Soviet geologist and mineralogist, discoverer of 12 minerals
Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (1911-1991) was a Soviet geologist and mineralogist, Doctor of Sciences and professor. She discovered a record number of minerals - 12. She won the Lenin Prize and the Stalin Prize.
Biography.
Early life.
Ankinovich was born in Little Yalchik (now Chuvashia).
Education.
In 1937, she graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (now Saint Petersburg Mining University). 
In 1964, she earned a Doctor of Sciences in Geology and Mineralogy.
Career.
She worked in the geological service of Kazakhstan including in Alma-Ata and Karatau.
Ankinovich became a professor in 1967. She later became head of the department of "crystallography, mineralogy and petrography."
Honors.
She has a mineral named after her - Ankinovichit.
Family life.
Her husband Stepan Gerasimovich Ankinovich was also a Soviet geologist.
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