There are 14 Special Interest Commissions (on History, Cosmic Mineralogy, Crystal Genesis, Mineralogy of Gemstone Deposits and Gemology, Museums, New Minerals and Mineral Names, Organic Mineralogy, High School Teaching in Mineralogy, Crystal Chemistry and X-ray Diffraction of Minerals, Ore Mineralogy, Mineral Processing, Physical Methods of Investigation of Minerals, Environmental Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Experimental Mineralogy) and one Working Group  (WG on Modern Mineral-Bearing Processes) of the Russian Mineralogical Society.