Author: D. D. Novgorodova (Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Keywords\n Constantin Grewingk, Mineral cabinet, Fersman mineralogical museum, history of the mineralogy, Mineral catalogue

Pages\n 730–737

Summary\n: The article gives the identification of the Latin epigraph in one of the catalogue of the Fersman Mineralogical museum RAS – The Grewingk Catalog ( 1846). The article talks about the unexpected Latin epigraph as a rare manifestation humanity in the world of stone. By surviving sources the author gives a brief outline of the development of relations of human and «the world of stone» in the history of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS.

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