src="cid:image001.png@01DC6DAE.0B9B81B0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hi everyone, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The IMA Commission on Museums would like to gather more information about the types of museums with mineralogy collections that are in each of your countries, and develop a database of curator/researcher
names who work in those museums.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please find below a link to a survey about your mineral/rock/gem, etc. collections. The questions pertain to the types of collections you have, specimen numbers, information about funding (not
mandatory if you don't want to share), and use of your collections.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rT17TiA9oEa0q-Johkt_5ktnF0Xu9h5EiBUKMkI8MO9UNjhSWENNRVoxQTNYU0RBUkdKTFJRN1lVQy4u"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IMA-CM International
Mineral Collections Survey 2025-2026 – Fill out form</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There are 31 questions and should take approximately 15 minutes. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please send this email, request and link to all mineralogical/geological museum contacts in your country for whom you have email addresses. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Also forward to your local and national mineralogical organizations so that it can be forwarded to their members (i.e. SMMP, or even organizations such as Friends of Mineralogy). The more responses
the better! If they are then willing to pass along to their members, that would be great.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The survey will be open until January 31st, 2026.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Happy Holidays from the executive of the IMA-CM, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Paula, Melanie, Oscar and Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:gray">Dr. Paula C. Piilonen</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:gray">Research Scientist, Mineralogy</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:gray">Research & Collections Division</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:gray">Canadian Museum of Nature</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:gray">613.878.1065</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:gray;background:white">Vice-Chair, International Mineralogical Association Commission on Museums</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Jean-Marc Gagnon</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
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