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Important Dates in May


May 6, 1929, Marianna Borisovna Chistyakova was born, who stays with A.E. Fersman Mineralogical museum (RAS) since the 1950’s(!). She supervises the gem and color stone collection of the Museum.

May 15, 1915, John Sinkankas was born (died May 17, 2002), a famous gemologist and an author of a fundamental book on North American gemstones, Emerald and Other Beryls, this original encyclopedia, a magnificent course of mineralogy for amateurs, and many other books. Mineral sinkakasite was named in his honor. As http://www.palagems.com/ sinkankas.htm states: “…Pilot, author, bibliophile, bookbinder, collector, artist, lapidary, historian, scholar – John Sinkankas was the epitome of the Renaissance man.”

May 17, 1936, Lia Nikolayevna Kogarko, a academician of Russian Academy of Science and a specialist in magmatism, ore deposition, and geochemistry, was born. Mineral kogarkoite discovered in Colorado, USA, was named in her honor.

May 18, 1925, Anatoly Nikolaevich Korobov was born, a pilot, designer, artist, lapidary, collector, screenplay author for animated films, etc. For many years he heads the Moscow friends of Mineralogy Club, being an organizer and participant of the Wonder in Stone annual exhibition for three decades. His scenery stone collection is a unique.

May 20, 1936, Nikolai Pavlovich Yushkin, a academician of Russian Academy of Science, was born. He is a mineralogist (in particular, he deals with biomineralogical problems) and a Director of the Geological Institute of the Komi Scientific Center, Uralian Branch of RAS (Syktyvkar). During the last two decades he heads studies on fundamental description of the Uralian mineralogy. Mineral yushkinite was named in his honor.

May 21, 1885, Nikolay Alexeevich Smol'yaninov was born (died 1957), a Professor of mineralogy in the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute since 1930 and a head of the Mineralogical museum of the same institute during 1930-1957. He was among the top mineralogists and an author of a Practical Guide on Mineralogy. Mineral smolyaninovite was named in his honor.

May 29, 1846, Carl Fabergé was born, famous Russian jewelry.

Latest Publications

MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 29, issue 1, 2024

80 pages, 140 illustrations including 67 mineral photos.

This issue of the Mineralogical Almanac titled “Mineral Observer” opens with an article by Andrey O. Karpov highlighting intriguing specimens from the recent acquisitions to the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, RAS. Following this, a comprehensive article explores the life and contributions of the outstanding mineralogist, Professor Andrey Glebovich Bulakh (1933–2020) by Vladimir G. Krivovichev, Aleksey I. Brusnitsyn, Anatoliy N. Zaitsev, and Anatoliy A. Zolotarev, his students and colleagues from the Mineralogy department of the Saint Petersburg State University. Lyubov V. Badyanova presents an article on quartz from the Belorechenskoe deposit, North Caucasus, Russia. In the section of “Mineral Shows 2023”, Maria D. Milshina shares her impressions on the “Gemma” mineral show held in Moscow in December. Polina V. Nikitina’s article delves into the poetic essence of stone as captured in the works of the renowned sculptor and stonecutter Sergey Falkin. Maria D. Milshina summarizes the results of the 6th All-Russian photo contest “Minerals Through the Lens”. In the “New Book for Mineral Collectors” section, Artem S. Borisov offers a review of the “Mines et Minéraux du Dôme de Barrot” book by Gilbert Mari devoted to the mineralogy, geology, and historical development of the Dôme de Barrot massif in France, one of the oldest copper ore mining sites.

The same edition is available in Russian.



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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 28, issue 3, 2023

80 pages, 185 illustrations including 125 mineral photos.

This issue of the “Mineralogical Almanac” is dedicated to the eminent mineralogist Victor I. Stepanov (1924–1988), whose centenary is celebrated this year. Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya’s paper portrays Stepanov as a tireless researcher and a remarkable educator who mentored a generation of distinguished Russian mineralogists. This paper includes several previously unpublished photographs of Stepanov. Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Igor V. Pekov, Alexander B. Nikiforov, and Andrey O. Karpov present a detailed account of the exhibition honoring Stepanov’s centennial at the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of RAS in Moscow, accompanied by photographs of minerals from Stepanov’s collection.

Three papers are dedicated to recent mineral shows. Joerg Liebe provides a report on the St. Marie aux Mines show in France, while Laszlo Kupi and Mark Mauthner contribute a mineral photo gallery from the same event. Maria D. Mil’shina covers some novelties on GEMMA-show in October, 2023 in Moscow, featuring extensive mineral photography. Victor V. Sharygin describes the new Russian meteorite Kapustin Yar. The issue concludes with a richly illustrated paper by Ludmila A. Budrina, "Wealth of the Earth in the Art of Stone Carvers", which showcases an exhibition at the Mining Museum of the St. Petersburg Mining University.



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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 28, issue 2, 2023

80 pages, 205 illustrations including 104 mineral photos.

This issue the Mineralogical Almanac opens with a paper by the Ural mineralogists Vladimir S. Ponomarev and Yuriy V. Erokhin "Almandine from the Glubochinskoe deposit near Sysert, Central Urals." The column "Outstanding Russian mineralogists" pre­sents a paper by Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya, Evgenia V. Sidorova and Leonid R. Kolbantsev "There is nothing more practical than a good theory...,” devoted to 120 years of the birth of Mikhail N. Godlevskiy, a remarkable Russian mineralogist and geologist. The photo gallery is dedicated to specimens from Huanggang, China, from the collection of Olga and Dmitry Davydovs. A coverage of an interesting event in life of the the Russian mineralogical community, the exhibition "Mineral. Two Views" at Vernadsky State Geological Museum in Moscow, is given in the paper by Victoria V. Chernenko and Vladislav G. Dyatlov. The issue closes with a paper by Michael B. Leybov, in which he shares his impressions of the 2023 Tucson Mineral Show.



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