Mineralogical Almanac

Mineralogical Almanac volume 24, issue 1, 2019 - Mineral Observer

In this issue, three articles devoted to Mineral Finds: the article by Boris Z. Kantor presents green andradite newly found in Dalnegorsk in the Russian Far East, Mikhail V. Tsyganko describes spectacular pyrite specimens from the Northern Urals, and Tomasz Praszkier writes about new fluorite specimens from Jebel Tirremi in Taourirt, Morocco. The section devoted to the Ontogeny of Minerals presents in three articles: Victor A. Slyotov describes in details the ontogeny of pyrite and some other minerals from the supergene zone at the Mikhailovskoe deposit, Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, in central Russia; Boris Z. Kantor and Vladimir S. Lednev analyze the phenomenon of so-called “quartz bubbles”; and the third article, by Boris Z. Kantor, explaines the origin of so-called frame-like crystals of baryte. The article by Vladimir I. Pavlishin in the section “Jubilee” is dedicated to Nikolay I. Koksharov, the founder of the Russian school of mi­neralogical crystallography. Another article in this section is an essay by Vladimir A. Popov devoted to Oleg K. Ivanov, a the famous mi­neralogist at the Urals. An essay by Victoria V. Chernenko and Leonid S. Nazarov represents an exhibition of lapidary artworks at the Vernadsky State Geological Museum of RAS in Moscow in a section “Museum Exhibition”. A section “Mineral Shows 2018” reviews shows in Moscow in Russia, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in France, Denver in the United States, and Munich in Germany. Last pages of the Almanac contain an article by Sergey V. Kolisnichenko on the Ozerki meteorite, which fall this year in the Lipetsk Oblast in central Russia, and a traditional Photo Gallery by Stuart Wilensky. 96 pages, 298 illustrations including 214 mineral photos.

Mineralogical Almanac, volume 17, issue 1, 2012. Mineral Observer. Mineral News from Russia and beyond.

Mineral Observer. Mineral News from Russia and beyond. Mineralogical Amlamac, vol. 17, issue 1, 2012, S. 87. Mineral Observer. Mineral News from Russia and Beyond. Moscow: Mineral-Almanac LTd. 88 pages, 203 illustrations including 111 mineral photos. Title article of this issue is written by prominent Russian mineralogist Vladimir A. Popov and contains a comprehensive description of Akhmatov Mine (South Urals). The locality is well-known to mineralogists and collectors primary as a type locality for perovskite. Historical review by Nina A. Mokhova tells a story of Aleksandr V. Razderishin, famous Russian collector of 18th century. Tat’yana M. Pavlova and Elena A. Borisova describe a specimen from the early collections of the Fersman mineralogical museum. In the “A Guide to Ontogeny of Minerals” column Boris Z. Kantor considers some “peculiarities”. As usual, we publish reviews of  the mindat.org conference in Lwówek ŚSlaski (Poland) and main summer-autumn shows – Sainte-Marie-aux-Mine, Denver, and Munich. broschiert; Format: 27 x 22 cm; Sprache: Englisch;

Mineralogical Almanac volume 24, issue 2, 2019 - Mineral Observer

The central publication of this issue of the Mineralogical Almanac is the paper "New Findings of Rare Minerals from Former Soviet Union Countries" by Anatoly V. Kasatkin, who summarizes extensive original information collected by him over the past years. The paper presents data on more than fifty mineral species, none of which is newly discovered but which were found for the first time at this vast territory. The historical section of this issue contains a paper of our permanent author Vladimir I. Pavlishin devoted to the renowned Soviet and Russian mineralogist Dmitry P. Grigor'ev, whose 110th birthday is celebrated by the world's mineralogical community this year. The column by Boris Z. Kantor, an enthusiast mineralogist interested in the ontogeny of minerals, uncovers the mechanisms of morphologically peculiar calcite crystals from Dalnegorsk, Russian Far East. A paper by Mikhail V. Tsyganko is devoted to a mineralogical museum in Northern Urals, recently founded and now headed by the author. Aragonite from Ochtinská Cave, Slovakia, was closely examined by Albert Russ, Stanislav Jelen, and Ludovít Gaál, our colleagues from Slovakia. The reader can learn about how the first large platinum nugget was found in the Urals in a brief but informative essay by Andrey L. Chudnov. Victoria A. Chernenko and Vera V. Romanova narrate the history of the basement of the monument of Emperor Peter the Great in St. Petersburg in their paper "The Bronze Horseman Monument: a History of Pedestal". In the section on mineral shows we represent Tuscon 2019. The issue is traditionally closed with a paper by Stuart Wilensky, which is devoted to Colombian emerald. 104 pages, 206 illustrations including 149 mineral photos.

Mineralogical Almanac, Volume 18, issue 2, Kola Peninsula

This special issue of the Mineralogical Almanac is devoted to the Kola Peninsula. The main article by I.V. Pekov and A.P. Nikolaev is on the mineralogy of peralkaline pegmatites and hydrothermal bodies of the Koashva apatite deposit in Khibiny. The history of its exploration and geology are outlined, the pegmatite-hydrothermal complex is characterized and 127 minerals are described. An article by A.V. Voloshin is focused on the history of mineralogical studies of the rare-element granite pegmatites of Kolmozero and Voron’i Tundras and the amazonite pegmatites of West Keivy. The paper by Yu.L. Voitekhovsky is devoted to almandine and its deposits in West Keivy. A.V. Voloshin, I.V. Pekov and V.V. Borisova give a historical review with statistical data on 264 new minerals first discovered in the Kola region. A special article is devoted to the collection by V.G. Grishin, one of the most interesting modern collections of the Kola minerals. 128 pages, 203 illustrations including 147 mineral color photos.

