Geologically, the Carpathian Range is the continuation of the Eastern Alps towards the East forming an arching bow-shaped mountain chain of 1,500 km in length that extends through several countries, (i.e. the Czech Republic. Slovakia, Poland. Hungary, Ukraine, and Romania). From a mineralogical viewpoint, the Carpathians, with its more than 1,000 mineral species, is an extremely interesting area. Its geological formations vary in ages and compositions. The structural evolution is highly complicated. It has also been a traditional mining area since prehistoric times. More than fifty valid mineral species were first described from this region (karpatite. koktaite, libethenite, native tellurium, pilsenite, rozenite. rhodochrosite.  etc.). Some very rare species, originally discovered in other parts of the world, also occur here (cymrite, hetaerolite. nambulite, segnitite, capgaronnite, etc.). <...>

This field guide is divided into three sections, namely minerals, rocks (including meteorites and tektites) and fossils. Each section comprises an introductory part, which is illustrated by line drawings, and a descriptive part, which is illustrated by line drawings and colour photographs. The introductory sections include the minimum basic information required to follow the descriptive sections adequately, while the descriptive sections, for ease of reference, are always arranged so that photographs and accompanying text are opposite one another.

Zoned Olivines of Bronze Age Metallurgical Slags of Southern Urals According to LA-ICP-MS Mapping Maxim N. Ankushev, Dmitry A. Artemyev and Ivan A. Blinov

Modern Urban Sediments: Identification of the Cosmic Spherules Irina A. Danilenko, Elena M. Baglaeva, Evgeniya V. Petrova, Andrian A. Seleznev and Grigoriy A. Yakovlev

Zircon Thermometry of the Yarot Granite Massif (The Subpolar Urals) Yulia V. Denisova and Anna N. Vikhot
New Carbonaceous Chondrite from Northwest Africa Kseniya A. Dugushkina and Stepan V. Berzin Scanning Electron Microscopy of Pyrite from Brown Coal (Mugun Coal Deposit, Irkutsk Basin)
Narine R. Dzhumayan and Aleksey V. Nastavkin Dimensions of Atoms in a Crystal: Delusions Versus Reality Nikolai N. Eremin