Ukrainian Geologist Journal. № 2 (14), APRIL-JUNE, 2006

NEWS
Matchulina S., Shymansky V., Dertyev A. The conference on the occasion of the centenary of V.A. Uspensky's birth 3
Kitchka A. Moscow conference on the Earth's outgassing 8

GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND MINING
Voinovsky A. On the deposits and the most important manifestations of the metallic mineral resources in Ukraine 11
Yentin V., Dytsul M. A «Viagra» of the exploration effectiveness of geological survey for the Ukrainian Shield in the past and present 16

UKRAINE & THE WORLD: THE NEWS REVIEW

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SCIENCE: NEW LOOK
Kvasnytsa V., Virt R., Tomas R., Taran М. Microinclusions in the diamonds of the Samotkan region and their origin 25
Pavlenko V., Semenenko V., Avgitov A. Cyclic recurrence and changes in the geochemical composition of sediments of the Black Sea Basin Neogene deposits (Kerch stratotype region) 36
Rudko G., Kovalenko O. The correlation between geological structure and development of exogenic processes (Kharkiv region case stady) 42
Zykov I. The characteristic of dawsonite ore manifestations and criteria for it search 50

THE NAMES
Shpilevoy L., Shpilevoy К. Mariupol zirconium 56
Lukienko A., Trofymenko V., Lebid M. In memory of Yevhen Ivanovych Patalakha 70

GEOLOGY, HISTORY, CULTURE
Lebid M., Tregubenko V. Exploration and prospecting trends for the Eastern oil-and-gas-bearing region of Ukraine 63
Veliky N., Sinyavsky M. The use of the mineral activator – silevite – for the purification of drinking water 77
Matsuy V. Amber and its healing power 83
Matchulina S. Lapis lazuli, a blue miracle 87
Zagorodnyuk V. Distances over distances 90

EDITORIAL NOTE
Terms and conditions of publishing 100