Shun­gite — is a car­bon-con­tain­ing meta­mor­phic rock enriched with amor­phous car­bon and known for its sorp­tion prop­er­ties.

Phl­o­go­pite is a min­er­al from the mica group known for its fire resis­tance, ther­mal insu­la­tion prop­er­ties and dec­o­ra­tive appeal.

Andesite — is an vol­canic or sub­vol­canic rock of por­phyry struc­ture con­sist­ing main­ly of medi­um pla­gio­clase.

Anorthosite is an igneous rock of the gab­bro group, which lies in large mas­sifs and is char­ac­ter­ized by almost com­plete dom­i­nance of pla­gio­clase.

Form­ing in deep con­di­tions, dior­ite acquires a coarse-grained struc­ture and dec­o­ra­tive prop­er­ties.

Gab­bro is an intru­sive igneous rock of the main com­po­si­tion, which forms sig­nif­i­cant mas­sifs and is wide­ly used as a valu­able raw mate­r­i­al.

Feldspars — are a group of alu­mi­nosil­i­cate min­er­als that are the most com­mon rock-form­ing com­po­nents of the earth­’s crust.

Migmatite is a com­plex rock that con­sists of two or more com­po­nents (pale­o­so­ma and neo­so­ma), usu­al­ly repeat­ed lay­ered.

Dacite is a medi­um-sil­i­cate vol­canic rock between andesite and rhy­o­lite, con­sist­ing main­ly of pla­gio­clase and quartz.

Gneiss is a durable rock that is formed under the influ­ence of high tem­per­a­tures and pres­sure in the depths of the earth­’s crust.

Mon­zonite is a coarse-grained (phaner­it­ic) igneous rock. It is known for its inter­me­di­ate com­po­si­tion between two oth­er types of rocks: dior­ite and syen­ite.

Paly­gorskite, also known as atta­pulgite, is a clay min­er­al, an hydrous mag­ne­sium sil­i­cate with a fil­a­men­tous chain-lay­ered struc­ture.

Pla­giogran­ite. Intru­sive rock as a wit­ness of the deep process­es of the plan­et Pla­giogran­ite is a light-gray gran­ite char­ac­ter­ized by […]

Hafni­um and zir­co­ni­um are strate­gi­cal­ly impor­tant met­als which, due to their unique physic­o­chem­i­cal prop­er­ties, are wide­ly used in nuclear ener­gy.

Micro­cline — is a com­mon rock-form­ing min­er­al of gran­ites and peg­matites, rep­re­sent­ed by var­i­ous shades of col­or.

Zakarpat­tia Region, locat­ed in west­ern Ukraine, impress­es with its nat­ur­al beau­ty and diver­si­ty of resources.

Arte­sian waters are pres­sur­ized ground­wa­ter occur­ring at sig­nif­i­cant depths between two imper­me­able rock lay­ers.

In order to reduce risks and oper­a­tional costs, a promis­ing tech­nol­o­gy has emerged — unmanned aer­i­al vehi­cles.

The extrac­tion of min­er­al resources can sig­nif­i­cant­ly dam­age the envi­ron­ment.

PGE are a rare and valu­able raw mate­r­i­al for many branch­es of mod­ern indus­try.

Brick and tile raw mate­ri­als — are nat­ur­al clay rocks that have wet plas­tic­i­ty and the abil­i­ty to hard­en after fir­ing.

Rare earth ele­ments are a group of met­als that give mate­ri­als unique prop­er­ties

Sand­stone is a dense sed­i­men­ta­ry rock formed from cement­ed grains of quartz and feldspar.

Mus­covite is a trans­par­ent, lay­ered mica min­er­al char­ac­ter­ized by high elas­tic­i­ty and a glassy lus­ter.

Dia­mond is the hard­est nat­ur­al min­er­al, dis­tin­guished by its extra­or­di­nary trans­paren­cy, bril­liance, and ther­mal con­duc­tiv­i­ty.

Alu­nite is a sul­fate min­er­al formed by hydrother­mal alter­ation, occur­ring as white or pink mass­es.

Pyro­phyl­lite is a soft lay­ered sil­i­cate with a scaly tex­ture.

Asbestos is used as a refrac­to­ry and ther­mal insu­la­tion mate­r­i­al.

Oil shale is very impor­tant for the ener­gy indus­try.

Ser­pen­tine is used to make refrac­to­ry mate­ri­als.

Dunite is a ful­ly crys­talline intru­sive rock rich in mag­ne­sium.

Diatomites and spon­go­lites are siliceous rocks of bio­genic ori­gin.

Quartzite is a meta­mor­phic rock that con­sists of more than 70% quartz.

Stavro­lite is used in met­al­lur­gy as a flux mate­r­i­al.

Rock salt, or halite, is one of the most com­mon min­er­als on Earth.

Apatite is one of the most impor­tant min­er­als con­tain­ing phos­pho­rus.

Argillite is a sed­i­men­ta­ry rock formed by the com­paction and cemen­ta­tion of clays.

Mag­ne­site is an impor­tant raw mate­r­i­al for the pro­duc­tion of refrac­to­ry mate­ri­als.

Per­lite is vol­canic glass that has a char­ac­ter­is­tic spher­i­cal shape.

Liparite (rhy­o­lite) is a rock formed by the solid­i­fi­ca­tion of acidic mag­ma.

