Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1816	According to an article in the Fabian Handbuch entitled Bibliothek des Staatlichen Museums für Mineralogie und Geologie, this society was founded in 1816. Moreover, in an article in the Mineralogical Record entitled WERNER, Abraham Gottlob, we find the following item listed as part of the bibliographic record: Auswahl aus den Schriften der unter Werner's Mitwirkung gestifteten Gesellschaft für Mineralogie zu Dresden. [ Leipzig : J.F. Gleditsch, 1818-26.]
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Dresden Germany	This location is supported by cataloguing records.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1816 - 1826	Gesellschaft für Mineralogie zu Dresden	The founding date of 1816 is given by an article in the Fabian Handbuch entitled Bibliothek des Staatlichen Museums für Mineralogie und Geologie. The last known date of its existence (1826) is given by cataloguing records.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1.1818 - 2.1819; 3.1826[?]   1818-A	Auswahl aus den Schriften der unter Werner's Mitwirkung gestifteten Gesellschaft für Mineralogie zu Dresden [GBV German Union cat.]	Schrift. d. mineralog. Gesellsch. in Dresden [Pogg., v.1, col.744 cites I, 1818.]