The Hallimond Lecture was established in honour of Arthur Francis Hallimond (1890–1968) who was a member of the Mineralogical Society for 56 years, many of which were served on Council (obituary published in American Mineralogist ).
The annual lecture is a tribute to Hallimond’s valuable contribution to the science of mineralogy, particularly in the fields of ore mineralogy and instrument design. His book, Manual of the Polarising Microscope, first published in 1948, is regarded as one of the foundation stones of modern ore-microscopy.
The Hallimond Lecturer, chosen annually by Council, is invited to deliver a lecture at the Mineralogical Society’s Annual Meeting. The first Hallimond lecture was delivered in 1970/1.
| 54 | 2024 | Bob Hazen | Carnegie Institution, USA | |
| 53 | 2018 | Tim Elliott | University of Bristol, UK | |
| 52 | 2018 | Juraj Majzlan | University of Jena, Germany | |
| 51 | 2018 | Michael Brown | University of Maryland, USA | |
| 50 | 2017 | D.B. Johnson | Bangor University, UK | |
| 49 | 2016 | K. Rosso | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington | |
| 48 | 2016 | D. Pyle | University of Oxford | |
| 47 | 2015 | N. Skipper | University College London | |
| 46 | 2014 | G. Begg | Minerals Targeting International | |
| 45 | 2014 | S. Gibson | Cambridge University | |
| 44 | 2013 | K. Condie | New Mexico Tech | |
| 43 | 2012/13 | K. Hudson-Edwards | Birkbeck, University of London | |
| 42 | 2011/12 | P. O’Brien | Universität Potsdam | |
| 41 | 2010/11 | J. Banfield | California-Berkeley | |
| 40 | 2009/10 | R. Ewing | U. Michigan | |
| 39 | 2008/9 | B. Harte | Edinburgh | |
| 38 | 2007/8 | J. Gale | Curtin University, Australia | |
| 37 | 2006/7 | P. Kelemen | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA | |
| 36 | 2005/6 | C.M.O’D Alexander | Carnegie Institution, Washington | |
| 35 | 2004/5 | C. Skinner | Yale | |
| 34 | 2003/4 | F. Goff | Los Alamos Nat. Lab., USA | |
| 33 | 2002/3 | A.N. Halliday | ETH, Zurich | |
| 32 | 2001/2 | M.J. Holdoway | S. Methodist Univ. Colorado | |
| 31 | 2000/01 | U. Hansen | Münster, Germany | |
| 30 | 1999/00 | S. Sparks | Bristol | |
| 29 | 1998/9 | J. Jambor | British Columbia | |
| 28 | 1997/8 | W. Compston | A.N.U., Canberra | |
| 27 | 1996/7 | B.J. Wood | University of Bristol | |
| 26 | 1995/6 | D.H. Green | A.N.U., Canberra | |
| 25 | 1994/5 | B.D. Marsh | Johns Hopkins | |
| 24 | 1993/4 | G. Brown | Stanford | |
| 23 | 1992/3 | L.J. Cabri | CANMET | |
| 22 | 1991/2 | D.P. McKenzie | Cambridge | |
| 21 | 1990/01 | J.M. Thomas | R.I., London | |
| 20 | 1989/90 | R.C. Newton | Chicago | |
| 19 | 1988/9 | R.G. Burns | M.I.T., Massachusetts | |
| 18 | 1987/8 | W.F. Schreyer | Bochum | |
| 17 | 1986/7 | J. Zussmann | Manchester | |
| 16 | 1985/6 | R.K. O’Nions | Oxford | |
| 15 | 1984/5 | H.P. Eugster | Johns Hopkins | |
| 14 | 1983/4 | A.E. Ringwood | Canberra | |
| 13 | 1982/3 | G. Turner | Manchester | |
| 12 | 1981/2 | H.S. Yoder Jr | Washington | |
| 11 | 1980/1 | J.B. Dawson | Sheffield | |
| 10 | 1979/80 | J.B. Thompson | Harvard | |
| 9 | 1978/9 | S.M.F. Sheppard | CNRS, Nancy | |
| 8 | 1977/8 | I. Parsons | Edinburgh | |
| 7 | 1976/7 | J.V. Smith | Chicago | |
| 6 | 1975/6 | S. Moorbath | Oxford | |
| 5 | 1974/5 | S.O. Agrell | Cambridge | |
| 4 | 1973/4 | H.F.W. Taylor | Aberdeen | |
| 3 | 1972/3 | M.H. Hey | NHM, London | |
| 2 | 1971/2 | W.S. Mackenzie | Manchester | |
| 1 | 1970/1 | J.D.C McConnell | Oxford |