 Biography
Ph. D. (mineralogy and crystallography), Senior Researcher of Laboratory of Self-Organizing Mineral Systems, the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Science.
V. N. Yakovenchuk was born on October, 27, 1950 in the village of Zvenigorod, Borshchevsky area, Ternopolsky region, Ukraine. Having finished the Geological Branch of Kamenets-Podolsky Industrial Technical School in 1969, he was assignment to the Far East Complex Prospecting Expedition (Vladivostok), where he got the first practical skills of field work, advanced later by ten years’ work as a member of search-card-making groups of Murmansk Geological-Prospecting Expedition, and then the Central-Kola Prospecting-Surveying Expedition.
In 1982 V.N. Yakovenchuk moved to the Geological Institute of Kola Branch of the Academy of Science USSR, where he is still working today, having made the way from Senior Engineer to Senior Researcher, one of the leaders of modern mineralogy, whose works are widely known all over the world.
In 1989 V.N. Yakovenchuk graduated from the Voronezh State University on a specialty “Geology of ore deposits, exploration and mineral prospecting”, specializing before in mineralogy of alkali-granite pegmatite. But being a passionate collector he spent all his spare time studying the Khibiny minerals. Scrupulous studying of these minerals gave him opportunity, across with his basic scientific activity, to prepare and defend the PhD thesis “Mineralogy and origin of carbonates in hydrothermal veins of Kukisvumchorr apatite deposit (the Khibiny massif)” on a specialty “Mineralogy, Crystallography” in St. Petersburg State University.
Within the next 10 years of active studying of mineralogy of the Khibiny, Lovozero and Kovdor massifs V.N. Yakovenchuk published four books (“Minerals of Kovdor”, “Minerals of the Khibiny massif”, “Kovdor”, “Khibiny”) and more than 50 articles in leading scientific journals, including the description of 13 new mineral species discovered by him: ankilite-(La), armbrusterite, cerite-(La), chlorbartonite, isolueshite, kukharenkoite-(Ce), kukisvumite, tuliokite, (Khibiny), chivruaiite, krivovichevite (Lovozero), henrymeyerite, juonniite, pakhomovskyite (Kovdor). Nearly all minerals of these massifs have been investigated anew, with use of modern methods of research, including about 150 minerals, first found here by V.N. Yakovenchuk and his colleagues.
Yakovenchuk’s last works are dedicated to the studying of titanium- and zirconium-rich silicates of alkaline metals with cation-exchange and nonlineal optical properties, minerals– molecular sieves and unusual minerals, crystal structure of which made of nanotubes and nanoclusters. His works are dedicated to processes of self-organization of mineral substance are well-known, such as: dedicated to formation of dendrites and skeletal crystals, zone-ring structures of oxidation, percolating clusters, spiral crystals etc.
Yakovenchuk’s contribution to studying of mineralogy of the Kola Peninsula is deservedly reflected in the name of a new rare-earth silicate yakovenchukite-(Y) from hydrothermalites of Mt. Kukisvumchorr in the Khibiny, approved by CNM IMA in 2006.
Main publications
Armbruster
T., Krivovichev S.V., Weber T., Gnos E., Organova N.N., Yakovenchuk
V.N. Origin of diffuse superstructure reflections in labuntsovite-group
minerals // American Mineralogist, 2004, 89, 1655-1666
Britvin S.N., Yakovenchuk V.N., Iwanjuk G.Ju., Wilke H.-J. Das
Chibiny-Massiv auf der russiscen Kola-Halbinsel // Lapis, 1996. Nr. 4.
S. 13-30
Chakhmouradian A.R., Yakovenchuk V.N.,
Mitchell R.H., Bogdanova A.N. Isolueshite: a new mineral of the
perovskite group from the Khibina alkaline complex // Eur. J. Mineral.
1997. Vol. 10. No. 9. P. 483-490 Ivanyuk G. Yu., Yakovenchuk V.N., Pakhomovsky Ya. A. Kovdor. Laplandia Minerals, Apatity, 2002. 326 p.
Iwanjuk, G. Yu., Jakowenshuk, V.N., Britwin, S.N. & Wilke, H-J.
Das Lovozero-Massiv auf der russischen Kola-Halbinsel. Lapis. 1997. Nr.
