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THE FAMOUS UKRAINIAN MINERALOGIST AND THERMOBAROGEOCHEMIST ZENON IVANOVYCH KOVALYSHYN (to the 90th anniversary of his birth)

Home > Archive > No. 1 (201) 2026 > 90–98

Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1 (201) 2026, 90–98

ISSN 0869-0774 (Print), ISSN 2786-8621 (Online)

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2026.201.090

Ihor NAUMKO

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine

e-mail: naumko@ukr.net, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-047X

Abstract

The life path and creative achievements of the famous Ukrainian scientist in the field of mineralogy and thermobarogeochemistry, a well-known specialist and authoritative researcher of natural mineral formation processes, Zenon Ivanovych Kovalyshyn (28.02.1936–23.07.2006), Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Department of Geochemistry of Deep Fluids and Director of the Research Enterprise of the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of the NAS of Ukraine, were discussed. The wide range of his research explorations covered mineral deposits of various genetic types in various regions of Ukraine (Ukrainian Shield, Transcarpathia, Dnieper-Donetsk Depression) and the former Soviet Union. The scientist’s precise studies of the composition of volatile components of fluid inclusions in minerals became the basis for elucidating the geochemical and thermobaric features of the processes of endogenous mineralogenesis, a significant contribution to thermobarogeochemistry – the fundamental science of inclusions in minerals. Zenon Kovalyshyn’s creative output includes about 120 scientific works, in particular three monograph. He is the author and co-author of more than 20 research and scientific and production reports, three new methods of prospecting and evaluation of mineral raw materials. The scientist gained well-deserved authority and recognition of the geological community of Ukraine, near and far abroad, worthily represented Ukrainian science at international, all-Union and domestic forums, generously shared his scientific achievements and ideas with young scientists, graduate students, and assisted in choosing the direction of research, interpretation and publication of results. A long-time employee of the Institute – a permanent place of work – Zenon Kovalyshyn worthily went from engineer to senior research associate, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences, and unexpectedly and prematurely passed away on July 23, 2006. The Yaniv cemetery became the place of his eternal rest. We will preserve the bright memory of the famous scientist, an extraordinary personality, a sincere and sensitive person forever!

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geology, mineralogy, thermobarogeochemistry, Zenon Kovalyshyn, Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Senior Researcher, 90 years old

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Kovalishin, Z. I. (1978). Soderzhanie uglekisloty v gazovoi faze, kak indikator fiziko-khimicheskikh uslovii mineraloobrazovaniia zanoryshevykh pegmatitov Volyni. In Uglerod i ego soedineniia v endogennykh protcessakh mineraloobrazovaniia (po dannym izucheniia fliuidnykh vkliuchenii v mineralakh) (pp. 78–82). Kiev: Naukova dumka. [in Russian]

Kovalishin, Z. I., & Bratus, M. D. (1984). Fliuidnyi rezhim gidrotermalnykh protcessov Zakarpatia. Kiev: Naukova dumka. [in Russian]

Kovalishin, Z. I., & Danilovich, L. G. (1982). O sostave glubinnykh fliuidov vulkanicheskikh obrazovanii Zakarpatskogo progiba. Geologiia i geokhimiia goriuchikh iskopaemykh, 58, 39–44. [in Russian]

Kovalishin, Z., Kalyuzhnyi, V., & Naumko, I. (2000). Physico-chemical state of mineral-forming fluid during crystallization of the Volhyn chamber pegmatites, Ukraine. Archiwum mineralogiczne. A journal of geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology, 53(1–2), 133–136.

Kovalishin, Z. I., & Mamchur, G. P. (1990). Izotopnyi sostav ugleroda uglekislogo gaza i metana mineraloobrazuiushchikh fliuidov. Geokhimiia, 12, 1778–1782. [in Russian]

Kovalishin, Z., Naumko, I., & Shkljanka, V. (2001). Gold-bearing manifestations of the Vyshkovo ore field (Transcarpathia, Ukraine). Biuletyn Państwowego Institutu Geologicznego, 396, 85–86.

Kovalyshyn, Z. I., & Naumko, I. M. (1999). Evolution of gaseous components of fluid inclusions in magmatic and postmagmatic rocks of Ukraine. In Terra Nostra, 99/6: European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions ECROFI XV: Abstracts and program (Potsdam, June, 21–24, 1999) (pp. 177–178). Potsdam.

