THIRTEENTH SCIENTIFIC READINGS NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN YEVHEN LAZARENKO (TO THE 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY AT LVIV UNIVERSITY)

Abstract

Information is provided about the Thirteenth Scientific Readings named after Academician Yevhen Lazarenko on the topic “State, Problems and Prospects for the Development of Mineralogical Science and Education in Ukraine”, dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the Department of Mineralogy of Lviv University. The Readings were held on September 12‒14, 2024 at the Faculty of Geology (plenary session) and at the Sports and Recreation Camp “Karpaty” of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Chynadiiovo village, Mukachevo district, Zakarpattia region). Numerous representatives of higher education institutions (including postgraduates and students), scientific institutions and industrial organizations of Lviv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kryvyi Rih, Lutsk, Kharkiv, Berehove, as well as scientists from Australia, Belgium, Spain and Germany (a total of 79 people registered) took part in the Readings (directly, online, as co-authors). The Readings program included 28 oral presentations and two poster presentations. Before the start of the Readings, a collection of materials was published “State, Problems and Prospects for the Development of Mineralogical Science and Education in Ukraine: Materials of the Thirteenth Scientific Readings Named after Academician Yevhen Lazarenko” (Lviv, 2024; 226 p.), which contains 54 reports. The reports presented by the Readings participants concerned various aspects of theoretical, genetic, regional, applied, cosmic, and environmental mineralogy, mineral physics, petrography, geological education, mineralogical terminology, history of mineralogy, museum work, etc. In particular, a number of presentations were devoted to the results of research into ore mineralization of various megablocks of the Ukrainian Shield. The series of reports concerned the latest results of mineralogical and petrographic studies of various rocks from the area of the Ukrainian Antarctic Station “Akademik Vernadskyi” (West Antarctica). Many of the reports sparked lively discussions and debates. A Resolution was adopted at the end of the Readings, which noted certain achievements and gains of mineralogy in Ukraine, focused on specific shortcomings and current problems, and proposed a number of recommendations and tasks for the future.