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Important Dates in March


March 12, 1863, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadskiy was born. He was a great Russian scientist and thinker, a prominent mineralogist and a founder of geochemistry. Mineral vernadite is named in his honor.

March 15, 1932, Oleg Vasilievich Kononov was born. He is a specialist in luminescence and mineral typomorphism, technogenic mineralogy and gemology. During more than 40 years, he works as a lecturer at the Mineralogical Department of the Moscow State University.

March 15, 1938, Margarita Ivanovna Novgorodova was born. She is a specialist in gold mineralogy. She was the director of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences about 10 years. Mineral novgorodovaite is named in her honor.

March 16, 1936, mineralogist Vyacheslav Dusmatov was born. He is one of the first explorers of Dara-I-Pioz Massif. Mineral of dusmanovite, discovered in this massif, is named in his honor.

March 16, 1967, mineralogist Igor Pekov was born. He works at the Mineralogical Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University as a researcher on mineralogy of alkaline massifs. He is an author of guidebook on new minerals discovered in the former USSR, review about the Lovozero pegmatite and others. He also gathered one of the largest systematic collections of minerals.

March 20, 1933, Alexandr Moiseevich Gorodnickiy was born. He is famous geophysicist and outstanding author of many songs devoted geologists and their travels.

Latest Publications

Murzinskoe Gold Deposit: Phosphatno-Arsenatnaya Vein
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 29, issue 2, 2024

Series: New Mineral Localities of Russia

Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Vladimir S. Lednev, Maria D. Milshina

120 pages, 11 Tables, 185 Figures, including 162 mineral photographs and 10 SEM-photos.

This issue of Mineralogical Almanac focuses on the mineralogy of the Phosphatno-Arsenatnaya vein at the Murzinskoe gold deposit in Altai Krai, Russia. Discovered in 2023, the vein has quickly gained recognition as one of Russia’s notable mineralogical locations. The paper presents the results of an extensive mineralogical study of the vein, describing 104 identified minerals, 72 of which are supergene. Among these, arsenates and phosphates are particularly prominent. The oxidation zone of the vein has produced a wealth of remarkable specimens, including azurite, bayldonite, beudantite, carminite, corkite, duftite, gartrellite, kintoreite, malachite, mottramite, phosphohedyphane, pseudomalachite, segnitite, vauquelinite, and others. Notably, a new mineral – stibiosegnitite – has been first discovered in the oxidized ores of the Phosphatno-Arsenatnaya vein. Additionally, the minerals chenevixite, joëlbruggerite, kettnerite, mawbyite, molybdofornacite, and yancowinnaite have been reliably described for the first time on the territory of Russia. The paper includes geological data for the Murzinskoe deposit and provides a comprehensive list of its known minerals, which currently includes 247 mineral species. 

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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.

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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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