4, 13-30 Krivovichev S.V., Britvin S.N., Burns P.C., Yakovenchuk V. N. Crystal structure of rimkorolgite, Ba[Mg 5(H 2O) 7(PO 4) 4](H 2O), and its comparison with bakhchisaraitsevite // European Journal of Mineralogy. 2002. Vol. 14. P.397-402
Krivovichev S.V., Yakovenchuk V. N., Armbruster T., Dobelin N.,
Pattison P., Weber H.-P., Depmeier W. Porous titanosilicate nanorods in
the structure of yuksporite, (Sr,Ba) 2 K 2 (Ca,Na) 14 (vac,Mn,Fe) {(Ti,Nb) 4 (O,OH) 4 [Si 6O 17] 2[Si 2O 7] 3} (H 2O,OH) n, resolved using synchrotron radiation // American Mineralogist, 2004, 89, 1561-1565
Krivovichev S.V., Yakovenchuk V. N., Armbruster T., Mikhailova Yu., Pakhomovsky Ya. A. Clynobarylite, BaBe 2Si 2O 7: structure refinement, and revision of symmetry and physical properties // N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 2004, 8, 373-384 Krivovichev S.V., Yakovenchuk V. N., Armbruster T., Pakhomovsky Ya. A., Weber H.-P., Depmeier W. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of the structure of shafranovskite, K 2Na 3(Mn,Fe,Na) 4[Si 9(O,OH) 27].nH 2O, a rare manganese silicate from Kola peninsula, Russia // American Mineralogist, 89, 1816-1825 Krivovichev S.V., Yakovenchuk V. N., Armbruster T., Pakhomovsky Ya. A., Depmeier W. Crystal structure of the K, Ti analogue of ilimaussite-(Ce), (Ba, K, Na, Ca) 11-12(REE, Fe, Th) 4(Ti, Nb) 6(Si 6O 18) 4(OH) 12*4.5H 2O: revision of structure model and structural formula // Z. Kristallogr. 2003. Vol. 218. P. 1-5 Krivovichev, S.V., Yakovenchuk, V. N., Burns, P.C., Pakhomovskiy, Y.A. and Men'shikov, Y.P. Cafetite, Ca[Ti 2O 5](H 2O): Crystal structure and revision of chemical formula // American Mineralogist. 2003. Vol. 88. P. 424-429 Liferovich R.P., Yakovenchuk V. N., Pakhomovsky Y.A., Bogdanova A. N. Crandallite, goyazite and gorceixite from the Kovdor massif, Russia. // N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 1999. No. 4. P. 145-166 Mitchell R., Yakovenchuk V. N., Chakhmouradian A.R., Burns P.C., Pakhomovsky Ya.A. Henrymeyerite, a new hollandite-type Ba-Fe titanate from the Kovdor complex, Russia // Canadian Mineralogist. 2000. Vol. 38. P. 617-626 Pakhomovsky Ya.A., Men'shikov Yu.P., Yakovenchuk V. N., Ivanyuk G.Yu., Krivovichev S.V., Burns P.C. Centre-(La), (La,Ce,Ca) 9(Fe,Ca,Mg)(SiO 4) 3[SiO 3(OH)] 4(OH) 3, a new mineral species from the Khibina alkaline massif: occurrence and crystal structure // The Canadian Mineralogist. 2002. Vol. 40. P. 1177-1184 Pakhomovsky Ya.A., Yakovenchuk V. N., Ivanyuk G.Yu. Recent findings of unique mineralogical specimens on the Kola Peninsula. Rocks & Minerals. 2001. Vol. 76. No. 1. P. 24-37 Yakovenchuk V. N., Ivanyuk G.Yu., Mikhailova J.A., Selivanova E.A., Krivovichev S.V. Pakhomovskyite, the Co-dominant analogue of vivianite, a new mineral species from Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia // The Canadian Mineralogist. 2006. Vol. 44. P. 147-153 Yakovenchuk V. N., Ivanyuk G.Yu., Pakhomovsky Ya.A., Men'shikov Yu.P. (Ed. F. Wall) Khibiny. Laplandia Minerals, Apatity, 2005. 468 c Yakovenchuk V. N., Pakhomovsky Ya.A., Men'shikov Yu.P., Ivanyuk G.Yu., Krivovichev S.V., Burns P.C. Chlorbartonite, K 6Fe 24S 26(Cl, S), a new mineral species from a hydrothermal vein in the Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: description and crystal structure // The Canadian Mineralogist. 2003. Vol. 41. P. 503-511 Горяинов П.М., Иванюк Г.Ю, Яковенчук В.Н. Тектонические перколяционные зоны в Хибинском массиве // Физика Земли. 1998. № 10. C. 822-827 (In Russian). Иванюк Г.Ю., Волошин А.В., Яковенчук В.Н., Пахомовский Я.А. Автоконцентрационные волны в цирконах из амазонитовых ранд-пегматитов Западных Кейв (Кольский полуостров) // ЗВМО. 1997. №3. С. 20-31 (In Russian). Иванюк Г.Ю., Пахомовский Я.А., Базай А.В., Яковенчук В.Н., Горяинов П.М. Кальциевые амфиболы из пород полосчатой железорудной формации Кольского полуострова // Записки PМО. 2005. № 4. С. 56–70 (In Russian).