Kovalyshyn, Z. I., Naumko, I. M., & Kovalevych, V. M. (1999). Metodyka ekspresnoho vyznachennia kaliiu v mineralotvornykh fliuidakh dlia rozbrakuvannia zbahachenykh zolotom i bezrudnykh utvoren. In Naukovi osnovy prohnozuvannia, poshukiv ta otsinky rodovyshch zolota: materialy mizhnarodnoi naukovoi konferentsii (Lviv, 27–30 veresnia 1999 r.) (pp. 65–66). Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr LDU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O., Naumko, I., Pavlun, M., & Slyvko, Ye. (2021). Termobaroheokhimiia v Ukraini. Lviv: Prostir-M. [in Ukrainian]

Nazarevych, A. V., Nazarevych, L. Ye., & Kovalyshyn, Z. I. (2001). Pryroda pidzony znyzhenykh shvydkostei u “hranitakh” kory Zakarpattia ta yii perspektyvni resursy. Visnyk Lvivskoho universytetu. Seriia heolohichna, 15, 119–125. [in Ukrainian]

Naumko, I., Kaliuzhnyi, V., Bratus, M., Zinchuk, I., Kovalyshyn, Z., Matviienko, O., Redko, L., & Svoren, Y. (2000). Uchennia pro mineralotvorni fliuidy: priorytetni zavdannia rozvytku na suchasnomu etapi. Mineralohichnyi zbirnyk, 50(2), 22–30. [in Ukrainian]

Naumko, I., Kovalyshyn, Z., & Matviishyn, Z. (2003). Typomorfni oznaky fliuidnykh vkliuchen zolotovmisnykh parahenezysiv rudonosnykh shtokverkovykh til Berehivskoho rudnoho polia (Zakarpattia). Mineralohichnyi zbirnyk, 53(1–2), 70–78. [in Ukrainian]

Naumko, I., Kovalyshyn, Z., Sava, H., Bratus, M., Shashorin, Yu., & Sakhno, B. (2007). Termometrychna i heokhemichna kharakterystyka fliuidiv mineraloutvoriuvalnoho seredovyshcha kvartsovo-zhylnykh rudoproiaviv pivdennoi chastyny Kirovohradskoho bloku Ukrainskoho shchyta. Pratsi Naukovoho tovarystva imeni Shevchenka. Heolohiia, 19, 136–146. [in Ukrainian]

Naumko, I. M., Kovalyshyn, Z. I., Svoren’, J. M., Sakhno, B. E., & Telepko, L. F. (1999). Towards forming conditions of veinlet mineralization in sedimentary oil- and gas-bearing layers of Carpathian region (obtained by data of fluid inclusions research). Heolohiia i heokhimiia horiuchykh kopalyn, 3(108), 83–91.

Svoren, J. M., Naumko, I. M., Kovalyshyn, Z. I., Bratus, M. D., & Davydenko, M. M. (1999). New technology of local forecast of enriched areas of gold ore fields. In Naukovi osnovy prohnozuvannia, poshukiv ta otsinky rodovyshch zolota: materialy mizhnarodnoi naukovoi konferentsii (Lviv, 27–30 veresnia 1999 r.) (pp. 121–125). Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr LDU imeni Ivana Franka.

Received: January 12, 2026
Accepted: January 21, 2026
Published: April 21, 2026

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TO THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF PETRO MYKHAYLOVYCH BILONIZHKA

Home > Archive > No. 3–4 (199–200) 2025 > 82–90

Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 3–4 (199–200) 2025, 82–90

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.199-200.082

Ihor NAUMKO, Andriy POBEREZHSKYY, Nataliia BATSEVYCH, Halyna ZANKOVYCH

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: naumko@ukr.net; andriy.poberezhskyy@gmail.com; natalja_bats@ukr.net; zankovuch@gmail.com

Abstract

The pages of the life and scientific and educational activities of Petro Mykhailovych Bilonizhka, a well-known Ukrainian scientist, geologist, mineralogist and educator, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences (PhD (Geology, Mineralogy)), associate professor of the Department of Mineralogy of the Lviv Ivan Franko National University, full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, honorary member of the Ukrainian Mineralogical Society, popularizer of science, expert and propagandist of the national history of Ukraine, active public figure are highlighted. The scientific interests of the hero of the day cover a wide range of issues of geology and mineralogy, terminology in mineralogy and geochemistry, history of science, training of specialists in the field of Earth sciences, which are set out in about 400 printed scientific works: monographs, textbooks, reference and informational and literary and journalistic publications, articles in scientific professional publications of Ukraine and other countries, research projects, reports at International and All-Ukrainian conferences. As a teacher, he skillfully transferred the acquired pedagogical and methodological experience, teaching and developing programs and methodological guidelines in multidisciplinary disciplines. The results of thorough scientific explorations of Petro Bilonizhka became the basis for his election as a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society and an honorary member of the Ukrainian Mineralogical Society, awarding him with medals, honorary diplomas, certificates and thanks. The creative partnership of the scientist and teacher with the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Fuel Fossils of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which became his first place of work, turned out to be fruitful; he is a co-author of monographs, articles, materials and abstracts of reports with the employees of the Institute, an official opponent of the candidate dissertations of numerous employees of our Institute. A long-time employee of the Geological Faculty, Petro Bilonizhka worthily went from a student to a teacher and a scientist, up to the well-deserved rest. Despite his advanced age, the veteran does not stop his creative work. From Dew and Water to You, dear Petro Mikhailovich, on Many and Blessed Summers in health and prosperity in peaceful unconquered Ukraine! Let him be lucky!

