Shungite
Geologists claim that the age of shungite is about 2-3 billion years old. The breed is considered to be the oldest, but its active research is still ongoing.
Shungite got its name in 1877 in honor of the place where it was discovered – the village of Shunga. Russian Professor of geology, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Alexander Inostrankov defined stone as "a new and at the same time the last member among non-crystalline carbons, which is not coal."
However, one of the first descriptions of shungite is found already in 1792 in the works of the Russian encyclopedic scientist, naturalist Nikolai Ozeretskovsky. Boris Godunov, having become the Russian tsar, persecutes almost all representatives of the Romanov dynasty. He exiles Ksenia Ivanovna to the Tolvuysky monastery. According to legend, here she was able to recover from the disease (all her children died in infancy) and in the future give birth to the first Russian tsar of the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Romanov. The Tolvuysky spring, which breaks through the thicknesses of the "aspid stone" (as shungite was called in ancient times), has since been called the "Tsareven source". Today, the Zazhoginskoye shungite deposit is located 5 km from the village where the Tolvuysky Monastery was located.
In 1713, Peter I began to study healing springs. He sends his personal physician Blumentrost and surgeon Ravelin, who were considered enlightened doctors at that time, to confirm the usefulness of water. The "commission" approved the shungite waters, and Peter I, mighty in appearance, but suffering from various serious diseases, began to deliver them to the table in St. Petersburg. It is believed that it was the shungite water that Peter I drank that allowed him to live for 52 years.
In 1719, Peter the Great founded the Marcial Waters resort in these parts. It is believed that it received its name in honor of the god of war Mars, in commemoration of the victories of the Russian emperor on the Baltic Sea, and also because soldiers' wounds healed more easily after shungite waters and lotions. In addition, Peter the Great ordered each of his soldiers to wear a piece of "aspid stone", which exhibits unique antiseptic properties, in their backpacks, which allowed them to fight against dysentery, a disease that caused the main losses of soldiers in the wars of that time.
In the 30s of the XX century, the famous Soviet doctor Sergei Vishnevsky organized an expedition to study the marcial waters, the results of which again confirmed their healing properties.
In recent history, scientists from different countries have been studying the unique properties of shungite, but the most significant contribution was made by Russian specialists. Among them is the laureate of the USSR State Prize, academician Sergei Podchainov, as well as other scientists. According to experts, inclusions of shungite-containing rocks are found in a third of the territory of Karelia, as well as at the bottom of Lake Onega. Perhaps that is why Lake Onega is considered one of the cleanest in Europe.
The locals used shungite as a black paint, it was indispensable in the printing business. Then shungite began to be used as cladding – it still adorns St. Isaac's and Kazan Cathedrals in St. Petersburg, as well as some buildings in Petrozavodsk. Later, the resistance of shungite to chemical influences and high temperatures was discovered. It began to be used as a protective flux and carbon reducing agent in metallurgy. A highly siliceous variety of shungite, lidite, was also discovered. This mineral immediately became in demand by jewelers, it replaced the import of Turkish assay stone, which was used to determine the gold sample.. In addition, Karelian lidite, according to geologists, surpasses the favorite oriental stone agate in its aesthetic qualities.
Fullerenes are a product of laboratory discoveries. Scientists were simulating the processes taking place in space when they discovered new compounds. In 1997, the researchers received the Nobel Prize for this discovery.
Yuri Klavdievich Kalinin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, made a huge contribution to the scientific study and establishment of the use of shungite in industry. From the beginning of its foundation in 1964 to 1991, he headed the Shungite laboratory of the Institute of Geology of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an Honored scientist, an Honored Worker of the national economy, a Knight of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. He was awarded the "Discoverer of the Subsoil" badge. Yuri Kalinin is the author of numerous scientific papers on shungite.
Currently, the Laboratory of Geology and Technology of Shungites of the Department of Mineral Raw Materials of the Institute of Geology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is studying shungite under the supervision of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Vladimir Viktorovich Kovalevsky. The Laboratory's research concerns the use of products of deep modification of shungite rocks and is based on modern fundamental knowledge about the structure and properties of the mineral. We are talking about high-temperature processing, changing the redox potential of the medium, initiating catalytic processes of conversion of carbon and mineral components of the shungite mineral. Considerable attention is paid to the prospects of practical use of shungite rocks, including in solving environmental problems, agronomy, agriculture and food.
