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.