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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac vol. 14 issue 3, 2009

Mineral Observer. Mineralogical Almanac, volume 14, issue 3, 2009. Moscow: Altum Ltd. 80 pp., 244 illustrations including 147 mineral photos.
The issue presents the article of the series ”Russian Mineral Treasures” dwelling on historical diamonds and recently mined Russian diamonds exhibit in Diamond Fund of the State Diamond and Jewellery Reserve (GOKHRAN) of Russia.
New ideas in the mineral ontogeny are a theme of the article “Aesthetics of Imperfection”.
Historical section includes articles “on special occasion” – the first one, devoted to the 250 anniversary of the Vernadsky State Geological Museum RAS and another – in a memory of outstanding Russian mineralogist Dmitriy P. Grigoriev.
As usual, we pay special attention to reports from the main mineral shows of the world; news from collectors and dealers; books review.
 

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URAL EMERALD MINES
Mineralogical Almanac vol. 14 issue 2, 2009

Ural Emerald Mines: Notes on Mineralogy.
Vladimir Ivanovich Zhernakov
FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES SERIES

Mineralogical Almanac, volume 14, issue 2, 2009.
Moscow: Altum Ltd. 128 pages, soft cover, 164 illustrations, including 104 color mineral photos.
The current issue dwells on Mineralogy of Ural Emerald Mines: a deposit which Russain geologists and mineralogists commonly refer as “Izumrudnye Kopi”. Besides description of minerals the issue contains information on history of research, notes on geology, list of minerals. For Curators of Museums, mineralogists, and collectors.

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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac vol. 14 issue 1, 2009

MINERAL OBSERVER: Mineral News From Russia and Beyond, volume 14, issue 1, 2009. Moscow: Altum Ltd. 88 pages, soft cover, 194 color photos, among them 132 mineral photos .
This issue of Mineral Observer presents articles written both by authors well-known to our readers (Boris Z. Kantor “Skeletal Growth or Autoepitaxy?”; Zoya A. Bessudnova, “Mikhail Alexandrovich Tolstopyatov as Experimental Mineralogist and a “Poet of Science”; Nikita V. Chukanov “Coprolites in Mineralogical Collections”) as well as materials written by new authors: outstanding Russian mineralogist Alexander P. Khomyakov (“On the Number of Mineral Species in Nature”), Elena N. Matvienko, curator of Fersman Mineralogical Museum (“Pseudomorphs and other Oddities from Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS) and well-known collector Victor V. Ponomarenko (“Calcite from Dalnegorsk: Review of 2003–2008 Findings”) are among them.
As usual one can find reports on recent Mineral Shows (Denver, Munich, Saint-Petersburg) written by our correspondents. A special report is devoted to an outstanding event – an opening of a new mineral exposition in Freiberg, Germany. There is also the review of new publications and Internet-sites that can be interesting both for mineralogists and mineral collectors.

 

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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac vol. 13c, 2008

MINERAL OBSERVER: Mineral News From Russia and Beyond. Mineralogical Almanac, volume 13c, 2008. Moscow: Altum Ltd. 80 pages, soft cover, 131 color photos, 23 maps and schemes.

This issue contains articles on the history of mineralogy, information on new mineral finds and stories on historical-mineralogical events. The highlight of this issue is an article by Vasilii N. Orlov devoted to the history of the oldest Russian Gold nuggets from the Diamond Fund. A special present from editorial to more interested in pseudomorphes – an article on the history of Organic Life on the Earth written by a professional paleontologist, Dr. Serge V. Naugolnykh.

 

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MINERAL OBSERVER
Mineralogical Almanac vol. 13, 2008

MINERAL OBSERVER: Mineral News From Russia and Beyond.
Mineralogical Almanac, volume 13, 2008.
Littleton, CO, USA: Ocean Pictures Ltd and Moscow, Russia: Altum Ltd. 128 pages, 193 pictures, 21 maps and schemes.

The issue presents 12 articles on different aspects of mineralogy and mineral collecting. The highlight of the issue is an article on famous Lipovka granite pegmatites (Urals) by I.V. Pekov and L.R. Memetova. Several articles dwell on mineral growth principal laws. In mineral travelling section German gemologist Elisabeth Strack tells the story of her travel to Yakutian diamond mines. Some unknown facts on history of European mineralogy are revealed in an article by B.Z. Kantor. Our correspondents share their impressions on Munich-2007 (Peter Lyckberg) and Russian Mineral and Jewelry Shows 2007, Moscow and Saint-Petersburg (Dmitriy Belakovskiy).

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