Dmitriy Belakovskiy

Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS
Leninskiy prospect 18, bldg 2, Moscow, 117071, Russia.
Phone: (495)-952-0067; Fax: (495)-952-4850.
e-mail: dmz@fmm.ru

Summary of professiona skills:

15 years experience in the mineralogy fields: supervising of mineralogy museumūs collections studying mineralforming processes and minerals with optical and electron microscopy (TEM,SEM) methods, X-ray methods (more than 20 publications) describing new minerals developing mineralogical databases organizing geological expeditions creating mineralogical museumūs displays teaching students (mineralogy, crystallography disciplines) lectures and practical study.

Specialized skills:

X-ray hardware: Powder difractometers, X-ray photocameras (Debay, Gondolfi) Electron microscopy hardware: JEM-100CX, T-100. EDS: Kevex. Computer hardware: IBM compatible PC Software: MS DOS, Windows and applications, Foxpro, Microsoft Access

Experience :

Fersman Mineralogical Museum Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.

Curator 1989-present

Responsibilities include supervising museum collections identification and investigation of minerals coming in museum, describing new acquisitions and creating annual display of new materials selecting materials for mineral exchange and for purchasing organizing field expeditions and collecting minerals. (The expeditions to Dara-i- Pioz alkaline massive (1989), Kap-Kutan Cave (1990), Ravat burning coal layers (1991), Murun alkaline massive (1992) gave extraordinary material to the museum and new data about mineralogy of those occurrences) Developing museum database system and software applications
Vernadskiy State Geological Museum Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.

Research Scientist associate 1987-1989

Investigation of uncommon mineralforming process taking place in selffiring coal layers Investigation of mineralogy alkaline massifs (Dara- i-Pioz, Inagly, Khibiny, Murun and others) Supervising museum collection, identification and investigation of new museum aquisitions collecting minerals in expeditions (extra quality gypsum collection was collected in Gaurdak, Turkmenia (1988), and also a large portion of rare minerals from alkaline massifs) Creating educational displays.
Moscow Geologyprospectical Institute. (Chair of Mineralogy and Mineralogical Museum)

Senior Engineer 1979-1987

More than 3000 museum quality specimens were collected for museum and more then 5000 for studentūs study collection. Taught students geological and gemmological specialties, both practice and theory on mineralogy, geometrical crystallography, methods of investigating minerals.

Education :

Graduated 1979 from Moscow Geologyprospectical institute. Specialization: Prospecting deposits of rare and radioactive elements.. Master of science degree.
Personal :
Traveling extensively in Russia and abroad and visiting geological objects and mineralogical museums throughout Former Soviet Union, Europe, USA and more. Fluently communicable. Member of Russian mineralogical society.