Yordanka Mincheva - Stefanova Explained

Yordanka Hristova Mincheva - Stefanova
Native Name:	Йорданка Христова Минчева - Стефанова
Native Name Lang:	bg
Birth Date:	1923 8, df=y
Birth Place:	Stara Zagora Kingdom of Bulgaria
Education:	M.Sc., Natural History – Sofia University (1946)
Work Institutions:	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia University
Nationality:	Bulgarian
Known For:	Contributions in the field of mineralogy оf sulphides strashimirite^[1] ^[2]
Fields:	Geology Mineralogy Crystallography^[3]

Yordanka Hristova Mincheva - Stefanova (Bulgarian: Йорданка Христова Минчева - Стефанова) (29 August 1923 – 28 April 2007), Aka Jordanka Mincheva - Stefanova, Jordanka Minčeva - Stefanova, was a Bulgarian geologist, mineralogist and crystallographer.^{[4] [5]} Her scientific interests were in sulphide mineralogy, crystal chemistry and genesis of minerals - sulphides, carbonates, arsenates, silicates etc.

Selected publications

• Book: Ivan . Kostov . Ivan Kostov Nikolov . Minčeva-Stefanova . J. . Sulphide Minerals: Crystal Chemistry, Paragenesis and Systematics . registration . Stuttgart . Schweizerbartische Verlagsbuchhandlung . 1982 . 9306473 . Internet Archive. ^[6]
• Book: Kostov, Ivan . Ivan Kostov Nikolov . Vesselina Breskovska . Minčeva-Stefanova, J. . Breskovska, V. . Kirov, G. . The Minerals in Bulgaria . Sofia . bg. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences . 1964 . 30695814.
• Kostov, I. . Ivan Kostov Nikolov . J. Minčeva-Stefanova . Whewellite - a mineral new for Bulgaria . Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology . 46 . 31-34 . 2008 . 8 July 2024.

External links

• Web site: Information page for Strashimirite. Mindat.
• Web site: Minerals Collection . . 16 October 2023.

Notes and References

1. Strashimirite - a new hydrous copper arsenate . I. . Mincheva-Stefanova . 1968 . ru . Zapiski RMO (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society) . 97 . 4.
2. New Mineral Names . Michael . Fleischer . Michael Fleischer (mineralogist) . 1969 . The American Mineralogist. 54. 1221.
3. Book: International Union of Crystallography . World Directory of Crystallographers and of Other Scientists Employing Crystallographic Methods. William . Parrish . Donald Wytze. Smith . 1960 . International Union of Crystallography . 11 . Google Books.
4. Book: World Directory of Mineralogists . International Mineralogical Association . 1985 . 34. 9782715901025.
5. Book: International Union of Crystallography . World Directory of Crystallographers and of Other Scientists Employing Crystallographic Methods. William . Parrish . Donald Wytze. Smith . 1986 . International Union of Crystallography . 17 .
6. Vaughan, D. J. . I. Kostov, and J. Minčeva-Stefanova Sulphide Minerals: Crystal Chemistry, Paragenesis and Systematics. Stuttgart (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung), 1982. 212 pp., 144 figs. Price DM 64.00 ($28.20) . Mineralogical Magazine . 47 . 243 . 1983 . 259–260 . 10.1180/minmag.1983.047.343.22. 129897362 .