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Article: THE MINERALS OF RUSSIA: 22ND ANNUAL FM-TGMS-MSA MINERALOGICAL SYMPOSIUM.(22nd Annual Tucson Mineralogical Symposium sponsored by the Friends of Mineralogy, the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, and the Mineralogical Society of America)
- Article from:
- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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Introduction
The 22nd Annual Tucson Mineralogical Symposium sponsored by the Friends of Mineralogy, the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, and the Mineralogical Society of America will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2001 at the Tucson Convention Center. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Minerals of Russia and the former Soviet Union are the featured minerals at the Tucson Show and are also the subject of the 2001 symposium.
Present-day Russia is a country of over 6.5 million square miles, and the former Soviet Union was much larger. In this vast region are many and varied mineral deposits. The large number and the range of types of mineral ...