Mineralogical Almanac volume 24, issue 3, 2019 - Mineral Observer

This issue starts with a large article by Georgii A. Yurgenson, dedicated to the mineralogical collection of the Geological Museum, Kazan University, one of the oldest museums in Russia. Yurgenson, a famous mineralogist, studied in this university and knows its collection in depth. Separately, we publish an essay by Rimma Petrova on meteorite collection in this museum. In our traditional ontogeny section, Boris Z. Kantor describes pseudostalactites, an outstanding phenomenon from the world of minerals. As usual, his article provides most interesting information and is illustrated by author’s photographs. The article by Andreas Massanek and Anna Dziwetzki from the Freiberg Bergakademie is dedicated to a special exhibition of Saxon minerals in the Terra Mineralia Museum (Germany). A group of Italian mineralogists presents a new mineral fiemmeite, found near San Lugano, Trentino, Italy. The review on Mineral show is dedicated to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (France). Eric Heinen De Carlo and Joerg Liebe share their impressions on this show, with photographs by Joaquim Callen (Spain) and Louis-Dominique Bayle (France). 96 pages, 240 illustrations including 188 mineral photos.

Mineralogical Almanac volume 19, issue 2, 2014 - SHERLOVA GORA

he issue is devoted to Sherlova Gora in Transbaikalia – one of the oldest and most classic mineral localities of Russia. For almost 300 years it is famous for its excellent beryl and topaz specimens as well as aquamarine and heliodor of high gem quality. It is also a well-known complex ore deposit known for tin, tungsten, bismuth, lead, and zinc. About two hundred different mineral species have been found here. This issue consists of two large articles written by well-known Russian experts who made significant contributions to the investigation of the mineralogy of Sherlova Gora. 144 pages, 271 illustrations including 198 mineral photos.

Mineralogical Almanac volume 26, issue 2, 2021 - Mineral Observer

This issue opens with the article by Jacques Touret and Zoya A. Bessudnova, devoted to the European period in the life and work of the outstanding scientist Vladimir I. Vernadsky. Boris Z. Kantor, in his article, tells about the Dalnegorsk minerals from the collection of Alexander Mineev, a wonderful mineral collector. The find of an unusual halite variety is described in article by Vladislav V. Ivanov et. al. 88 Seiten, 247 Abb., broschiert. In englischer Sprache.

Mineralogical Almanac Volume 19 issue 3: Mineral Observer

In a Guide to Ontogeny of Minerals section Boris Z. Kantor writes about Paper Spar - calcite with very dramatically flattened crys­tals, typical for Dalnegorsk. Travels for Minerals section is dedicated to a report of the Mineralogical Almanac team trip to the Urals for preparation of two new special issues on Mednorudyanskoye and Saranovskoye deposits. Sergei V. Kolisnichenko article tells on new discovery of Kunashak meteorite in Chelyabinsk Region. Mikhail Yu. Generalov describes the first Russian hardrock gold (Voitskoye deposit in Karelia, North of European Russia) from collection of Fersman Mineralogical Museum, RAS. Large description of Tucson Mineral Show that celebrated its 60th anniversary and articles about «Gemma» spring fair in Moscow and Second Changsha Mineral Show in China are presented. 80 pages, 234 illustrations including 142 mineral photos, 2014.

Mineralogical Almanac volume 26, issue 1, 2021 - Mineral Observer

Boris Z. Kantor devotes his traditional column "Guide to the Ontogeny of Minerals" to the splitting of crystals and, as usual, convincingly and gracefully resolves some complicated puzzles of nature. The column "Speaking in the First Person" is given to Georgiy A. Yurgenson, one of the veterans of Soviet and Russian geology and a wellknown researcher of mineral resources of Transbaikalia. The opening of the “Planeta”, a new private mineralogical museum in Ekaterinburg is promoted in a paper by Mikhail V. Tsyganko. A brief article by Michael B. Leybov is devoted to the collection of Boris A. Yatskevich, which was recently donated to the Chernyshev Central Geological Research Museum by his widow. Interesting finds of minerals in the Plast district (South Urals) in 2018–2019 are described in the paper by Sergey V. Kolisnichenko. 96 Seiten, 247 Abb., broschiert. In englischer Sprache

Mineralogical Almanac Volume 20 issue 1: Mineral Observer

MINERAL OBSERVER Mineralogical Almanac, volume 20, issue 1, 2015 The issue presents information covering all our regular themes. In the section “Famous Mineral Localities” we publish an article, with many pictures, on the Banská Štiavnica mining district by A. Russ and S. Jelen (Slovakia) that includes brief historical review of mining activity, short description of geology and data on the most interesting minerals. The phenomenon of parallel crystal groups growth is discussed in article by B.Z. Kantor (“A Guide to Ontogeny of Minerals” column). First data on Kamenushinskoe, a new locality of fine specimens of azurite and, especially, malachite recently found in Siberia are given in the section “Discovery of the Year”. Our reports cover several mineral shows of the last third of 2014: Gemma in Moscow, Jewelry Olympus in St. Petersburg, Mineralientage in Munich and the Denver Show. A highlight of the issue is mineral paintings by an artist V.L. Shcherbina who demonstrates now the series “Masterpieces of Eastern Europe from the Fersman Mineralogical Museum”. A brief report from England, where the Mindat UK Symposium-2014 took place, and the Photo Gallery in which S. Wilensky presents Mineral Treasures of the United States, concludes the issue. 88 pages, 189 illustrations including 118 mineral photos, and 12 mineral paintings.