Country reports. Spain

Many diversified activities can be reported from the Spanish INHIGEO group. The International Year of Crystallography was celebrated on St. Albertus Magnus Day (January 28) at the National University of Distance Education at (Madrid). The scientist Santiago Garcia Granda, President of the European Association of Crystallography, was commissioned to present a lecture titled, Crystals and diffraction: 100 years of scientific milestones. An exhibition of minerals was held at the Madrid Mining School (November 24-29).