Olga Anisimovna Vorobyova ( December 19, 1902 - February 14, 1974 ) - Soviet geologist, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, a major specialist in alkaline rocks.
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| Date of Birth | December 19, 1902 |
| Date of death | February 14, 1974 (71 years old) |
| A country | the USSR |
| Scientific field | geology |
| Place of work | IGEM |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Polytechnic Institute |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences |
| Known as | representative of the first generation of Soviet women - geologists |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Main publications
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
Born on December 19, 1902 (01/01/1903). She graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1930.
Since 1930, a researcher at the Petrographic Institute , where she worked all her life. A member of the expedition A.E. Fersman in the Khibiny, Lovozersky, Monchei Wolf Tundra ( Kola Peninsula ). Scientific Secretary of the first Polar Science Center - Khibiny Mining Scientific Station ("Tietta").
In 1937, without defending a dissertation, she was awarded the degree of candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences - for work on petrography and mineralogy of the Kola Peninsula .
In 1943 she defended her doctoral dissertation on alkaline rocks of the Arctic.
In 1947, the S. Kirov Prize was awarded to the USSR Academy of Sciences for mineralogical and petrographic studies of the alkaline massifs of the Kola Peninsula.
From 1958 to 1962 Acted as deputy of the Kirov District Council of Moscow. She was also an expert reviewer of the Higher Attestation Commission, State Reserves Committee, and the Committee on Lenin Prizes.
In the 60s, she studied the patterns of distribution of titanium-magnetite ores of the Kachkanar type in the Middle and Northern Urals. Co-author of the monograph "Gabbro-pyroxenite-dunite belt of the Northern Urals", published in 1962.
In 1972, the title of " Honored Scientist of the RSFSR " was awarded.
She died suddenly on February 14, 1974. She was buried at Vvedensky cemetery .
Her students were geologists R. M. Yashin, V. A. Kononov, E. V. Sveshnikov, E. D. Andreeva.
In memory of her, in 1979, the commission on new minerals and the names of the All-Union Mineralogical Society named the new mineral “olgit”.
Main publications
- Khibiny Feldspars, 1937.
- On the genesis of loparite deposits of the Lovozersky tundra, 1938.
- On the primary striation of the Lovozero alkaline massif, 1940.
- Lovozero alkaline massif (Petrochemical characterization in connection with the niobium deposit), 1943.
- Lovozero deposits of loparites, 1948.
- The main types of nepheline alkaline rocks, their age and features of mineralization, 1960.
- Alkaline rocks of the USSR, 1960.
- The platinum belt of the Urals and questions of its origin, 1961.
- Gabbro-pyroxenite-dunite belt of the Middle Urals, 1962.
- Alkaline rocks of Siberia (introductory article and editing), 1962.
- The problem of the origin of alkaline rocks and carbonatites, 1963.
- Genetic features of alkaline rock mineralization, 1964.
- The main types of igneous and metamorphic rocks concentrating apatite mineralization, 1965.
Notes
Literature
- Sorokazherdiev V.V. Researchers of the Kola Peninsula. - Murmansk, 1979;
- Afanasyev G.D. et al. Olga Anisimovna Vorobyova // Izv. USSR Academy of Sciences, No. 8, 1974, p. 152-153 (Geol.).