Sapro­pel is organ­ic silt deposits from con­ti­nen­tal water bod­ies.

Daw­sonite is a high­ly scarce type of high-tech min­ing and chem­i­cal raw mate­r­i­al.

Alu­mini­um-rich raw mate­ri­als rep­re­sent­ed by sil­li­man­ite, kyan­ite and andalusite.

Potas­si­um salts are strate­gi­cal­ly impor­tant min­er­als.

Mag­ne­sium salts are formed under con­di­tions of evap­o­ra­tion of high­ly min­er­alised waters.

Bis­muth (Bi) is a chem­i­cal ele­ment with unique phys­i­cal and chem­i­cal prop­er­ties.

Ver­mi­culite is a nat­ur­al min­er­al belong­ing to the hydromi­ca group.

Saponite is an amor­phous min­er­al sim­i­lar to mont­mo­ril­lonite.

Glau­conite is a min­er­al found in sed­i­men­ta­ry rocks and belongs to the sil­i­cate class.

Gar­nets are valu­able min­er­als that are wide­ly used in var­i­ous indus­tries

Flu­o­rite is a colour­ful min­er­al used in met­al­lur­gy and indus­try.

Mar­ble — a stone that always amazes with its beau­ty and diver­si­ty.

Sul­fur is a nat­ur­al resource wide­ly used in var­i­ous indus­tries.

Dolomites are rocks that are impor­tant in var­i­ous indus­tries.

Indus­tri­al waters nat­u­ral­ly con­tain dis­solved micro­com­po­nents and their salts.

Chromi­um is duc­tile, cor­ro­sion-resis­tant and has a high melt­ing point.

Labradorite is a stone with a char­ac­ter­is­tic play of col­ors that attracts the eye.

Sil­ver has been known to human­i­ty since ancient times and is used not only in jew­ellery.

Ben­tonite clay has sorp­tion, adsorp­tion and cat­alyt­ic prop­er­ties.

Tripoli is a use­ful min­er­al that is used in var­i­ous indus­tries.

Opo­ka is a rock of organ­ic and inor­gan­ic ori­gin.

Zeo­lites are min­er­als that have char­ac­ter­is­tic adsorp­tion prop­er­ties.

Ukraine occu­pies one of the lead­ing places among graphite-pro­duc­ing coun­tries.

Baryte is wide­ly used in the oil, gas and chem­i­cal indus­tries.

Ozokerite, also known as moun­tain wax, is wide­ly used in med­i­cine.

Man­ganese ores are an indis­pens­able com­po­nent in the smelt­ing of steel and var­i­ous alloys.

Gyp­sum is one of the most com­mon min­er­als for the con­struc­tion indus­try.

Brown coal is an impor­tant nat­ur­al resource with large reserves both in Ukraine and glob­al­ly.

Marls are an impor­tant com­po­nent of the con­struc­tion mate­ri­als indus­try.

Phos­pho­rites are an impor­tant min­er­al resource for the agri­cul­tur­al sec­tor.

Ukraine’s rare met­als, such as zir­co­ni­um, lithi­um and nio­bi­um, play an impor­tant role in glob­al indus­try and tech­nol­o­gy.

Tita­ni­um ores are an essen­tial com­po­nent of mod­ern indus­try and tech­no­log­i­cal progress.

Iron ore is a key resource for steel pro­duc­tion, wide­ly used in con­struc­tion and indus­try.

Gold is a pre­cious met­al val­ued for its rar­i­ty, beau­ty, and con­duc­tiv­i­ty.

Vol­canic tuff is a mag­mat­ic rock formed by vol­canic ash.

The use of fer­til­iz­ers is one of the key aspects of a suc­cess­ful mine recla­ma­tion.

Bio­log­i­cal recul­ti­va­tion involves the use of veg­e­ta­tion for mine recla­ma­tion.

Mine recla­ma­tion is a set of works aimed at restor­ing the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of post-min­ing lands.

Kaolin is a min­er­al used in a wide vari­ety of indus­tri­al sec­tors.

Gran­ite is an igneous rock com­posed of quartz, feldspar and mica.

Lime­stone is a soft sed­i­men­ta­ry rock often used in con­struc­tion, agri­cul­ture and met­al­lur­gy.

One of the most sig­nif­i­cant min­er­al resources in the Kiev Oblast is brick and tile raw mate­ri­als.

One of the most impor­tant resources is con­struc­tion sand.

Prices for min­er­als are influ­enced by a num­ber of fac­tors and often expe­ri­ence sig­nif­i­cant fluc­tu­a­tions.

The allo­ca­tion of land for min­er­al extrac­tion is a com­plex and impor­tant process.

Mine sur­vey­ing equip­ment and tools play an essen­tial role in mod­ern geo­log­i­cal and mine sur­vey­ing work.

The design of gran­ite quar­ries takes into account a num­ber of spe­cif­ic fea­tures.

Many res­i­dent enti­ties won­der what steps should be tak­en to legal­ize water well.

Sand is a fri­able, fine­ly clas­tic sed­i­men­ta­ry rock, which is formed of oth­er rocks’ clasts with a size of 0,05 to 2 mm.

Water lab­o­ra­to­ry ana­lyzes are per­formed to obtain pre­lim­i­nary char­ac­ter­is­tics of the water qual­i­ta­tive com­po­si­tion with­in the study area.