Memories of stone. Fersman A.E.

The book “Memories of stone” is bright and entertaining memories accumulated over almost fifty years of work, about the intelligence of minerals and the search for gems, as well as about meetings with scientists and enthusiasts of stone, selflessly mastery of the rich subsoil of the Urals, Central Asia and Central Asia and Central Asia Especially the Kola Peninsula. This book is a scientific lyrics, remarkable in the depths of a truly poetic feeling and in the grace of form. Scientific popularization is combined in this book with the intrigue of traveling for geographical and scientific horizons, the courage of the forecasts of A.E. Fersman - akin to Julia -Vernovskaya, and perspicacity is proved by time.