Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (1911-1991) was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, Doctor of Sciences and professor. She discovered a record number of minerals - 12. She won the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize.
Biography
Early life
Ankinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia).
Education
In 1937, she graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (now Saint Petersburg Mining University). In 1964, she earned a Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy.
Career
She worked in the geological service of Kazakhstan including in Alma-Ata and Karatau.
Ankinovich became a professor in 1967. She later became head of the department of "crystallography, mineralogy and petrography."
Awards
- Stalin Prize Third Degree (USSR State Prize) 1948 for "geological research and development of the Nikolaevsky polymetal deposit"
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Honored Scientist of the Kazakhstani SSR (1974)
- USSR Deposit Discoverer Medal
- Lenin Prize
Honors
She has a mineral named after her - Ankinovichit.
Family life
Her husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist.
References
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- "Надырбаев Акбатир Алуадинович - Председатель Комитета геологии и недропользование Министерства индустрии и инфруструктурного развития РК" (PDF). satbayev.university. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "Минералы и месторождения Россия и стран ближнего зарубежья - Анкиновичит". webmineral.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "АНКИНОВИЧ Екатерина Александровна". geo.web.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "вики Анкинович Степан Герасимович". yavix.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2021.