MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 18, issue 1, 2013

96 pages, 173 illustrations including 145 mineral photos.

The main article in this issue is devoted to the Dashkesan ore deposit situated in the Republic of Azerbaijan, This locality was very popular among collectors and professional mineralogists between 1960 and 1990. In additional to a general description of the geological setting and minerals of the deposit compiled by Michael B. Leybov we also publish two short articles by collectors Boris Z. Kantor and Alexey F. Glushkov, who visited Dashkesan more than once and collected many good specimens there.
The Gold Treasure of the Diamond Fund is described in the article by Vasiliy N. Orlov and Irina B. Taishcheva, who investigated the history of unique gold nuggets found in the Urals during the 20^th century and made a thorough morphological description.
As usual we also publish mineral show reports, news and current temporary exhibitions.

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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 17, issue 3, 2012

88 pages, 270 illustrations including 150 mineral photos.
The main article of this issue by Ukranian mineralogist Alexander I. Tishchenko deals with the mineralogy of a remarkable mineral locality – Pervomaisky Quarry (Crimea, Ukraine), the mineralization of which is similar to that of the world famous Puna in India. In view of the 150th anniversary of Vladimir I. Vernadsky we publish a historical review by a group of authors from Vernadsky State Geological Museum devoted to Vernadsky’s activity in development of the Museum collection. An article by academician Nikolay P. Yushkin describes the historical mineral collection of Russian Tzarina – Alexandra Pavlovna Romanova – in Eötvös Museum of Natural History of Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary). As usual, we also publish reports from mineralogical shows: Tucson, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg.

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SUBPOLAR URALS
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 17, issue 2, 2012

Subpolar Urals: Minerals of the Rock Crystal Veins

Vladimir V. Bukanov, Еugeny V. Burlakov, Аlexander V. Kozlov, Nikolay А. Pozidaev

FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES SERIES
136 pages, 207 illustrations including 159 mineral photos.
This special issue of the Mineralogical Almanac contains a review of over 80 years of exploration history of the Subpolar Urals rock-crystal-bearing province, as well as data about the location of quartz deposits, their geology, main patterns of distribution, and stages of formation. The main focus is the mineralogy of numerous rock-crystal-bearing veins of the Subpolar Urals. Not only do they represent deposits and occurrences of valuable technical, piezo-optic, and jewelry raw materials, but they are also a source of fine and unique specimens of various minerals. The issue contains data about more than a hundred varieties of minerals, 45 of which had been discovered for the first time in these types of deposits.

 

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