Shungite got its name in 1877 in honor of the place where it was discovered – the village of Shunga. Russian Professor of geology, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Alexander Inostrankov defined stone as "a new and at the same time the last member among non-crystalline carbons, which is not coal."
However, one of the first descriptions of shungite is found already in 1792 in the works of the Russian encyclopedic scientist, naturalist Nikolai Ozeretskovsky. Boris Godunov, having become the Russian tsar, persecutes almost all representatives of the Romanov dynasty. He exiles Ksenia Ivanovna to the Tolvuysky monastery. According to legend, here she was able to recover from the disease (all her children died in infancy) and in the future give birth to the first Russian tsar of the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Romanov. The Tolvuysky spring, which breaks through the thicknesses of the "aspid stone" (as shungite was called in ancient times), has since been called the "Tsareven source". Today, the Zazhoginskoye shungite deposit is located 5 km from the village where the Tolvuysky Monastery was located.
In 1713, Peter I began to study healing springs. He sends his personal physician Blumentrost and surgeon Ravelin, who were considered enlightened doctors at that time, to confirm the usefulness of water. The "commission" approved the shungite waters, and Peter I, mighty in appearance, but suffering from various serious diseases, began to deliver them to the table in St. Petersburg. It is believed that it was the shungite water that Peter I drank that allowed him to live for 52 years.
In 1719, Peter the Great founded the Marcial Waters resort in these parts. It is believed that it received its name in honor of the god of war Mars, in commemoration of the victories of the Russian emperor on the Baltic Sea, and also because soldiers' wounds healed more easily after shungite waters and lotions. In addition, Peter the Great ordered each of his soldiers to wear a piece of "aspid stone", which exhibits unique antiseptic properties, in their backpacks, which allowed them to fight against dysentery, a disease that caused the main losses of soldiers in the wars of that time.
In the 30s of the XX century, the famous Soviet doctor Sergei Vishnevsky organized an expedition to study the marcial waters, the results of which again confirmed their healing properties.
In recent history, scientists from different countries have been studying the unique properties of shungite, but the most significant contribution was made by Russian specialists. Among them is the laureate of the USSR State Prize, academician Sergei Podchainov, as well as other scientists. According to experts, inclusions of shungite-containing rocks are found in a third of the territory of Karelia, as well as at the bottom of Lake Onega. Perhaps that is why Lake Onega is considered one of the cleanest in Europe.
The locals used shungite as a black paint, it was indispensable in the printing business. Then shungite began to be used as cladding – it still adorns St. Isaac's and Kazan Cathedrals in St. Petersburg, as well as some buildings in Petrozavodsk. Later, the resistance of shungite to chemical influences and high temperatures was discovered. It began to be used as a protective flux and carbon reducing agent in metallurgy. A highly siliceous variety of shungite, lidite, was also discovered. This mineral immediately became in demand by jewelers, it replaced the import of Turkish assay stone, which was used to determine the gold sample.. In addition, Karelian lidite, according to geologists, surpasses the favorite oriental stone agate in its aesthetic qualities.
Fullerenes are a product of laboratory discoveries. Scientists were simulating the processes taking place in space when they discovered new compounds. In 1997, the researchers received the Nobel Prize for this discovery.
Yuri Klavdievich Kalinin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, made a huge contribution to the scientific study and establishment of the use of shungite in industry. From the beginning of its foundation in 1964 to 1991, he headed the Shungite laboratory of the Institute of Geology of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an Honored scientist, an Honored Worker of the national economy, a Knight of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. He was awarded the "Discoverer of the Subsoil" badge. Yuri Kalinin is the author of numerous scientific papers on shungite.
Currently, the Laboratory of Geology and Technology of Shungites of the Department of Mineral Raw Materials of the Institute of Geology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is studying shungite under the supervision of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Vladimir Viktorovich Kovalevsky. The Laboratory's research concerns the use of products of deep modification of shungite rocks and is based on modern fundamental knowledge about the structure and properties of the mineral. We are talking about high-temperature processing, changing the redox potential of the medium, initiating catalytic processes of conversion of carbon and mineral components of the shungite mineral. Considerable attention is paid to the prospects of practical use of shungite rocks, including in solving environmental problems, agronomy, agriculture and food.
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