1. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY ON GEM-QUALITY MICROCRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS SILICA VARIETIES FROM ROMANIA. Authors: DANA POP, CIPRIAN CONSTANTINA, DAN TĂTAR, WOLFGANG KIEFER.2. A NOVEL MORPHOLOGICAL TYPE OF SIDERITE IN THE JAMESONITE PARAGENESIS FROM HERJA (MARAMUREş COUNTY, ROMANIA). Authors: VIRGIL GHIURCĂ, DANA POP.3. XRD INVESTIGATION OF THE CLAY FRACTION IN SOME ROMANIAN ZEOLITIC VOLCANIC TUFFS AND DIATOMITES. Authors: DANA POP, IOAN BEDELEAN, HOREA BEDELEAN.4. THE WEBSITE OF THE MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM, BABEŞ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA. Authors: DANA POP, COSMIN STREMŢAN.5. NEW DATA ON THE VOLCANIC TUFF FROM PETREŞTII DE JOS (CLUJ DISTRICT). Authors: HOREA BEDELEAN, IOAN IVAN, DANA POP, IOAN BEDELEAN, GHEORGHE PLEŞOIU.6. CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS IN RONA LIMESTONE, ROMANIA. Authors: STELA CUNA, DANA POP, ALEXANDRU HOSU.7. FT-RAMAN AND FT-INFRARED INVESTIGATIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS FROM FOENI NEOLITHIC SITE (BANAT, ROMANIA). Authors: LOREDANA NEMETH, DANA POP, SIMONA CINTĂ PÂNZARU.8. ANNOUNCEMENTS: EVENTS. Authors: SORIN FILIPESCU, DANA POP.9. IN MEMORIAM: DR. VIRGIL GHIURCĂ (1927–2008). Authors: DANA POP, MARCEL BENEA.10. POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON ROMANIA. Authors: ANA MONICA POP, DANA POP.11. EUROMIN: BOLOGNA-WIDE EURO-DEGREES IN MINERAL SCIENCES - A TUNING APPROACH. Authors: TAMÁS G. WEISZBURG, DANA POP, ERZSÉBET TÓTH, TRIANTAFYLLOS K. SOLDATOS.12. THE “NIGHT OF MUSEUMS” AT THE MUSEUM OF MINERALOGY, BABEŞ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY CLUJ-NAPOCA. Authors: DANA POP, RAMONA BĂLC, IOANA IANCU, FERENC FORRAY.13. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF MOCS METEORITE BY LEAD ISOTOPIC RATIO USING QUADRUPOLE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY. Authors: MARIANA UDRESCU, LEONTIN DAVID, TRAJČE STAFILOV, CECILIA ROMAN, BÉLA ABRAHAM, DANA POP, STANKO ILIK-POPOV, CLAUDIU TĂNĂSELIA.14. AN ASSESSMENT OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS COMPOSITION OF ROMANIAN METEORITIC MATERIAL USING AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD. Authors: DANA POP, CECILIA ROMAN, MIRELA MICLEAN, CLAUDIU TĂNĂSELIA.15. A COMPARISON BETWEEN INSULIN RESISTANCE SCORES PARAMETERS IN IDENTIFYING PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME. Authors: ADELA SITAR-TĂUT, DANA POP, VASILE NEGREAN, DOREL SAMPELEAN, ROMANA VULTURAR, CRINA MUREȘAN, RAMONA SUHAROSCHI, OLGA HILDA ORĂȘAN, ADRIANA FODOR, ANGELA COZMA.