The Society of Mineral Museum Professionals is a
Tucson, Arizona-based professional organization of current and retired staff of accredited museums and universities in the curation of
mineralogical,
gemological
Gemology or gemmology is the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstone materials. It is a geoscience and a branch of mineralogy. Some jewelers (and many non-jewelers) are academically trained gemologists and are qualified to identify ...
and
petrological collections.
The organization has produced monthly newsletters for its members since 1994.
References
External links
* {{official, http://www.agiweb.org/smmp
Mineralogy museums
Natural Science Collections Alliance members