Advanced mineralogy. Mineral matter in space, mantle, ocean floor, biosphere, environmental management, and jewelry. Vol 3. / Продвинутая минералогия. Минеральные вещества в космосе, мантии, океане, биосфере, природопользовании и ювелирном деле. Часть 3

This volume of Advanced Mineralogy encompasses six different areas having two features in common: they are related to one of the largest enterprises of the second half of this century; and represent the ultimate and final extension of the concept of mineral matter.

- Understanding mineral matter in Space is one of the principal purposes of cosmic exploration. This includes the results of comparative planetology, lunar epopee, sophisticated meteorite studies (now more than 500 meteorite minerals), discovery of the interstellar mineral dust forming some 60 trillion of earth masses in the Galaxy, and terrestrial impact crater studies. It is possible now to speak of mineralogy of the Universum, and the mineralogical type of the states of matter in the Universe.