Proskurnya Y. Mineralogy of refuse heaps of Donbas coal mines (Donetsk-Makeyevka industrial region as an example)

The refuse heaps of Donbas coal mines. It is found 22 technogenic minerals and 2 minerals have been discovered in Donbas for the first time. Tipomorfical peculiarities of technogenic minerals, their structure, associations, distribution peculiarities, conditions of formation were determined with the help of modern methods of analysis (x-ray diffraction, scanning-electron microprobe and others). It is found that minerals are formed as a result of sublimation, changes of rock to influence the sulphuric acid and under thermal metamorphism. They are formed in different thermal diapason, with different meanings of pH, their structure depends on the structure of rocks of waste heaps. Mineral and chemical peculiarities of rosk, their character of changing in the process of burning has been determined. The model of technogen minerals formation which is considered to be a function of different factors have been constructed. The degree of influence the processes of burning of refuse heaps and technogenic minera l formation on environment. The Donbas coal mines