Exhibition "The Wealth of the Earth's interior"

The exhibition "The Wealth of the Earth's interior" has been open at the Russian National Public Library for Scienсe and Technology in the Hall of the 2nd floor of the main library building since April 9, 2024.

The materials of the exhibition tell about the origin, history of discovery, conditions of occurrence, methods of extraction and use of minerals – treasures of the earth's interior. The publications consider the formation and development of geological science, the history of geological exploration, and publish the memoirs of outstanding scientists in the field of geology and well–known geologists in the industry who have devoted many years to the search and exploration of various mineral deposits. The books provide historical information about the discoveries and research of some of the most interesting minerals, reveal individual pages of the history of stone in Russia, starting with the stone hammer in the ancient Paleolithic and Scythian burial grounds, and ending with the Black Sea colonies of Greece, basic information about minerals and rocks composing the earth's crust is given.

The exhibition presents samples of minerals donated to the library by the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Mineral Raw Materials named after N. M. Fedorovsky.

During the preparation of the exhibition, monographs, works of outstanding Russian and Soviet scientists, encyclopedic and popular science publications from the fund of the Russian National Public Library for Scienсe and Technology, the Electronic Library of the Russian National Public Library for Scienсe and Technology, electronic library systems ZNANIUM, BOOK.RU, the IPR SMART digital educational resource were used.

 The bibliographic list of references can be found by direct link or in the Readers /Thematic exhibitions section.