The press service of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that a new mineral, kufarite, was discovered in Kamchatka, reports RIA Novosti.
It is reported that it was discovered in 2021 in the Koryaksko -Kamchatka platinum belt. The new mineral has a simple chemical composition: PtPb & mdash; platinum-lead.
“ It is named kufarite in honor of Farid Shakirovich Kutyev, a former employee of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern branch of the Far East 39; Russian Academy of Sciences, a brilliant specialist in the field of ore genesis & # 39; & # 39 ;, & mdash; explained the director of the institute, Alexey Ozerov.
In 2020, during research in Kamchatka, previously unidentified minerals in Russia were discovered. & nbsp;
According to the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the research was conducted under the Presidential Grant, which has was won last year by Elena Zhitova, candidate for geological and mineralogical sciences.