The Friends of Mineralogy (FM) is an organization devoted to the advancement
of serious interest in minerals and related activities. It consists of mineral
collectors, professional mineralogists and curators of public and private
collections. The bond uniting these people is a love of mineral specimens and a
desire to spread appreciation and knowledge of minerals. FM was formed in 1970
in Tucson, Arizona. An initial project was the establishment of The Mineralogical Record. The FM has had a
close and continuing association with The
Mineralogical Record and with Rocks & Minerals
Magazine. One of the organization's important activities has been support of
the two magazines as vehicles for the preservation and dissemination of
mineralogical information.