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geology, mineralogy, Petro Bilonizhka, associate professor, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences (PhD (Geology, Mineralogy)), scientist, teacher, anniversary, 90 years old

Referenses

Bilonizhka, P. (2017a). Heokhimichni zakonomirnosti formuvannia rodovyshch kaliinykh solei Peredkarpattia. Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P. (2017b). Narysy z mineralohii Hirskoho Krymu (mezhyrichchia Bodraku i Kachi). Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P. (2018). Heokhimiia biosfery. Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P. (2019). Heokhimiia izotopiv: navchalnyi posibnyk. Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P. (2020). Noosfera ta problemy yii rozvytku. Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P. (2025). Voda v nezhyvii i zhyvii pryrodi. Lviv: Prostir-M. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P., Matkovskyi, O., Naumko, I., & Slyvko, Ye. (2019). Anhelina Andriivna Yasynska. Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P., Matkovskyi, O., Pavlun, M., & Slyvko, Ye. (2008). Heolohichnyi fakultet Lvivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni Ivana Franka (1945–2005): dovidkovo-informatsiine vydannia. Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr Lvivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu. [in Ukrainian]

Bilonizhka, P., Matkovskyi, O., Pavlun, M., & Slyvko, Ye. (2010). Heolohichnyi fakultet Lvivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni Ivana Franka (1945–2010): dovidkovo-informatsiine vydannia (Vydannia druhe, pereroblene i dopovnene). Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr Lvivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu. [in Ukrainian]

Kushnir, R., & Naumko, I. (2025). Nashi slavni NTShivski yuviliary. Petro Bilonizhka. Visnyk NTSh, 72, 106–137. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O. I., Bilonizhka, P. M., Boiko, H. Yu., Vozniak, D. K., Halaburda, Yu. A., Hryniv, S. P., Didenko, O. V., Dudok, I. V., Kovalevych, V. M., Kulchytska, H. O., Skakun, L. Z., Srebrodolskyi, B. I., Khmelivskyi, V. O., Petrychenko, O. Y., Poberezhskyi, A. V., Senkovskyi, A. Yu., Danylovych, Yu. R., Remeshylo, B. H., Balabaieva, S. L., & Biruk, S. V. (2003). Mineraly Ukrainskykh Karpat. Boraty, arsenaty, fosfaty, molibdaty, sulfaty, karbonaty, orhanichni mineraly i mineraloidy (O. I. Matkovskyi, Ed.). Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O., Bilonizhka, P., & Pavlyshyn, V. (2005). Akademik Yevhen Lazarenko. Narys pro zhyttievyi i tvorchyi shliakh, spohady, fotoalbom (I. Vakarchuk, Ed.). Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O., Bilonizhka, P., & Pavlyshyn, V. (2012). Yevhen Lazarenko – vydatna postat KhKh stolittia (I. Vakarchuk, Ed.). Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O., Bilonizhka, P., Skakun, L., & Slyvko, Ye. (2004). Kafedra mineralohii Lvivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni Ivana Franka (1864–2004): dovidkovo-informatsiine vydannia. Lviv: Vydavnychyi tsentr Lvivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O., Bilonizhka, P., Vozniak, D., Diakiv, V., Kovalchuk, M., Naumko, I., Popp, I., Semenenko, V., Skakun, L., Slyvko, Ye., Slovotenko, N., Stepanov, V., Tsikhon, S., & Kril, S. (2014). Mineraly Ukrainskykh Karpat. Protsesy mineraloutvorennia (O. Matkovskyi, Ed.). Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]

Matkovskyi, O., Kvasnytsia, V., Naumko, I., Bilonizhka, P., Hrechanovska, O., Kvasnytsia, I., Melnykov, V., Popp, I., Skakun, L., Slyvko, Ye., Slovotenko, N., Bondar, R., Manchur, B., Matviishyn, Z., & Shemiakina, T. (2011). Mineraly Ukrainskykh Karpat. Sylikaty (O. Matkovskyi, Ed.). Lviv: LNU imeni Ivana Franka. [in Ukrainian]