1984年2月22-25日在美国洛杉矶召开了国际应用矿物学会议.这次会议的宗旨是促进和加强世界应用矿物学家与冶金工程师之间,在技术思想、方法和矿物学应用等方面的交流.出席会议的有东方、西方和第三世界等三十多个国家的代表,提交了85篇以上的论文;讨论了矿物学的新方法和应用问题,涉及到的主题有:方法学、矿石成因、矿产勘查、经济 The International Conference on Applied Mineralogy was held in Los Angeles from February 22 to 25, 1984. The purpose of this conference was to promote and strengthen the relationship between applied mineralogists and metallurgical engineers in the world, in terms of technical ideas, methods, and mineralogy applications. The exchanges. Attended delegates from more than 30 countries, including Eastern, Western and Third World, and submitted more than 85 papers; discussed new methods and applications of mineralogy. The topics involved were: Methodology , ore genetics, mineral exploration, economy