This book presents the materials of the XIII General Meeting of the Russian Mineralogical
Society. Over 190 participants prepared the result of their scientific work on mineralogy:
mineral diversity and the evolution of mineral formation (S1) minerals as markers of petro-
and ore genesis and new methods of their determination (S2) mineralogy and formation
conditions of deposits of strategic minerals (S3) problems of applied (technological and
ecological) mineralogy and geochemistry (S4) natural stone in art and architecture (S5)
modern research in the field of stone and gemological studies (S6) mineralogical
crystallography crystallochemistry and new minerals (F1) history of science museumification
and popularization of natural science knowledge (F2). The Russian Mineralogical Society is the
oldest mineralogical Society in Russia (from 1817). The Russian Mineralogical Society joins
more than 1200 researchers from universities academic and industry institutes and production
organizations in Russia's major scientific centers. The Society has 17 sections including
crystallochemistry radiography and spectroscopy of minerals ore mineralogy technological
mineralogy experimental mineralogy ecological mineralogy and geochemistry and new mineral
nomenclature classification. The main scientific and organizing event for the Russian
Mineralogical members is the meeting session organized every fourth year.
