Yantar Ukrainy (Amber in Ukraine)

"Naukova Dumka", Kiev 1980

Book size 21.5 by 14.5 cm

124 pages, with black-and-white and colour photographs

In Russian

Contents
Foreword
History of the amber culture in Ukraine
Geologic characteristics of the amber-bearing occurrences
     Types of the amber occurrences
     Natural raw materials of the areas of the amber occurrences
Mineralogical characteristics of amber
     Shapes and sizes of amber lumps
     Heterogeneity of amber
     Elemental composition of amber
     Optic properties of amber
     Mechanic properties of amber
     Density of amber
     Porosity and permeability of amber
     Behaviour of amber during heating
     Infrared spectroscopy of amber
     X-ray diffraction studies of amber
     Inclusions in amber
     Alterations of amber
     Typomorphism of amber
Origin of amber
     Tortonian paleogeography of Forecarpathians
Final remarks
List of literature