Иванюк Г.Ю., Яковенчук В.Н. Минералы Ковдора. Апатиты: Изд. КНЦ РАН, 1997. 116 с (In Russian).
Иванюк Г.Ю., Яковенчук В.Н. Регулярные и случайные дендриты: фрактальный подход // ЗВМО, 1995. №3. С. 16-25 (In Russian).
Иванюк Г.Ю., Яковенчук В.Н., Горяинов П.М. Основные черты карбонатообразования в гидротермальных жилах Кукисвумчоррского месторождения // ЗВМО. 1996. № 3. С. 9–23 (In Russian).
Иванюк Г.Ю., Яковенчук В.Н., Пахомовский Я.А. Морфология и генезис дендритов доннейита-(Y) в маккельвиите-(Y) и эвальдите // ЗВМО. 1999. № 4. С. 70–76 (In Russian).
Кривовичев С.В., Яковенчук В.Н. О кристаллической структуре диверсилита-(Се) // Записки РМО. 2005. № 1. С. 113–118 (In Russian).
Кривовичев С.В., Яковенчук В.Н., Пахомовский Я.А. Топология и симметрия титаносиликатного каркаса в кристаллической структуре щербаковита, Na(K,Ba)2 (Ti,Nb)2O2 [Si4O12] // ЗВМО. 2004. №3. С. 55–63 (In Russian).
Лиферович Р.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Яковенчук В.Н., Богданова А.Н., Бахчисарайцев А.Ю. Минералы группы вивианита и бобьерит из Ковдорского массива // Записки ВМО. 1999. № 6. С. 109–117 (In Russian).
Меньшиков Ю.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Яковенчук В.Н. Бериллиевая минерализация в жильных образованиях Хибинского массива // Записки ВМО. 1999. № 1. С. 3-14 (In Russian).
Меньшиков Ю.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Яковенчук В.Н. Кордиерит и секанинаит из ксенолитов Хибинского щелочного массива // Записки ВМО. 2000. № 1. С. 91–99 (In Russian).
Меньшиков Ю.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Яковенчук В.Н. Розенбушит из Хибинского щелочного массива // Записки ВМО. 1999. № 1. С. 63–68 (In Russian).
Меньшиков Ю.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Яковенчук В.Н. Розенбушит из Хибинского щелочного массива // Записки ВМО. 1999. № 1. С. 63–68 (In Russian).
Меньшиков Ю.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Яковенчук В.Н., Богданова А.Н. Нормандит из Хибинского массива, Кольский полуостров // Записки ВМО. 1998. № 2. С. 86-91 (In Russian).
Яковенчук В.Н., Иванюк Г.Ю., Пахомовский Я.А., Меньшиков Ю. П. Минералы Хибинского массива. Москва: Земля, 1999. 326 с (In Russian).
Яковенчук В.Н., Меньшиков Ю.П., Пахомовский Я.А., Иванюк Г.Ю. Анкилит-(Lа) - SrLa(CO3)2(OH).H2O – новый карбонат из гидротермальной жилы г. Кукисвумчорр (Хибинский массив) и его соотношение с анкилитом-(Се) // Записки ВМО, 1997. №1. С. 96-108 (In Russian).
Яковенчук В.Н., Пахомовский Я.А., Богданова А.Н. Кукисвумит – новый минерал из щелочных пегматитов Хибинского массива (Кольский полуостров) // Минералогический журнал. 1991. Т. 13. № 2. С. 63‑67 (In Russian).
Яковенчук В.Н., Пахомовский Я.А., Волошин А.В., Богданова А.Н., Ямнова Н.А., Пущаровский Д.Ю. Тулиокит Na6BaTh(CO3)6·6H2O – новый водный карбонат натрия, бария и тория из щелочных пегматитов Хибинского массива (Кольский полуостров) // Минералогический журнал. 1990. Т. 12. №3. С. 74‑78 (In Russian).
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