{"id":441,"date":"2017-02-08T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:26:46","slug":"the-marsh-award-for-mineralogy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=441","title":{"rendered":"The Marsh Award for Mineralogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was honoured to be nominated as the recipient of the Marsh Award for Mineralogy (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG-768x1077.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Marsh Award for Mineralogy (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Marsh Awards recognise unsung heroes who have made a major contribution to the promotion of palaeontology or mineralogy in the UK and abroad. These contributions could include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>popular publications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>websites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>collecting and donation of natural history collections to museums<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>superb preparation or conservation of specimens in public collections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>artistic or technical innovations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Award was presented by Brian Marsh OBE, at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London on 6 February 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3687-Roy-Starkey-receiving-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-from-Brian-Marsh-OBE-1024x829.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-769\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.221218674468897;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3687-Roy-Starkey-receiving-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-from-Brian-Marsh-OBE-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3687-Roy-Starkey-receiving-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-from-Brian-Marsh-OBE-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3687-Roy-Starkey-receiving-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-from-Brian-Marsh-OBE-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3687-Roy-Starkey-receiving-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-from-Brian-Marsh-OBE-371x300.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Roy Starkey receiving the Marsh Award for Mineralogy from Brian Marsh OBE in the Flett lecture Theatre, NHM, London. Photo \u00a9 Mary Starkey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3704-Roy-Starkey-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-winner-with-Austin-Woodbridge-Robin-Hansen-and-Michael-Doel-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-771\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4727314566234564;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3704-Roy-Starkey-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-winner-with-Austin-Woodbridge-Robin-Hansen-and-Michael-Doel-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3704-Roy-Starkey-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-winner-with-Austin-Woodbridge-Robin-Hansen-and-Michael-Doel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3704-Roy-Starkey-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-winner-with-Austin-Woodbridge-Robin-Hansen-and-Michael-Doel-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3704-Roy-Starkey-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-winner-with-Austin-Woodbridge-Robin-Hansen-and-Michael-Doel-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(Left to right) &#8211; Austin Woodbridge, Roy Starkey (winner of the Marsh Award for Mineralogy), Robin Hansen of the NHM and.Michael Doel, in the Mineral Gallery at the NHM London. Photo \u00a9 Mary Starkey.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3693-Roy-Starkey-Winner-of-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-in-the-Mineral-Gallery-at-the-NHM-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-770\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6794345158708989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3693-Roy-Starkey-Winner-of-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-in-the-Mineral-Gallery-at-the-NHM-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3693-Roy-Starkey-Winner-of-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-in-the-Mineral-Gallery-at-the-NHM-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/britishmineralogy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_3693-Roy-Starkey-Winner-of-the-Marsh-Award-for-Mineralogy-in-the-Mineral-Gallery-at-the-NHM-768x1160.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Roy Starkey, winner of the Marsh Award for Mineralogy (2016) in the Mineral Gallery at the NHM, London. Photo \u00a9 Mary Starkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to everyone concerned with my nomination and selection as the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about the Marsh Award for Mineralogy and how to nominate an individual or group here&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/events\/the-marsh-awards-for-palaeontology-and-mineralogy.html\">http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/events\/the-marsh-awards-for-palaeontology-and-mineralogy.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and the Marsh Christian Trust here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshchristiantrust.org\/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1322\">http:\/\/www.marshchristiantrust.org\/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1322<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honoured to be nominated as the recipient of the Marsh Award for Mineralogy (2016). 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